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Tam Coc view from above
Country: Vietnam
Province: Ninh Binh

Tinh Ninh Binh Holiday Weather today


Date/time of update: April 19, 2024, 1:09 am, Timezone: GMT+7
Broken Clouds

Temperature: 28.1°C
Temperature feels like: 32.03°C
Minimum Temperature: 28.1°C
Maximum Temperature: 28.1°C
Atmospheric pressure: 1004hPa
Humidity:78%
Visibility: 10000m
Wind speed: 3.91m/sec
Wind Direction: 180 degrees
Cloudiness: 60%
Sunrise: 2024-04-18 10:35:09
Sunset: 2024-04-19 11:15:59

Tam Coc is 7 km from Ninh Binh City and Hoa Lu Ancient Capital. Tam Coc is a flooded area with towering mountains jutting out of green rice paddies.

Travel Guide to Tam Coc, Ninh Binh

Best time to visit

When it is the rice season, you’ll have your breath taken away getting absorbed in the beautifully smooth colors of the countryside of Tam Coc. When the rice ripens and the vast areas of rice fields turn into golden colors against the backdrop of the green limestone mountains. This time you’ll get great photography of Ninh Binh.

Captivating mountains at Tam Coc Ninh Binh
Captivating mountains at Tam Coc Ninh Binh

The best time to travel to Tam Coc is early June and late September when the rice is about to be harvested. But if you come at other times of the year, you’ll get lovely photos of Ninh Binh anyway.

Tam Coc Pier
The pier where travelers start a 2-hour rowing boat trip into the unreal beauty of Tam Coc

Things to do, Luxury Travel and Family Tours, Sightseeing Trips

1/ Rowing boat trip

Traveling to Tam Coc, we can have a 2-hour trip in little rowing boats weaving through the mountains and rice paddies. There are 3 underwater caves that you’ll travel through on the journey. After each cave, it is a secret enclosed valley with towering mountains all around. Added to the amazing landscape are scenes of farmers tending to their rice just by the riverside and goats climbing the vertical cliffs looking for food; you’ll have your photographs more vivid!

Tam Coc Rowing Boat Trip
the rowing boat trip travel on a little river flanked by rice paddies and surrounding by imposing mountains...

 

Underwater cave at Tam Coc
The boat rows its way through the Ca Cave - one of the three underwater caves at Tam Coc

Floating shop at Tam Coc
If you are not in a hurry, then stop at some of the floating shops and cafes for chilled drinks...

 

 

Third cave at Tam Coc
After passing the third underwater cave, you can have a rest before returning to Tam Coc Town

2/ Hang Mua

Do not miss to climb to the top of Hang Mua where you get 360-degree views of the unbelievable countryside. The landscape looks mysterious in the early morning and late afternoon which makes your photos really full of charm. Say if you happen to come during the golden rice period, then you do have to get to the top of Hang Mua at midday to get sensational photographs of the valleys filled up with golden colors and amazing mountains around them.

Stunning landscape from the top of Hang Mua Mountain at Tam Coc, Ninh Binh
Stunning landscape from the top of Hang Mua Mountain at Tam Coc, Ninh Binh

3/ Walking, Biking Tours

Visiting Tam Coc on foot may make you tired after a while, then you can choose to cycle amid the rice fields through villages or amid the amazing mountains. You can cycle to Thai Vi Temple, Bich Dong Pagoda, Hoa Lu Ancient Capital or through peaceful villages...

Breathtaking landscape at Tam Coc Ninh Binh
Breathtaking landscape at Tam Coc Ninh Binh

4/ Family Tours

Tam Coc of Ninh Binh is a great destination for family holidays. Your family can go on leisurely bike tours, walking tours amid idyllic rice fields surrounded by limestone mountains, adoring wild birds in valleys, taking sampan trips amid heavenly landscape… A family trip at Ninh Binh can range from one day to a week.

Tam Coc Market at Tam Coc, Ninh Binh
Tam Coc Market at Tam Coc, Ninh Binh

5/ Luxury Travel

There are several luxury resorts amid the spectacular landscape at Tam Coc. You may like to go for rustic luxury amid lush green garden, or aristocratic luxury which offers an experience of the wealthy in Vietnam back in time.

Paradissa operates day trips from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, 2-day or 3-day sightseeing and family tours or bicycle tours for you to explore Ninh Binh in-depth. Fans of photography may like to contact us for further details on a special photography tour to Ninh Binh which takes in the best of this backwater. The services for our tours range from mid range budget to luxury travel.


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