Thung Nham Ninh Binh, also known as Thung Chim, is about 12km west of Ninh Binh city center. Thung Nham has an area of over 300 hectares, including primeval forest landscape, flooded forest, terrestrial cave system, bird garden with a variety of precious birds. Thung Nham Ninh Binh with wild and lyrical beauty has become one of the attractive destinations of domestic and foreign tourists. Let's explore the best of the cave system here.
1. Vai Gioi Cave
Vai Gioi cave is the largest cave in Thung Nham with an area of up to 5000m2, located on a majestic mountain. To get here, visitors need to go through nearly 500 winding steps embracing the mountainside. The climbing trip seems to be somewhat less tiring when the scenery on both sides of the road is tall green bamboo groves and a beautiful view of the valley landscape below.
Formed around the 10th century, Vai Gioi Cave is the oldest natural cave in this area. The cave is the place to set up the altar to sacrifice to heaven on big holidays, pray for favorable weather and better crops for the people of the ancient Hoa Lu citadel. Today, Vai Gioi cave is still one of the attractions that tourists visit each time they return to the ancient capital.
2. Buddha Cave
But cave is a natural cave located in the complex of Thung Nham tourist area in Ninh Binh. This natural stone cave has a length of more than 500m, inside the cave is a stalactite shaped like a sitting Buddha, so people named this cave But cave. As soon as the boat glides past the cave entrance, we will see the stone fairy lying on the jade bed with her long flowing hair and soft iridescent curtain. From here, the silk ribbons of the dragon body, the elephant statue, the heavenly flower truss gradually appear before your eyes according to the soaring imagination as if lost in the fairy place.
Over thousands of years, this place is like a beautiful and interesting natural art museum.
3. Tien Ca Cave
Tien Ca Cave is a natural cave with typical karst cave characteristics of Ninh Binh. The cave has a length of about 500m, the widest place is about 40m, the highest place is 30m. The cave is called "Tien Ca Cave" because the magnificent landscape in the cave and the cool underground stream make people imagine the scene on the ocean floor. The space in the cave is a layer of sparkling stalactites arranged by nature, delicately arranged like a magnificent palace. The magic of Tien Ca Cave is the beauty of stalactites and water droplets flowing all year round
From the thousand-year-old stalagmites that spark the imagination of visitors to the fascinating local legends, the cave's ecosystem always amazes and amazes and stimulates the blood to explore more than anywhere else. If you have the opportunity to visit Ninh Binh, let's explore the Thung Nham cave system!