Ninh Binh City is about 93km from Hanoi to the South, traffic is extremely convenient when both National Road 1A and North – South Railway run through. Therefore, you can come to Ninh Binh by both road and rail.
There is at least 3 southbound train available at least (SE5, SE7, SE19). It costs you around 15 US$ to 18 US$ per person for one seat based on the type of ticket you choose.
To check the information for train, visit Vietnam Railway’s Website. The station opens all day 24/7 with almost 10 trains per day from 6 a.m to 8 p.m, that means you can essentially approach Ninh Binh city at any time you’ve scheduled before.
The Hanoi train station is at 120 Le Duan Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi and Ninh Binh railway station is at 1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Ninh Binh city. It takes about 2 – 2,5 hours without delay.
Through the window of the train, you will see the constantly alternating view. The seat types include the hard seat, the soft seat, hard berth (6 berths in a cabin) and the sort berth (4 berths in a cabin) – From Soft Seat type to Soft Berth type, all carriages and cabins are air-conditioned with the comfortable seats/berths.
Not a quite good choice but doesn’t mean forget about it. It is easy and favorable to book a bus ticket online or offline. You can book it online at VeXeRe.com or buy the ticket at the bus station.
About the bus, some bus agencies provide the service picking you up at an arranged point and drop you at the determined one.
You should ask your concierge for more information, they also can help you to book a ticket and set up for picking you up at defined spot proximity to your hotel.
It is possible to catch the bus at the bus station. There are 4 stations for you depending on your situation included:
If you are an audacious tourist and absolutely desire to explore Vietnamese daily living, this should be your first choice.
Locals usually choose the bus to move among the provinces.It is cheaper but more cramped.
You have to share your seat with other people or take cognizant of the feeling of taking a seat on a plastic chair right in the middle of the bus. It is a different and specific experience.
It costs you around 50.000 VND (2.5 US$) to 100.000 VND (5 US$)/person.
Make sure you ask the price before getting on the bus, some bus-drivers will try to charge the foreigner more than the normal rate.
If you travel from Hanoi to Ninh Binh in a group, the best option for you should be rent a private car. It is a bit pricey if your group is small (under 10 people).
But if you go in a large group (more than 15 people), it can be cheaper than traveling by bus.
The advantage of this way is the flexible schedule, faster and more comfortable. Actually, it has some problems that you should pay attention to.
When you rent a private car shared by groups in order to save the money, you should offer them to choose a place among the hotels of each person and everyone concentrates on this spot and begin the journey if you don’t want your schedule broken by late because of picking each individual person from their hotel.
You should check for the car and the contract carefully to avoid scam. Ask for a full package price, including insurance, fuel fee and other fees. Some agencies can try to overcharge you with these fees.
There are agencies that provide English-speaking drivers, quite a bonus for tourists. remember those limousine cars are more expensive than a normal car but they are the most comfortable ones.
You should consider all these choices, you have more than one way. The other option is the luxury limousine car and (more money of course more satisfying).
It costs you approximately 200.000 VND/person or 10 US$
There are the names of limousine cars that you should check (price per person):
Both of them has their own website, if the website doesn’t have English version, you can use Google Translate Tool to check the information or ask the concierge or one Vietnamese buddy to help you.
In the other hand, you can choose one day scheduled tours if you don’t want to think so much about how to go, what to do or where to visit.
It is not really for sure right or wrong time to visit Ninh Binh city, it depends on how you feel when you are in a country with about 3200 kilometers of coastline and three different weather systems.
Like in all north Vietnam, it is hot and humid in Ninh Binh from May to October.
Unfortunately, it has a high percentage of chance to typhoons during September. From November to April seems less challenging from the sky with dry and cooler weather.
Not for sure that which time is better, in the rainy season, the scenery is so bright because the rice fields are at their best vivid green, so there’s no reason to think about which is the best time to go. The best time is around the year.
Ninh Binh has many destinations, and you should spend 3-4 days for these places to explore. Perhaps not everyone will have time to go to all these places. Here are some suggestions for Ninh Binh 1 Day Tour.
After coming to Nhan Valley, you can watching a lot of birds such as: stork, cauldron, le le, common teal, magpies, starling … After having satisfied your eyes, you can go ashore and visit gardens, primeval forests, love valleys, thousand- years- old banyan tree…
Or you can continue taking a boat to explore other caves of Nham Valley ecological community.
Here, you can take a boat around the lake, go fishing, or visit these entertainment areas, sports area or go to house on stilts to rest, have a light before come back to Hanoi.
With this schedule, you will visit 3 famous destinations: Hoa Lu ancient capital, Tam Coc Cave and Mua Cave
Then move to the restaurant to rest and have lunch. You will have the opportunity to admire the majestic high mountains, romantic rice fields, peaceful scenery of the countryside on the way to the restaurant. If you’re lucky, you may come across flocks of buffaloes, cows or goats grazing on the hillsides or along the road.
Next, you will return to home to get a bicycle and prepare for a cycling journey on the rice fields and the peaceful village here.
After that, you will move to Mua cave where you will have a lot of beautiful photos, will have a panoramic view of tam coc and Ngo river. To reach the top you must climb 500 steps. If you’re an exercise -loving person, it’s an easy hiking trip.
At the end of the climb, you will be back to your car and prepare to return to Hanoi.
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