Van Long Pond Rammer a Beautiful Destination near Hanoi, Tour

Van Long Pond Rammer a Beautiful Destination near Hanoi

About 80km from Hanoi and taking visitors about 2 hours to reach, Van Long pond rammer (Gia Van commune, Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province) is a suitable destination for people who do not have much time and can only travel in one day sightseeing.

Van Long is not a natural lagoon, but was formed by the building of the 30km long adike in the left bank of Day river to prevent flooding. Since then, Van Long has become a vast wetland with beautiful rock islands and caves.

Van Long pond rammer covers an area of nearly 3,500 ha and is the largest flooding nature reserve in the northern plain with thousands of animals, plants, aquatic species staying, growing in cliff side, on the shore or in the water. In particular, the highlight species are water birds migrating in winter, belostomatid listed in Red Book and especially the Delacour’s langur (white short langur) who is on the verge of extinction in all over the world…

In order to reach Van Long pond rammer from Hanoi, you drive along national highway 1A, through Phu Ly to Gian Khau junction, turn left into the road running to Nho Quan to Gia Van, Gia Vien district. Van Long pond rammer is located just on the dike footing (there is an instruction signpost here).

Here, the management board sells tickets for a boat tour in 2 directions. The main direction is to visit Kem Tram- Hang Bong (Bong Cave) with many scenic sites. The second direction is for those who are interested in creatures. If you are lucky, you can meet rare langurs drinking water in the pond or swinging from branch to branch.

Each direction takes about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes, and costs about 75,000 VND/ adult ticket. Because the boat is small and lightweight, it often carry 2 visitors.

There’s also a very interesting destination which is the stork garden, about 2km from the marina to the west.

If you travel in more than 1 days, you can stay in Van Long Eco Resort. This is also an ideal resort for weekend, located next to Van Long wetland nature reserve. From here, you can also go to the Ke Ga hot spring, Cuc Phuong national park, Tam Coc- Bich Dong, Trang An landscape complex, Bai Dinh pagoda … or relics of King Dinh and King Le.

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Coming to Van Long, you will have the feel of a bay without waves and the water surface is as flat as a mirror, and is so clear that we can see the moss and aquatic plants below. If the travel by boat, it takes about an hour to visit all the pond in brief, firstly, the boat goes through the creeks flanked by tall patches of grass. Van Long has over 30 beautiful caves, in which some huge caves are included in tourist attractions (some caves are not accessible in high water season) such as: Ca (Fish) Cave, Bong Cave, Rua (Turtle) Cave, Chanh Cave…

After going through the mountains, you’ll come to Ca cave, this is a half-submersible half- floating cave of 250m long, 8m high, 10m wide opening into a beautiful cave. The cave is located at the foot of the mountain, so after going through the cave to the other side, you will see a small grass valley surrounded by mountains, if you are lucky – usually in the afternoon (around 15:30 to 16:30 ), you will have more chances to see langurs swinging from branch to branch and storks are higher than going in the morning.

There are also some limestone massifs in the shape of their names like Meo Cao (Cat Scratching), Mam Xoi (a tray of sticky rice), Hom Sach, Da Ban …

Van Long pond rammer attracts tourists with its the natural, secluded and quiet beauty; therefore, when you come here, you should not talk and laugh loudly because it breaks the quiet landscape of the lake. If you love to take pictures, you should talk to the boatmen in advance so that they will take you to visit all the points in Van Long (during approximately 2 hours).

Van Long Pond Rammer a Beautiful Destination near Hanoi, Tour

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