General info: Van Long is a legendary land and an amazingly beautiful landscape for tourism, while at the same time, the largest mangrove nature reserve in northern delta, Ninh Binh province. Van Long reserve is on area of 2,643 hectares in seven communes of Gia Vien district.
In the Van Long forest, there are 457 species of plants, eight of which are listed in Vietnam’s Red Book. There are 39 species of animals, including nine precious species such as languor, Tibetan bear, chamois, Loris, and red-face monkey. There are nine reptiles listed in Vietnam’s Red Book such as grass-snake, varan, slow and harmless boas, and gecko.
Tour details:
8:00 AM Pick up from your Hotel. Leave to Van Long then have a boat trip as local sampan around natural mountains, admire the wonderful landscape of the tourist area. 12:00 PM Have Lunch at loocal restaurant.
12:30 PM Take about 1.5 hours road ride to the ferry-boarding a boat and cruising along Hoang Long river (that means the Dragon river), watching beautiful shaped limestone formation, rice paddies to visit the floating village Kenh Ga (Chicken Canals-see lonely page). Enjoy the life and activities on the river that you can image like water puppet show in the theatre. Visit Hot mineral-Spring (Natural stream). Transfer back to Hanoi. Drop off at your Hotel at about 18:30 PM.
Tour cost
Group size |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 upper |
Price (USD)/person |
142 |
88 |
72 |
65 |
60 |
56 |
Tour Includes:
- Private AC transport round trip
- Local English speaking guide
- Boat trip and Entrance fee
- Lunch at local restaurant