Lan Ha Bay, Ha Long Bay – Budget Cruise 3Days/2Nights
DAY 1: HANOI – LAN HA BAY– KAYAK BRIGHT & DARK CAVE – SWIMMING -HAPPY HOUR ( L/D)
-7:00: Pick-up at hotels if located in the Hanoi Old Quarter by shuttle bus departing to Lan Ha Bay with stopovers for refreshing en route.
Optional: Pick up From Ninh Binh 7:00am , Pick up from Cat Ba 11:30am
-11:30: Arrive Beo Harbor, transfer by tender to Sunlight Cruise, and enjoy welcome drinks, receive cruise briefing, safety instructions then check in to your cabin
-12:30 A special lunch in Vietnamese cuisine of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites are served while sailing through these islands
-14:00 The cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay and completes its entry through the Cua Van Area. The area is surrounded by extraordinary karst landscapes. Explore bay by your own kayaking through Dark & Bright caves
-16:30: Enjoy Swimming in a nearby area, you can join jumping or diving from the top of the boat into water
-18:00: Come back to cruise later to enjoy cooking class with fresh spring roll
-19:00 Dinner is served in the restaurant. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff.
After dinner you can do squid fishing or singing karaoke
-20:00-21:00: “Happy hour” – free fresh local beer drinks on Sundeck with group. Overnight on board
DAY 2: LAN HA BAY – BIKING VIET HAI VILLAGE– CAT BA NATIONAL PARK ( B/L)
-06:00: Waking up enjoying beautiful moments when a blazing sunrise breaks the clouds of the island on the bay (accept winter time have no sunrise)
-07:00: Your breakfast will be ready in quite a bay
-08:00 Start riding bicycle 5 km to Viet Hai Village , Viet Hai is a small village in the midst of jungles, covered by high mountains range of the Cat Ba National Park.
-09:30: Riding back to our boat have shower then before checking out
-11:00: Lunch is served on boat
-12:00: Disembark to Beo Harbor. Drop off at hotel in Cat Ba
Afternoon: 14:00: Our local tour guide will take you to visit Cat Ba National Park by motorbike which is a tourist attraction to millions of domestic and oversea visitors. Coming to the Park, travelers not only could worship the beauty of landscapes, seascapes
-16:00: Keep moving to visit Trung Trang cave which has an ecosystem in mysterious darkness, home to many species of creatures such as bats, birds, insects and reptiles. The lighting system is very limited to preserve the characteristics of the ecological environment in the cave
Cat Ba island Hotels Overnight
DAY 3: CAT BA – HA NOI ( L/D)
-8:00: Have Breakfast in Hotel , then have freetime walking around Cat Ba town or go to the beach
-11:00-11:30: Check out the room and having lunch
-12:00: Bus Pick up back to Hanoi, say goodbye Amazing Cat Ba Island
Optional : Choice to go to Ninh Binh Bus
-16:30: Arrival Hanoi (Ninh Binh 17:00) Tour guide will drop you back at your hotel
3days cruise in Ha long bay was perfect, however we wait 1 hour in lobby cruise to check in but it ok for long trip. Good tour
The Cruise trip they gave us with budget price but it Great itinerary food is tasty tourguider friendly and boat is nice we bought from cat ba office and drop in Ninh binh tamcoc
We got this one from Tam Coc (Ninh Binh). That was great, Cruise so nice, Tourguider (Hoang) he so friendly and helpful