Join this tour to visit Bai Dinh pagoda with the total area of 2000ha, the Bai Dinh complex is the biggest Buddhism center of South east Asia with hundreds of statues of different sizes. Travelers will be attracted by the architecture which is so marvelous, majestic but still preserve traditional features. Leaving Bai Dinh, you will head to Trang An ecological tourist site where you take a boat trip to visit many caves of different sizes in a scenic landscape of Trang An.
Highlights
Boat ride to explore outstanding natural sceneries of limestone karst landscapes
Pay a visit to glimmering massive pagoda complex of magnificent architecture ever built
Tranquil cycling on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with back drop of a maze of limestone mountain.
Bai Dinh Pagoda - Trang An Boat Ride Day Trip
07:30 Tour guide and car from Paradise Indochina Travel meets you at your hotel/stay and start your Bai Dinh - Trang An day trip from Hanoi, you will have100km bus transfer through verdant landscape of country side. Short-break en route.
10:30 Arrive Bai Dinh pagoda complexes, the largest pagoda, set on the foot hill of Dinh Mountain surrounded by amazing views of the exquisite river valley below and the limestone karsts dotted around which will take your breath away. This pagoda complex stunningly boast a array of the most massive and magnificent architecture of Vietnamese tradition refined ever built that it take a full day to explore all. So you will visit some of the highlights that owned the national:
- 500 stone statues of “La Han” (Arhats)
- 2 huge bronze bells, one weighs 27 tons, other weighs 36 tones
- Three bronze statues of Tam The (50 tons each)
With sacred atmospheres and intriguing Buddhism story which presented by Paradise Indochina Travel tour guide, you cannot fail to enchant. The visit ends with a walk-up the summit mountain to see the 100 tones statue of Buddha Sakyamuni made of bronze and enjoy the panoramic view of picturesque landscape dotted with limestone mountains.
12:30 Enjoy a fabulous buffet lunch in a Vietnamese restaurant with some special dishes such as goat meat, pork storage vessel….
13:30 Leave for the Trang An Scenic Landscapes, an outstanding natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Embark on a traditional sampan gently roweddown the exquisite river through numerous caves: Hang Toi ( Dack ) cave, 320 meter long, Sang (light) cave, 90 meter long, and Hang Nau Ruou (Cooking wine) cave, 250 meter long…, Every passages bring new surprise of mystery hidden inside isolated valleys of tranquility that likely transformed to the other world and time.
15:30 Continue Bai Dinh - Trang An day trip from Hanoi, you have a cycling ride on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with back drop of a maze of limestone mountains.
16:30 Take the returns shuttle bus to Hanoi.
19:00 Drop off at your hotel. End of Bai Dinh - Trang An day trip from Hanoi
Tour included
Good transfers round trip.
English speaking guide.
Buffet lunch with Vietnamese dishes.
2 bottles of water per person.
All entrance fees indicated in our itinerary.
Electric car in Bai Dinh Pagoda
Boat trip in Trang An.
Cycling in countryside
Tour not included
Drinks during lunch
Tips; personal expences
All not indicated in our itinerary.
Important Notes
Cycling are optional.
Itinerary is subject to change upon weather conditions.