New Tour at Cuc Phuong

Ninh Binh’s Country Side & Cuc Phuong Experience

Duration: 3 days/2 nights (includes lunches/dinners/stay over-night in the national park)
Highlights include:

Itinerary:

Day one: Depart from Hanoi at around 7:30 and drive down to Van Long Nature Reserve. At this site you will take a boat trip for 1,5 or 2 hours in the hopes of seeing the Delacour’s langur - one of rarest primate species in the world. After the boat trip, you will have lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, you will start a whole afternoon of cycling to Cuc Phuong national park. This 40km of cycling will takes you through the villages, ricefields, fishing area and farm along the dike that divided Hoang Long river and local communities of Gia Vien and Nho Quan districts. During this cycling you will have chance to explore the dailly life of local people; enjoy the beautifull of the landscape as well as visit a temples, a church and a cave called Van Trinh. While arrive the park, you will settle into your room, have dinner at Cuc Phuong’s restaurant and take a quiet night’s sleep. (L/D)

Day two: After a night’s sleep, you will awake to the sounds of gibbons and the surrounding forest. Have breakfast and visit the Visitor Center, the Endangered Primate Rescue Center and Turtle Conservation Center. After the conservation centers, you cycle 7km into the forest to visit the Cave of Prehistoric Man, a place where stone tools and skeletons were found dated to some 7.500 years old. After the cave, keep cycling for 12km up to the park center, where you will check in to the guest house and have lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, you will walk to visit the 1000 year old tree. This 7km loop trail offers you an opportunity to discover the tropical fauna and flora as well as the eco-systems on karst of the national park. In the evening, after having dinner you and the national park guide will re-enter the forest, using headlights to go and search for nocturnal creatures, including owls, flying squirrels, civets and small carnivores. Followed by a second night in the middle of the park (B/L/D)

Day three: Wake up refreshed, have breakfast and take another short walk with bird-watching before cycling back to the park headquarter for lunch. After lunch you will relax for an hour, the car will then drive you back to Hanoi. (B/L)

What to bring: Boots, headlights, clothes (warm clothes in winter), hat, camera, binoculars, insect repellent...etc.

B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner

Cuc Phuong Forest & Van Long Nature Reserve Experience

Duration: 2 days/1 night (includes lunches/dinners/stay over-night in the national park)
Highlights include:

Itinerary:

Day one: Depart from Hanoi at 8h:00 and arrive the park at around 11h:00, settle into the hotel; visit the Visitor Center before have lunch in a local restaurant at park headquarter. In the afternoon, visit the Cave of Prehistoric Man, where human skeletons and stone tools dated to some 7.500 years old have been found. After leaving the cave, the car will bring you to the park center where you will begin hiking a 7km loop trail to see the 1000 year old tree. On this trail you will have a chance to discover the secrets of nature. Dinner at a restaurant in the middle of the park. In the evening, after having dinner you and the national park guide will re-enter the forest, using headlights to go and search for nocturnal creatures, including owls, flying squirrels, civets and small carnivores before heading back to the park headquarter for a quiet night’s sleep. (L/D)

Day two: After a night’s sleep, you will awake to the sounds of gibbons and the surrounding forest. Have breakfast and visit the Turtle Conservation Center, the Endangered Primate Rescue Center - one of the highlights of a visit to Cuc Phuong, where you can observe some of the rarest primate species in the world. After the conservation centers, you will start cycle to Van Long Nature Reserve. With approximately 40km of cycling, the journey will takes you through the villages, ricefields, fishing area and farm along the dike that divided Hoang Long river and local communities of Gia Vien and Nho Quan districts. During this cycling you will have chance to explore the dailly life of local people; enjoy the beautifull of the landscape. Lunch will be at a local restaurant at Van Long. After lunch, you will take a boat trip for 1,5 or 2 hours in the hopes of seeing the Delacour’s langur - one of rarest primate species in the world. Finish the boat trip, the car will then drive you back to Hanoi. (L/D)

What to bring: Boots/walking shoes/sport shoes, headlights, clothes (warm clothes in winter), hat, camera, binoculars, insect repellent...etc.

B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner

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