Speaking of popular tourism destinations of Ninh Binh we must not ignore Van Long - the largest wetland nature reserve in the Red River delta and also the 9th Ramsar site of Vietnam. This place is likened to a watercolor painting depicting a beautiful pristine landscape that will make visitors linger over.

Van Long wetland nature reserve covers an area of 2736ha, it is surrounded by limestone mountain ranges with beautiful cave systems and typical vegetation of limestone mountain ecosystem. Around the area visitors can catch a glimpse of the roof behind green trees, which is a typical sight of the Northern delta area. It is noticeable that foreign tourists love exploring this area on a cow cart ride or a bicycle trip to enjoy the serene atmosphere.

Van Long gives tourist a novel experience of travelling on wooden boats around the area of green water and reed plants, additionally it pleases visitors with cool breezes making the peaceful area of mountains and rivers tremble.

Not only being a famous wetland nature reserve of high biodiversity value Van Long also boasts beautiful caves such as Fish cave, Bong cave and Turtle cave, those caves feature stunning stalactites and stalagmites coming in all shapes and sizes that will evoke imagination of visitors.

It takes visitors time and perseverance to seize the opportunity of watching herds of white storks hovering above the grass emerging in the central area of the wetland, or to spot Delacour langur individuals - a species in the Red Book - moving down from the mountains to the river to look for food and water at dusk.