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Van Long farming tour
1 day
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INTRODUCTION
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 A
short trip to Van Long Nature Reserve (Ninh Binh province) from
Hanoi has long been an attractive tour for nature beauty lover,
who want to have interesting experience of Vietnam countrysides
daily life. Joining this day tour, you will cycle on small roads
among peaceful villages and the rice field; take part in farming
activities to be a real farmer before having a boat trip on the
reservoir of Van Long Nature Reserve, the largest wetland of
Northern Vietnam. You will have chance to be closed to nature
with thousands of plants and hundreds of world-red-book animals.
Dont miss this chance to explore Ninh Binh land an ancient
capital with picturesque landscape!...
Highlights
- Cycling to visit
the villages, temples, communal house and local market;
- Being a real farmer when joining local daily life working with
farming activities;
- Visiting a local ancient house and learning how to cook
traditional northern dishes;
- Discovering and enjoying the beauty of Van Long Nature
Reserve.
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ITINERARY
 Our driver and tour guide
will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at around 8:00
in the morning and depart to Ninh Binh Province. After a
two-hour drive, you will reach stilt houses at Gia Van (Gia
Vien District). There you will get your bike at around
10:00 to start your 7 kilometer cycling on a small road
to visit local village, temples, pagodas and local
market.
Stop at Cau Vang Hamlet you will spend about one hour
joining farming activities and experiencing the local
daily life such as catching crab, fishing, transplanting
rice, seeding or scooping water or harvesting. You may
find it confused and clumsy at first but the feeling of
becoming a real farmer in rice fields will make you
relaxed and interested.
After that youll come to a local ancient house. Here,
keep your soul in a cooking demonstration with
traditional dishes. Dont miss the chance to enjoy your
food and the simplicity of furniture which bring you
back to peaceful atmosphere in Vietnam farmer family
hundreds years ago.
In the afternoon, you will visit Cat Scratch mountain
the home of delacours langurs (in Vietnamese, called
Voọc) - the precious animal in the World Red Book and
then reach Van Long Wharf where you will have a boat
trip along the reservoir of Van Long Nature Reserve -
the largest wetland of Northern Vietnam. The green
poetic landscape with many kinds of animals will provide
you with wonderful opportunities for nice photos. After
the boat trip, youll get on the car to come back to
Hanoi. The short tour is expected to be ended at 17:30
at your hotel in Hanoi.
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DESCRIPTION
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Tour includes:
* Private transfer round trip
* English speaking guide.
* Meals as mentioned
* Sightseeing fees and permits during guided time.
Tour excludes:
* Pre & post trip arrangements in Hanoi
* Food & drinks not mentioned within the itinerary
* Tips and gratuities
* Expenses of a personal nature such as bar bills, laundry and telephone charges
* Travel insurance
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Tour cost: US
$ 155 per person in the party of 2
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