Full Day Hoa Lu -Tam Coc DELUXE Tour from Hanoi Including Lunch

Love the Bike ride through the Padi fields. Highlight of the day!

Excellent value for money and very good tour guide Quoc... Ninh Binh Province with Tam Coc and Hoa Lua provided an excellent insight into the areas and also history. The food was good and the bike rides, river rides and photo opportunities were superb. All in all, an excellent trip.

We had an excellent young guide who was very knowledgeable about the history of Vietnam. He was happy to chat with any and all of the people on the tour, and organised our entry into each of the sites that we visited, quickly and efficiently. The smorgasbord lunch was fine and the overall experience was good value for money.

When staying in Hanoi for a few days this is a good tour to add to see something outside Hanoi. We booked this tour based on the Viator reviews and we weren't disappointed. This tour is value for money. It is a full day tour. It might even last a bit longer then indicated due to traffic etc. The tour guide asked us if there was someone in the group that had to be back at a specific timing. Depending on your hotel location in the old quarter the tour will pick you up from the hotel. Some hotels can't be reached by bus. During the ride the guide provided us with all sorts of information. It was good and entertaining. The tour will make a pit stop at a souvenir store/ restaurant when disabled people make all sorts of nice souvenirs of good quality. There is no pressure to buy. First attraction is the ancient capital of Hoa Lu with two temples. This was nice to see but a bit crowded since all tours pass this point. Next stop is Tam Coc wharf where you can enjoy an extensive buffet lunch. There really was a lot of food choices. The highlight of the tour is the Sampan boat trip through the caves . This is really amazing. Since it is quite sunny we did buy a hat from one of the many shops to protect us a bit from the sun. It can become a bit crowded since more tours will do the same boat ride there. It is usually 2-3 persons per boat. You can tip the rowman which is quite a common practice. Downside is a bit that they ask for more tips even when you tip. Last attraction is a bike ride through the countryside. This is only a short ride. The country side roads aren't the best. They provide all sorts of bikes. It is best to choose a mountain bike. During the bike ride you can stop to take pictures of the beautiful surroundings. Then the tour returns to Hanoi with a pitstop at the same souvenir shop so if you haven't bought in the morning you can still do so in the afternoon. The return trip might take a while due to traffic. Overall the tour is value for money and a good choice to do while staying in Hanoi.

Good and friendly guide, nice experience, beautiful landscapes. Highly recommended.

Tour guide really made the trip something, however I was disappointed by the quality of the boat we were on as every other boat that passed by us looked like yachts. However, we were there for the bay and it doesn't dissapoint.

This was an excellent excursion that shouldn't be missed. The scenery is amazing and the opportunity to ride a bicycle through the area is a memorable one. However, it was a LONG day on a crowded minibus. Fortunately, I was the last traveler picked up and the first one dropped off!

Fantastic places to visit, but the weather was poor grey and cold with a little rain and the service was disappointing. The guide was also the owner of the restaurant and this felt like a money-making operation rather than a well-established tour with customers as its focus. Examples: bus was dirty when arrived, making it harder to see out, yet the bus stopped for a wash on the way back there was little commentary as we drove along or when we arrived at the two destinations the journey back took ridiculously long snarled up with holiday traffic drop-off at the end of the day was chaotic and the lunchtime food, whilst plentiful, was poor quality. Better service would have gone a long way to make the weather and traffic more bearable!

Great tour and wonderful sights, the guide gave every opportunity to give everyone the best photos. The 90min boat ride was amazing, just to watch them row with there feet is truly mesmerising. Cycle is none too strenuous and the buffet lunch is very good.

This was a very good value day out and well organised by the operator. Although we were picked up about 15 minutes late from our hotel we were telephoned so we knew that the pick-up would be delayed. The small bus used was a little cramped but our English speaking guide was very clear an informative as he showed us round the Hoa Lu Temples. The lunch buffet was very good and we had free use of the restaurant's toilet facilities throughout the afternoon while we were at Tam Coc. The boat tour lasted around an hour and a half with just two of us per boat and we saw some great scenery as we passed through rice paddy fields flanked by karst outcrops and through three caves. Some went on a bike tour for around one hour while we went for a walk along paths shown us by our guide. The day started at around 8.30am and we didn't get back to Hanoi until around 7pm.