HANOI TOUR TO PERFUME OR HUONG PAGODA – ONE DAY

Best places to visit: Perfume pagoda

Durations

1 days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

20 people

Departure

Monthly


Travelers visiting Perfume Pagoda not only because of their believes but also of breathtaking landscape of this area…


Itinerary :

Hanoi Tour To Perfume Pagoda or Chua Huong

Huong (Perfume) pagoda is well-known as not only a religious site, but also a great sight-seeing spot in the country. During its festival, the nation’s most elaborate one, which lasts from the beginning of January to the end of March of the lunar calendar, the pagoda attracts millions of pilgrims and visitors.
Huong pagoda is located in Huong Son commune, My Duc district, about 60km southwest of Hanoi. It is one of the largest and most unique religious sites in Hanoi with a complex of pagodas, shrines and communal houses scattered on Huong Son (Perfume mountain). The most sacred and important place of the complex is Huong Tich (Traces of perfume) pagoda or Chua Trong (Inner pagoda) which is located inside Huong Tich grotto.

Huong Tich pagoda is inside the great natural grotto which looks like the open mouth of a dragon and the stalactites and stalagmites inside lead many to believe they are in a miniature pavilion. Above the entrance to the cave, 18th century poet and warlord Trinh Sam inscribed “Nam thien de nhat dong” (the most beautiful cave under the southern sky).There is a statue of the Goddess of Mercy which was made from a whole blue stone in the Tay Son dynasty (1778-1802). According to legend, Huong Son is home to many traces left by Kwan Yin  who is believed to bless pilgrims with happiness and prosperity.

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Huong Pagoda: Thien Tru Temple

7.45-8.00: Start from your hotel in Hanoi, pick you up to start the journey. Perfume pagoda is about 60 km away in the South West of Hanoi. The driver would take you to enjoy the countryside before you reach the pagoda.

10.00: Arrive Hương Pagoda, taking electric car from parking lot to the streamside about 3km

Start the sampan ride to the main pagoda. As a religious center, there are 18 pagodas surrounding it. Today, our sampan will bring you to the Registration Hall – Den Trinh, to the Heavenly Kitchen – Thien Tru.

Lunch in served at a local restaurant.

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Huong Tich Cave

After lunch, take a round trip cable car to the most beautiful cave of Vietnam with the pagoda inside – Huong Tich. Here, Vietnamese people would love to pray at some strange shaped rocks such as Silver, Gold, Boys or Girls, or simply at a rice pile made from rock.

15.00: Row back to the mainland and take an electric car back to the parking lot.

Back to your hotel in Hanoi.

18.00: Finish the journey at your hotel in Hanoi.

* Services included: Transfer by private air-conditioned vehicle; English speaking guide; entrance fees to indicated sights; boat trip; lunch, cable car.

 

 

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