Ninh Binh Small Group Tour: Visit Incense Village and Discover Vietnamese Countryside from Hanoi
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Immerse yourself in the beauty of the Vietnamese countryside on a small group tour from Hanoi. Visit the Quang Phu Cau Incense Stick village, explore the ancient capital of Hoa Lư, and enjoy a boat ride through the stunning Tam Coc. Discover the lifestyle, agriculture, and cuisine of Vietnam in just one day!
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Quảng Phú Cầu - 07.15 – 07.45: Your tour guide and driver will come to your place to pick you up (the time we will confirm before the trip)
    9.15: Arrive at Incense Village – named Quang Phu Cau. The incense to dry in various formations, you’ll get pictures of people working among this sea of red and color. Do capture a variety of shots of the workers in action, the village workshops, shooting images of the incense-making process. Visiting some local people’s houses to be widen knowledge about the real life of Vietnamese. Taking more images of the friendly locals who have worked on producing incense in this village for generations. Your tour guide will give you information about the worshipping culture and religions in Vietnam.
    10.30: Departure for Ninh Binh – one of the most beautiful place for tourism in the Northern Vietnam
  • Tam Coc - 12.15: We arrive at Tam Coc village, Ninh Binh province. You enjoy lunch with Vietnamese cuisine at a local restaurant.
    13.15: After our lunch, we walk to the Tam Coc boat station to discover the beauty of nature on Sampan boat. We enjoy the sightseeing of caves, limesstone mountain on river – which is called Ha Long on Land. Your local rower will do paddle to take you pass through inside caves. You discover very beautiful stalactite and rice fileds are surrounded by limestone mountain systems along the river. The picture of natural beauty will be shown you.
  • Hoa Lu temples of the Dinh & Le Dynasties - 15.15: We move to visit Hoa Lu - the ancient Capital of Vietnam.
    15.45 We arrive at Hoa Lu. Following that, we go to the temple dedicated to Vietnam’s first Emperor. You will given much more historical information about the Vietnamese history in the 10th and 11th centuries by your tour guide’s presentation. Moreover, you will understand the reasons that the first king of Vietnam chose that area as the first capital. This area is also beautiful place to take photos because of the peaceful and unique landscape.
    16.15: Our activities are done at Hoa Lu and we do departure for Hanoi
    18.30: We arrive at the centre of Hanoi. Our tour guide say good bye and drop you at your place. The end of our trip
What's Included
  • Pick up and drop off service within the Old Quarter area.
  • Lunch included.
  • All entrance tickets, English-speaking tour guide, and an experienced driver.
  • Air-conditioned transportation.
  • Complimentary bottled water.
What's Not Included
  • Drinks, Personal Expenses, Tippings for Tour Guide and Driver
  • Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

Your trip will be served by Air-Conditioned vehicle and maximum group size for this special tour that our firm arranges is 9 travellers to guarantee providing the finest service possible. The beautiful and colourful landscapes in the Vietnamese countryside for you to discover and photograph northern Vietnam’s most eye-catching craft village named Quang Phu Cau Incense Stick village. You will be deep understanding about lifestyle, agriculture & cuisine of Vietnamese. You will visit and be widen knowledge about Hoa Lû - ancient capital and the first Emperor of Vietnam in the 10th century. The most highlight is boating to enjoy the beauty of Tam Coc – nicknamed Halong Bay on land. Local people will do paddle to take you to pass through the caves. Moreover, the rice paddies along the peaceful river make your unforgettable memories about Ninh Binh. You will have the full experience and highlights at two of the most famous tourist destinations in the North with just one day trip.

Location
Quảng Phú Cầu
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Y7262iasaraho
Jun 24, 2024
Personalised, interactive tour - We had a wonderful day exploring the Incense village and Ninh Binh. Our guide was happy to share his knowledge and culture with us. Professional, personalised service. It was a really great day and I would highly recommend this tour.
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Weihanl2024
Jun 22, 2024
Day tour south of Hanoi - Our tour guide- Hoa or as he prefers, Bruce lee, was excellent! He was already waiting in the lobby when we came down from our room. Clear communications and sharing of information. Everything was well planned and he made sure everyone was well taken care of. Highly recommended to go on a tour with him.
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Ororox
Jun 22, 2024
Day trip out to Ninh Binh - Nice day for trip out of Hanoi to see a different part of the country that is so rich in culture and natural beauty. Our friendly guide "Bruce Lee" provided great background and explanation of places that we visited.
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Manti99
Jun 22, 2024
Amazing Nim Binh tour - The view was amazing and our tour Guide Mr Bruce Lee was very helpful and informative and made our tour very Interesting and comfortable .
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Laalya2020
Jun 22, 2024
Informative tour with beautiful scenery - Very helpful tour guide( Bruce Lee). The caves were cool and the scenery surrounding us was breathtaking. The temple gave us a glimpse into the rich history of Vietnam.
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Ubaidhullaha
Jun 22, 2024
Beautiful tour - Bruce lee the tour guide was amazing , the tour was nice and relaxing, temple was explained very nicely, a bit humid but nice
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Reeta_m
Jun 18, 2024
Easy and enjoyable - Wonderful experience start to finish! We chose Thai tour as the incense village sounded interesting and something we’d not seen before. Our guide contacted us by WhatsApp a few days before to introduce themselves and confirm pick up arrangements. On the day they texted to day when they would be on their way and he arrived early and was waiting for us in our lobby. The bus we had for the day was luxurious and comefortable with good aircon. Our guide - Bruce Lee - was amazing he was very knowledgeable and explained everything very well. He also had everything well prepared including umbrellas for the hot sun, water and cold towels every time we needed something. The small group tour was great - we were only 5 people which was nice. The highlight was definitely the boat trip down the river in Ninh Binh the scenery was breath taking and it was very peaceful despite there being a number of other tourists. We also visited an accent temple in the old capital which was also picturesque. I haven’t been on an organised tour before as generally I don’t prefer it but this was so convenient and so good I would definitely recommend Vietnam Stunning Tours. Since we only had 4 days in Hanoi doing an organised trip meant we could see more places. I’d definitely use them again.
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Sabrinabg3198yz
Jun 17, 2024
Hanoi to Ninh Binh - Had a fantastic trip to Ninh Binh with our tour guide Bruce Lee! He was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable about all the sites we went to. He made sure we had a very comfortable and smooth trip and honestly couldn’t ask for more. The bus and lunch were amazing as well, would definitely recommend this tour!
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Jemillal2023
Jun 17, 2024
Wonderful tour - This was a fantastic tour! Bruce Lee was very informative about Vietnamese history, geography and culture and really helped us understand! I really appreciated his stories :) The bus was very comfortable and lunch was excellent! highly recommend
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Skeets54
Jun 16, 2024
Beautiful sights, great guide. - Great trip, which took us to some beautiful parts of Vietnam. Credit to our tour guide Bruce Lee for looking after everyone attentively throughout, being passionate and a fountain of knowledge. Would recommend.
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