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Rowing boats passing a pavilion on the water at Tràng An

Beyond Hanoi · by road or train, south

Ninh Bình: a journey from Hanoi

The Tràng An Landscape Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site of limestone peaks and flooded valleys, and the river at Tam Cốc.

The back story

  1. The back story

    Ninh Bình: Tràng An and Tam Cốc

    Ninh Bình·In depth

    Rowing boats through caves and karst valleys, rice fields under limestone peaks: the Tràng An Landscape Complex, south of Hanoi.

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What to see

  1. UNESCO, 2014

    The Tràng An Landscape Complex

    Ninh Bình·UNESCO landscape

    Limestone peaks, flooded valleys and caves, seen by rowing boat.

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  2. Rice fields and karst

    Tam Cốc

    Ninh Bình·River and caves

    A river trip between rice fields and limestone cliffs, through three caves.

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