Our group of 14 friends spent 3 days in Ninh Binh with Mr Linh’s Adventures and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We stayed at the Tam Coc Garden Homestay in a bungalow which was clean, comfortable and welcoming, and on the second night we stayed in the Bai Dinh Hotel and Pagoda complex. We have never seen anything like it and may not again. The hotel is large and well laid out, with great food and friendly staff. With the corona virus not a great number of people are travelling so we were spoilt for service.
The pagoda complex is unique, interesting, and huge. That in itself was worth the trip, and without Mr Linh’s Adventures we would never have known it was there!
We visited ancient monuments relating to the dynasties of Dinh and Le prior to the 10th century, we went for two boat rides through caves (ever been on a boat rowed by a person using their feet?), hiked to the top of Ngoa Mountain (486 steps and fantastic views) and where the more adventurous went out to the dragon’s tail or stood on the pinnacles to have their photo taken.
We visited the biggest pagoda in Vietnam, we visited the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre, the cave ‘of the early man’ (over 7,000 ago), and had a short hike to the 1,000 yo tree.
Great trip with a good driver (Mr Duy) and a friendly, knowledgeable guide (Mr Long). The trip was very well organised and gave more than promised.