Hanoi Trip Overview
Skull Island: The amazingly scenic setting for the latest King Kong blockbuster movie released in 2017. You will have a local person paddling you along the river in a small 2-5 passenger row boat, where you can have a short break at a beautiful temple, and amongst all the mountains and caves, still lies the village of conical coconut huts built for the hollywood movie…you can even take photos with some of the actors dressed in the tribal outfits and face painting they wore for the filming. This is where UNESCO world heritage meets Hollywood. Bai Dinh pagoda is the largest Buddhist complex in Vietnam and also holds many other records of Vietnam, and Asia including, Southeast Asia’s largest bronze Buddha. Over five hundred craftsmen and many groups of workers from famous traditional craft villages included Phu Loc wood making village, Ninh Van stone carving village, Y Yen bronze casting village, and Van Lam embroidery village.
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Skull Island: The amazingly scenic setting for the latest King Kong blockbuster movie released in 2017. You will have a local person paddling you along the river in a small 2-5 passenger row boat, where you can have a short break at a beautiful temple, and amongst all the mountains and caves, still lies the village of conical coconut huts built for the hollywood movie…you can even take photos with some of the actors dressed in the tribal outfits and face painting they wore for the filming. This is where UNESCO world heritage meets Hollywood. Bai Dinh pagoda is the largest Buddhist complex in Vietnam and also holds many other records of Vietnam, and Asia including, Southeast Asia’s largest bronze Buddha. Over five hundred craftsmen and many groups of workers from famous traditional craft villages included Phu Loc wood making village, Ninh Van stone carving village, Y Yen bronze casting village, and Van Lam embroidery village.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Ninh Binh, Ninh Binh, Ninh Binh Province
8:00 – 8:30 AM: We pick up guests from hotels located in the Old Quarter. The drive to Ninh Binh will be approximately 2 hours.
10:30 AM: Our tour guide will take you to Bai Dinh Pagoda, which has hundreds and hundreds of Buddhist statues each hand carved and unique.
12:30 PM: Time to take a break and have lunch at a local restaurant including the Ninh Binh traditional dishes from goat meat.
1:30 PM: We will continue the trip to Trang An. Upon on arrival, we will take the boat trip along Trang An river to enjoy the cave complex. The scenery of Trang An is a unique combination of deep turquoise river water between the mountains, water caves and clear blue sky where you will not find anywhere else. The boat trip will range from 2 to 3 hours, rowed by local people.
After the boat trip, we return to the bus and head back to Hanoi city
6:00 – 6:30 PM: We drop you off at your hotel in the Old Quarter. Your Bai Dinh – Trang An 1 Day Tour concludes.
Duration: 10 hours
