Tam Coc – Bich Dong – Hoa Lu - Vietnam Packages

Tam Coc comes to travelers as Ha Long Bay inland, which is on the rice paddies (a striking resemblance to Guilin and Yangshuo in China). Tam Coc has huge rock formation jutting out of rice fields. Tam Coc means “Three Caves”.

Bich Dong is the most second beautiful pagoda of Vietnam, after Perfume Pagoda. It is a couple of kilometers north of Tam Coc. The Lower Pagoda is located at the foot of the outcrop from which it is a climb of about 100 steps to the Middle pagoda, then a shorter way to the Upper pagoda. Inside each cave temple, looming statues and the smoke of burning incense create a holy atmosphere.

Hoa Lu has an interesting historical twist. Hoa Lu was the first capital of Vietnam during the Dinh (968-980) and early Le (980-1009). Atmosphere in the temple is evocative of the heyday of the royal citadel with palaces; pavilions and temples, which existed thousands of years ago. It is a remaining evidence of the golden age of the land with three feudal dynasties of Vietnam.