Cuc Phuong - Ngoc Son - Pu Luong Trek 4 days

Day 1: Hanoi - Cuc Phuong National Park, trek to Khanh village  
Pick-up at your hotel is at 7:00 am. Drive 90 km by mini-van to Ninh Binh, and arrive at Cuc Phuong National Park before noon, after visit the Animal Rescue Center and learn about the park's biodiversity and variety of endangered species. Our long trek (18 km) begins here through the local rain forest. Picnic lunch is served on the way. Late afternoon arrival at a village and our homestay of the Muong minority people. Dinner and free time to talk with the host family. Overnight at the stilt home.
Day 2: Cuc Phuong - Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Nature Reserve

Wake-up, eat, and final preparations complete by 7:00 am. Our morning route will take us from Khanh village, to a short river raft trip along the Buoi river, to Thach Lam commune where we begin our 12 km (~3.5 hours) trek. Trekking highlights include: a meandering river, houses on stilts, rice paddies, and a waterfall. Picnic lunch at a local home at Thuong village then more afternoon trekking (3-4 hours) until we reach tonights homestay. Dinner at the Muong family home. These homestays are a product of a community based tourism project between the village and Spanish NGO, Fundación Promoción Social de la Cultural.
Day 3: Mon village - trek to Pu Luong Natural Reserve, Hieu village

Early wake-up as we plan our departure for 7:00am. A quick motor taxi ride (~ 7km) for village-to-village trekking (3 – 3.5hours). The highlights of our trek will be experiencing the beauty of both Ngoc Son Ngo Luong & Pu luong Nature Reserves and the everyday life and culture of the Muong people. This is a wonderful trek via a dried river then down hills to Hieu village. But it could be a difficult trek too if the weather turns bad.  
Have a picnic lunch under the shade of forest trees, then continue our wonderful trek down to Hieu village in the afternoon. Take short rest then we visit the beautiful water fall near the village then back to the homestay for dinner and overnight at a Muong homestay.
Day 4: Hieu village - Pho Doan - Hanoi
Morning departure at 8:00 am. Another day of village-to-village trekking for a route is about 8 km (~3.5 hours). Short pause for lunch at a local food stall in town then we will begin our ride back to Hanoi. Finish our trip at your hotel around 5:00 pm.

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Experience Wildlife at Cuc Phuong 2 days

Day 1: Hanoi - Cuc Phuong National Park.    
Pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am. Drive about 100 km on a good road by mini-van to Ninh Binh. Arrive in Cuc Phuong National Park after about 3.5 hrs. We first visit the Primate Rescue Center to learn more about many different endangered species then transfer to the park center for lunch. Early check in the room if it is subject to available.
In the afternoon, do some enjoyable trekking on loop trails with some small rocky slope inside the National Park and do the amphibians, insects and reptiles spotting (~ 9km). Back for dinner before doing our night – spotting trip, going in search of the forest’s numerous nocturnal creatures, including civets, owls, flying squirrels, lorises, bats and small cats. Stay overnight at the vey simple guesthouse of the park.
Day 2: Cuc Phuong - Trang An - Hanoi

8:00 am, breakfast at a restaurant near your guesthouse. Free time to enjoy a walk around before driving to visit the areas Botanical Gardens; home of the oldest forest of Vietnam then we transfer on to Trang An.
When we get there we will take a very beautiful boat ride in about 1,5 hours a meandering stream with towering limestone mountain peaks above and rowing through some limestone caves.
Rest and lunch at a local restaurant nearby. After lunch, we return to Hanoi at about 5:30 pm.

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