Discover Ninh Binh's golden ripe rice season by the Ngo Dong River

1. When does the Ninh Binh ripen rice season appear?

Usually, Ninh Binh's ripe rice season will take place from mid-May to mid-June every year, when people here begin to harvest rice. At this time, visitors can admire the scenery of rice fields stretching like a giant golden carpet. If you want to see the full beauty of the Vietnamese countryside and the rice fields, Ninh Binh is definitely not to be missed at this time.

2. Beautiful ripe rice destination in Ninh Binh: Tam Coc – Bich Dong

It can be said that the most beautiful place in the ripe rice season in Ninh Binh is Tam Coc - Bich Dong, where there are vast stretches of rice fields interspersed with mountains. All create a charming scene suitable for tourists' excursions. To get here to visit you will have to go a long way by the river winding around the ripe rice fields.

Looking down from above, you will feel like you are lost in the sea of rice fluttering in the proud yellow color. In the distance, there are figures of farmers harvesting rice with kind faces, next to small boats that are also full of rice, signaling a bountiful harvest.

It seems that we will not be able to find that picture anywhere else. Ninh Binh's ripe rice season is beautiful because it has both water, mountains, and the passionate scent of rice in the Northern Delta. That beauty is perfect, seductive, and hard to forget.

3. How to get to Ninh Binh?

Tam Coc Bich Dong tourist area is located in Ninh Hai commune, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province and is about 7km from the city center and 100km from Hanoi. If starting from Hanoi, you can go by private car, motorbike, bus, train to Ninh Binh and then continue to rent a motorbike in the hotel or catch a motorbike taxi to move to Tam Coc.

4. Some interesting experiences in Ninh Binh in the ripe rice season.

- Take a boat to see the water of the ancient capital

See the most beautiful Ninh Binh ripe rice season in Tam Coc - Bich Dong where is known as the first cave or Ha Long Bay on land. The most chosen time by tourists is around May when we can both row a boat in Tam Coc while watching the scenery of golden rice paddies when passing by.

- Explore Tam Coc. Perhaps most visitors will be surprised to know that Tam Coc is simply 3 caves: Ca cave, Hai cave and Ba cave. In particular, they are all created from the natural flow of the Ngo Dong River, which erodes the cliffs and forms caves. Ca Cave is up to 127m long, the mouth of the cave is wide, so if you go to visit Ninh Binh's ripe rice season in May, you won't be anxious at all, when you enter the cave, you will feel cool right away.

- Thai Vi Temple - Thien Huong cave

From Tam Coc boat station, you will have to cross about 2km of river to reach Thai Vi temple, which worships the Tran kings and is famous for being sacred. To get to the temple you will have to pass Thien Huong cave first, this is a dry cave located on a high mountain. In the cave, there is a shrine dedicated to Tran Thi Dung who taught the people how to embroider. From Thien Huong cave, you can admire the immense waves below and the vast golden rice paddies.

- Go to Bich Dong - Linh Coc pagoda to see Ninh Binh's ripe rice season

Going to see Ninh Binh's ripe rice season, you can go to Bich Dong area, about 2km by boat from Tam Coc wharf. Bich Dong is also located in the middle of the mountain near Bich Dong pagoda, possessing a peaceful and airy landscape, in front of the Ngo Dong river branch surrounding the mountainside. We can far below is a golden ripe rice field like a giant carpet.

- Explore the top of Ngoa Long Mountain (Dancing Cave)

Coming to Mua Cave, visitors will be immersed in the atmosphere of rural life, a different experience that everyone must experience once in their life. One of the most special things that this resort offers to visitors is the climbing experience. Being likened to the Great Wall of Vietnam, when conquering nearly 500 steps to the top of Ngoai Long mountain, visitors will be immersed in nature and admire the whole picture of the season. Tam Coc gold.