Twobirdsbreakingfree's video: HOA LU ANCIENT CITADEL TAM COC ROWBOAT JOURNEY Ninh Binh Vietnam

In this video we take you to the beautiful and stunning karst landscapes around the busy city of Ninh Binh, located 93 km outside Hanoi city. The three major tourist attractions of Tam Coc,, Hoa Lu and Bich Dong cave pagoda are not far from Ninh Binh city itself and independent travellers can easily include these 3 attractions in a day trip from Ninh Binh. Hoa Lu was the former capital city of Vietnam during the Dinh and early Le dynasties, over 1000 years ago. Here you can see what remains of the inner citadel, pay a visit to the beautiful Dinh Tien Hoang temple and then visit the tomb of King Dinh by climbing 207 steps to the top of a limestone pinnacle. The surrounding landscape is incredibly scenic and perfect for landscape photography. It's worth exploring the area around the inner citadel of Hoa Lu on foot also. Tam Coc literally means 'three caves' and the karst scenery here is much like that in Hoa Lu. At Tam Coc, there is a setup in which tourists may hire a local Vetnamese person to row them by boat, deep into this otherwise inaccessible, flooded landscape. Towering limestone pinnacles rise out of the paddy fields here, emerging from the flooded landscape. The boat rowers tend to alternate between rowing boats with their feet and with their hands. The journey takes about 2 hours and the boat passes through 3 flooded caves (Hang Ca, Hang Hai & Hang Ba). Mountain goats, white ducks, egrets, kingfishers and other wildlife can be seen during the boat journey. Local fishermen wade through the waters, using equipment to pass electric currents through the water in the hopes of stunning fish. Bich Dong or 'Jade Grotto' cave pagoda is located just a few kilometres north of Tam Coc. This is a holy site of pilgrimage for the Vietnamese. It's a very interesting pagoda that blocks the entrance of a cave and partially extends back into it. One can enter the actual cave behind the pagoda and explore around inside. Behind the pagoda, there is a way to climb upwards to the top of a limestone pinnacle for spectacular panoramic of the karst landscape. We highly recommend this destination to anybody who is passing through. We found this to be one of the most inspiring places that we visited throughout our journey through Vietnam and it is definitely not to be missed. If you liked the video please subscribe, give us a thumbs up or leave a comment below! SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGKPJkKXhYXR9Wbrlasvxjw?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/twobirdsbreakingfree/ Follow us on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Twobirdsbreakingfree/