Ninh Binh Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The Cuc Phong National Park was awesome! Beautiful scenery, lovely food (and massive portions!) and lots of wildlife!

We started with the Endanged Primate Rescue Centre; it holds many different types of endangered monkeys and all look really well cared for. We were told about the history of the centre and the problems they have/have had w...

TB: We had a very long travel day, we cruised back to Halong City by boat, had lunch, then crammed into a minibus 3 1/2 hours back to Hanoi. We waited at our hotel for 2 hours then to another mini bus that took us to the "bus station". Apparently we were on a local bus - we were the only white faces on board, actually was refreshing to travel wi...

Today we were going to visit the first ever national park in Vietnam, Cuc Phoung, established in 1963 by the legendary Uncle Ho. The park is situated around 45 kilometres west from Ninh Binh. Since I was becoming a pro with the motorbike, there wasnt really any other option. Plus it would be a great adventure without the stringent lobbying of a ...

Sup Blog-Dogs! Here's something a little different ... A gigantic yawn escaped past the lips of a tiny creature craddled in his grandfather's arms. In the far corner of the room a subdued fire flickered red in a stone fireplace. A contented spaniel lay before it, curled up upon a woven rug, soaking in the warm glow from the diminutive flames. "B...

Woke up at 7am. Couldn't get much sleep because of people coming in throughout the night. I should have put on my earplugs. Ate the free bread, butter, jam and nescafe combo at Backpackers. As I was having breakfast, a British high school graduate sat at my table. He reminded me of my good friend Fuat Savas who had done a similar journey around ...

Tim and Julie had to work so Royce and I traveled to Cuc Phuong National park. Earlier in the week we arranged for a private tour with an English speaking guide. The guide and driver picked us up at 7am near Tim's house and we were off. Cuc Phuong is Vietnam's first national park, it was created in 1962 by Ho Chi Minh. It contains at least 7 tre...

We took a bus from Hanoi through Ninh Binh to Tam Coc. We stayed in a hotel across the street from the "put in " for an industry of paddlers, who would, for a fee , row you through the mountainous Charsts rising up from the rice paddies. Some call this place a "Halong Bay" without the sea, as the geology is similar. Beautiful, majestic spires ri...

La manyana siguiente sintiendome mucho mejor despues de 11 horas sobando, nos dirigimos a Hoa Binh lake a 14 km en moto y 7 a pie alrededor de el lago por caminos muy castigados pr el tiphoon de hace un mes, que en total se llevo a 14 victimas debido a los deslizamientos de tierra, pero aqui esto es el cuento de cada anyo. Una vez llegados a la ...

Okay, at long last the wait is over; the evil bus ride from Hanoi to Ninh Binh: When we were loaded into a mini van we though; oh, how nice, a mini van, because, as those closest to us know, we are suckers for vans that are not as big as other vans. But, as it turns out, that vehicle was only a "tender' to get us to the real bus, which is too bi...

The Vietnamese flag, solid red with a single yellow star, must be a hot commodity here in Ninh Binh. It flies from every building and hundreds of them line each street, which gives the place a staunchly "Red" nationalistic vibe since that color is so predominant here. And in stark contrast to my Big Brother paranoia, the people here are welcomin...