On our way through Vietnam, me and my family stopped of in Ninh Binh where we used Vic Travel to arrange a 1 day trip to Tam Coc, Hoa Lu. We were picked up at our hotel in the morning by a vietnamese guy called Anh. He spoke fluent english and was very knowing about the local area. During the... More

Didn't take the offered boat trip. Instead I rode a bicycle from the city to Tam Coc and then rode around the back area where all the rice paddies were. Fantastic!

Gets a bad rep for how touristy it is, but Tam Coc is definitely worth it. It's best early in the AM (before 9/10), or after 3pm. We went in the late afternoon and the colors, silence, and landscape were breathtaking.

Before I went to Tam Coc, it was written to impress. When I was there on 30th April, it was a public holiday and the whole place was full of people. At the Hanoi airport, I booked this tour and I paid US$35/- per person which include pick-up at hotel, lunch, entry tickets, rides, transport back to hotel. The tour... More

After hearing and reading many negative stories about people being ripped off and hassled on the rowing boats at tam coc we decided to turn up at the end of the afternoon on our motorbikes to see if we could find a way around all the crazyness. As it was already 5pm the ticketoffice had closed and there were just... More

This is another tourist hell hole hyped up in a place with not much better to do. Phong Nha Caves are Halong on land this place is just plain horrid. The Karsts are fairly attractive but the number of people, touts and general vibe are far from peaceful, it's nice but in a country with far better hardly worth getting... More

Far to touristy with pressure for you to buy even on the boat....

I went on this excursion during April 2012. My tour was arranged by Vietnam Awesome Travel which went like clockwork. I was picked up promptly on time by tour bus and taken to tour. Good English speaker was available. Enjoyable boat ride to the three caves (Tam Coc). I was torn between doing this or Perfume Pagoda. After reading a... More

The scenery was lovely, a bit like Oxford Street though! Too busy, too smelly, sewerage river and the hassle of people wanting cash from you spoiled it. A typical trip is this - the boat person paddles for a while then you are asked to help, that's fine. Photographers surround your boat and take pictures of you. When you get... More