Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Perfume Pagoda


The Perfume Pagoda is a part of Huong Son Tourist Area, which covers an area of a thousand hectares and includes a complex of mountains, rivers and streams, villages, pagodas, and grottoes surrounded by the Huong Tich Mountain Range, This is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area, specially this is one of the most important religious sites of Vietnam Buddhism. The Pagoda itself is located inside a huge lm stone cave where we have to take a short trek after a boat trip along the Yen River We will have the chance to glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths visiting the pagodas and temples that were built in this area over the centuries. 

DETAIL ITINERARY
Our trip starts at 08:00AM in Hanoi. After 2 hours driving through some Viet villages we catch Ben En belong to Yen Vi village. Get on the small boat for an hour rowing on the River of Yen, we relax and breath fresh air while the boat go through extremely wonderful sites. We can see the many shapes of lime stone mountains rise up from rice field.

Arrive in Thien Tru wharf; we commence our walk up to Thien Tru Pagoda (Heaven’s Kitchen) where you can see the main statue of Lady Buddha. It will be very interesting if you like trekking as we will trek up and down the lime stone path, and catch the cave in the end of the trek. Back to the restaurant near Thien Tru Pagoda, we enjoy the local food. Then the boat will take us back to the car and we arrive in Hanoi at around 06:00PM.

What’s included ?
+  Round trip private A/C Transportation
+  Local speaking English tour guide
+  Round trip boat row
+  Lunch
+  Entrance fees
+  A bottle of water/person

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