Trang An UNESCO Heritage – picturesque landscape of Ninh Binh

Trang An UNESCO Heritage – picturesque landscape of Ninh Binh

While the other people gathering together to go and see the flower blooming in the Northeast and Northwest, I myself quietly go downward to Trang An (Ninh Binh) to find some peace and relaxation.

Surfing the news lately, one can easily find articles about trips to the Northwest, Northeast of Vietnam with blooming triangular flower fields, bud-filled mountain roads innocent smile of children, adventurous rides all over the streets…

They go partly because their youth is passionate about finding new experiences, others go as their friends go. Young people keep dreaming about the overwhelming, admiring and admiration for a "phượt" word. They gradually forgot a place where there are nothing less than that in other places, a place that is so beautiful and so beautiful in the way that it has remained for hundreds of years. No trumpet, no marketing, no PR, Trang An - Ninh Binh is like a giant shadow, always majestic and peaceful beside a busy Hanoi.


I came to Trang An-Ninh Binh in a bad mood.

The trip to Moc Chau was cherished for 2 months, and I was smashed with smoke because of the rain, and the mustard flowers were not blooming. Ninh Binh appeared casually as a type of plan B salvaged on the journey to the North this time, because it was only 105 km from Hanoi and could go back to the same day.

I have heard of Ninh Binh many times, both books and mainstream media always praise Ninh Binh as a world cultural heritage. It seems that something is so familiar that people often lose their eagerness and curiosity about it. But after coming to Trang An, the fact that I did the boat trip for more than 3 hours was gaping, wide-eyed, excited. Then finally nodding to acknowledge, something that doesn't come to UNESCO cannot be a medium.


I started conquering Trang An with a boat trip costing 150k 3 hours without explanation.

Boats will go along Trang An eco-tourism area, passing 9 caves and 3 ancient temples, clear water in the bottom.


Trang An Marina

Right from the road to Trang An, the limestone mountains that were standing together appeared on both sides of the road, competing in front of each other, just like that. I paired up with a couple of German tourists, across the same age and with the same passion for traveling, we quickly clattered and made 3 hours to think it was long and passed like a tick.



Beautiful scenery of Trang An

The clever boatman quickly took all four children down the water, heading towards the remote rolling limestone mountains. The white and gray mountain body is exposed beneath the rich green vegetation to the eyes. The boat took us along the two sides of the mountain, went through the trees, above the golden sunlight, shimmering with leaves, and the water was sparkling under blue water. A green part of the sky is gently illuminated by the shadow, the rest is green due to algae, the lazy algae swings in the bottom.


Trang An water park

Dotting the background of the blue water is somewhere the rich carp fish, the orange, the black, and the brown. The water in Trang An is so clean and clear that it makes people feel that just with their hands, it is possible to capture mosses or remove pebbles and fish immediately, as easily as in a lake.


Trang An peace vase

The most interesting thing to say is that rowing through the cave, when I looked at the boat, went straight to the cliff, I was a little panicked, but the boatman laughed, telling us not to worry, just passing through the cave only



Trang An excursions

Caves are tunnels that pass through mountains, but the cave mouth may not be tall enough for me to sit up straight. Once in the cave, the top of the head was covered with stone cliffs that the natural nature of the mother set to not follow any shape, below it was still a cold, calm water but now looks in the darkness somewhat more scary.





Explore Trang An

Throughout the 9 caves, there are many times for unique ones, the stone columns appear suddenly dodged without hints, the bends make both of them stand in the heart, the water ripples on the wall and does not bother to be small. tong on anyone ... How much the feeling of being in a tense feeling, the feeling of being in the cramped dark cave, throwing up a light, then the vastness of the scene gradually appeared until people reached small in the middle of the green nature, the feeling of pleasure is hard to put into words.




Unfortunately, the light is too dull so I can't take a picture.


The place is so peaceful that it can satisfy the so-called passionate discovery that people are still promoting day by day.

Trang An is a perfect place near Hanoi for those who want to admire the beauty slowly, release their hands to the blue water, inhale the scent of the grass, or learn more about the history.


So I hope it will be peaceful forever, don't make any noise.