Daytrip is a private car service platform that connects you with local drivers who will transport you door-to-door. We also give you the opportunity to explore sights/attractions along the way. We drive, you discover.
Daytrip offers private door-to-door transfers with optional sightseeing stops, hourly driver hire, and curated day trips â all with local English-speaking drivers and operating across 130+ countries.
For private trips, you can cancel for a full refund up to 24 hours before departure. For the Daytrip Pool shared shuttle, we offer 3 ticket options when booking: Non-refundable, Flexible with cancellations 24 hours before departure, and Super-flexible with cancellations up to 15 minutes before departure.
Yes! Book a private, door-to-door airport transfer with a local English-speaking driver. Enjoy fixed and transparent pricing, no hidden fees, and the option to pay in advance without the hassle of exchanging cash at a foreign airport.
You will receive the vehicle that best fits the number of travelers in your group, ranging from a sedan to a van for groups of up to 7. Depending where you travel, you can book anything from a sedan comparable to a Toyota Corolla to a Mercedes V-Class to a Classic Cuban Car. While the exact model may vary, we always ensure that the vehicle provided meets your needs in terms of safety, reliability, and comfort. You may be upgraded to a larger vehicle class free of charge depending on availability. Since our largest vehicle seats 7, for groups larger a combination of vehicles will be used. We will send you the exact vehicle details a few days before your trip.
Everywhere except the USA, drivers will supply appropriate child seats (just let us know during booking). In the USA, certain states require you to supply your own child seats.
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Trang An is located about 90 km (56 miles) south of Hanoi, near the town of Ninh Binh. By private transfer, the journey typically takes around 1.5 to 2 hours depending on traffic. That's a comfortable, manageable round trip for a day out â enough time to arrive relaxed, spend a full morning or afternoon on the water, and be back in Hanoi for the evening.
They share the same geological DNA â both are karst landscapes â but the experience is completely different. Halong Bay requires an overnight cruise to do it justice, and the journey from Hanoi is significantly longer. Trang An is purpose-built for a day visit: the boat tours are self-contained, the routes are varied, and the combination of caves, temples, and open valleys gives you more variety per hour. It's also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in its own right, recognized specifically because it captures both the marine and geological history of the region.
The standard boat circuit takes around two to two and a half hours. A local rower guides your flat-bottomed boat through a series of interconnected waterways, passing beneath dramatic limestone cliffs and through a succession of cave tunnels â some long enough that you pass through in near total darkness before emerging into the next open valley. Along the route you'll also pass ancient temples and pagodas set into the rock, including Trinh Temple, which dates back several centuries. Most visitors find the experience meditative as much as scenic.
The site offers three different boat routes, each covering different caves, valleys, and temple stops. If you're making the trip from Hanoi, it's worth taking at least two routes to get a fuller sense of the landscape â plan for around four to five hours on-site in total. Arriving early helps you beat the busiest periods, since the waterways can feel crowded mid-morning during peak season.
Trang An is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed landscape in Ninh Binh province, made up of ancient limestone karst towers, hidden valleys, and a labyrinth of rivers and cave tunnels carved over millions of years. What sets it apart from other natural sites in Vietnam is how you experience it: by boat, drifting through the waterways between the mountains and into the caves themselves. It's the kind of place that genuinely surprises people â the scale, the silence, and the scenery are hard to appreciate until you're in the middle of it.
Wear light, comfortable clothing and bring a hat â the boat rides offer little shade in open sections. The cave tunnels require ducking in places, so seated passengers are fine, but standing up at the wrong moment is not recommended. Waterproof bags or a dry pouch are useful if you want to protect a camera or phone. The site is well-organized with a formal entrance and boat queuing system, so you don't need to arrange a boat independently â it's handled on arrival.
