Van Long nature reserve and Bai Dinh pagoda biking tour from Hanoi or Ninh Binh is for those who love fresh, unspoiled nature. Cycling through small paths in the countryside of the North, through green rice fields, limestone mountains, visiting ancient temples. Take a boat trip to visit a cave in Van Long lagoon, see preserved birds and animals such as storks, langurs...
Van Long Nature Reserve and Bai Dinh Pagoda Full Day Biking
Description

Highlights
- Cycling through the small roads in the countryside of the North
- Visit one of the biggest Pagoda in Vietnam- Bai Dinh Pagoda
Tour Plan
Drive and guide pick you up and depart for Ninh Ninh. On the way, we can do a short stop for relaxing after highway drive
Arrive at Ninh Binh Bike Tour work shop, you can chose your bikes and cycling instructions. Then, we start cycling about 10 km around the villages, stop to visit pagodas, markets...Have time to interact with farmers to learn how to catch fish, slap water, sow seeds, or harvest rice...
We then get on a bamboo boat to explore Van Long wetland, go through caves, and weathered limestone mountains that look like cat scratches. Enjoy the fresh air and peaceful countryside , see hundred spices of birds, monkeys , lungers which are being preserved here.
From Van Long, we keep riding along the dyke of Hoang Long river to Bai Dinh pagoda. On the way, we stop at a local restaurant for lunch. After lunch, we start visiting the famous Bai Dinh pagoda with many records: The whole campus of Bai Dinh pagoda has an area of 107ha, in which, the Temple of Tam The and Phap Chu is thousands of square meters wide; At this temple, there is the largest bronze Buddha Tathagata in Southeast Asia weighing 100 tons and three statues of Tam The, each weighing 50 tons.
After the pagoda tour, get back the van and drive back to Hanoi or Ninh Binh. Tour ends
Service includes:
– New car, experienced driver transfer according to the program.
– Overnight at Bungalow or equivalent, standard 2-3 people/room( for multi-day tours)
– Meals according to the program:
– New mountain bike, Trek Marlin or United Detroit
– Supporting truck Hanoi-Ninh Binh-Hanoi.
– Drinking water served on the van, on the ride 04 bottles of 500ml per day.
– Enthusiastic, proficient and attentive Tour guides throughout the tour.
– Tickets to visit all sites
PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
– 10% Value Added Tax (VAT).
– Drinks (wine, beer, soft drinks…) during meals and throughout the program.
-Other personal expenses (telephone, laundry, shopping, sightseeing outside the program)
18 Comments
4.8
Incredibly organized and very friendly. The guide knew an answer to every question and otherwise seemed very confident. Beautiful places and different activities make this booking a “NoBrainer” and a “Must See”.
5
The great guide helped us with everything and they picked us up in the morning at the location that we had indicated. The food was open buffet. The tour includes a bottle of water and you can buy more at the different stops that are made.
4.8
Amazing trip, great tour guide Ivor went above and beyond explaining Vietnamese culture and nuances. The highlight being the boat ride on the river to see the Ninh Bin mountains. Spectacular scenery and smiles all around, a lovely 1 day break to do something completely different to Hanoi.
5
Superb one-hour boat trip where our rower used her feet to move the boat forward. Watch your head in the caves. My ceiling is low!!!
5
Highly recommend to anyone in the area. The most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. The tour guide takes care of our safety and necessary during cycling and boating. Recommend this to any couple.
4.8
Beautiful experience, thank you hung for the fabulous places you showed us!! I recommend everyone to visit this paradise!
5
Didi was our fantastic tour guide!! He was communicative and shared incredible information about the area we were visiting, as well as the history and culture of Vietnam.
10/10 ⭐️
4.8
We went to the biggest pagoda and holy tower, ancient temple, etc and everything is very good. Son tour guide is very knowledgeable and helpful.
4.8
Great tour! Our guide Thang was very friendly, funny and his English was great! The food was delicious, cycling and boat trip was marvelous.. An excellent experience overall!
4.8
Tour was very nice. These are tourist areas so be prepared for lots of people. We arrived a little bit earlier to the first stop so wasn’t too bad. Tour company vehicle was very nice and our tour guide did a good job. The pace is a little quick but it’s alot of stuff and tour is about 11 hours from pick up to drop off.
4.8
We had a great trip in Ninh Binh. Justin took great care of us answering all of our questions and engaging in great conversation about the local culture, history, geography, and geology.
4.8
We enjoy so much of this tour, the itinerary is great to cover the major sightseeing places of Ninh Binh. Tour guide is informative and kind. Coach is comfortable.
4.8
The guide was very pleasant and gave very comprehensive explanations in English for us French people. The day was very busy there are many things to see in Ninh Binh.
4.8
The trip was amazing Tour guide elaborate and take care of all the person very well through out the trip
4.8
It is a good tour, entertaining, I really liked the bike ride, it is well guided, I liked the boat ride a lot, I enjoyed it a lot
4.8
Views amazing, the tour guide Hiep was very helpful. Excellent day out, pick up from exact location was great and the food selection at buffet was good.
4.8
It was a great tour, very comfortable, dang is a very good tourgide, nice storytelling! We really enjoyed our day!!
4.8
We had a very nice day in Ninh Binh with various activities. We really enjoyed the bike ride! I recommend 🙂