Ha Long Bay Day Cruise: Spectacular Seascape and Uninhabited Limestone Islands

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Halong Bay

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Experience the breathtaking beauty of Ha Long Bay on a day cruise tour. Explore the uninhabited limestone islands and marvel at the stunning seascape of limestone pillars. Book now!

Duration: 7 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Halong Bay - Hạ Long Bay is known for its emerald waters and thousands of towering limestone islands topped by rain forests.

Itinerary:
8:45am : Welcome at Ha Long international Harbor and make procedure to check–in on boat.
9:00am : Start sailing to visit Ha Long bay – one of New Seven Wonder of the world.
10:00am : Visit Stone dog islet, Incense burner islet – The image in the back side of Vietnam currency, note 200.000vnd and then Fighting Cock islet – the symbol of Halong tourism.
10:30am : Visit The Thumb islet and Swan islet
11:15am : Visit Sung Sot Cave ( Surprise Cave) – one of the biggest caves of Halong bay with more than 10.000m2
12:15pm: Have lunch on boat with Set menu (6 person/set)
1:00pm: Visit Luon Cave by do kayak or bamboo boat to discover Halong bay.
2:00pm: Arrive in Titop beach – where you can swim, sunbathing or climb to the peak to take panoramic view picture of Halong bay.
3:00pm: Return cruise to come back pier.
4:00pm: Arrive at Ha Long International Cruise Port

What's Included

Enjoy Vietnamese set lunch
Complimentary bottled water and tissue
Guidance from an English-speaking guide throughout the trip
All taxes and service charges included
Follow our carefully planned itinerary
Convenient port pickup and drop-off

What's Not Included

Personal Expenses

Additional Information

Ha Long Bay, situated in the Gulf of Tonkin, is home to approximately 1,600 islands and islets, creating a breathtaking panorama of limestone columns. Owning to their steep features, the majority of these islands remain desolate and untouched by human activity. The location’s extraordinary visual appeal is enhanced by its significant biological significance.
Ha Long Bay Day cruise tours may alter their departure times to accommodate the timetables of the cruise ships.

At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time

Location

Halong Bay

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Randy_k

Feb 26, 2024

Don’t miss our on this tour - Probably one of the best tours I’ve ever taken with Viator and I have taken many. This tour is a Gem. If you are looking for the true Asian experience. We highly recommend this tour. You get taken to a cruise ship called ambassador that is very nice and they feed you almost nonstop and because we were the only Americans on the entire ship consisting of about 150 people they paid special to us to make sure we knew when it was time to eat and where to go when we were doing the rafting, part of the tour, etc. The tour guides were excellent, the food was authentic Chinese, and other cuisines, and the sides were some of the most amazing I have witnessed.

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Diane_b

Feb 21, 2024

A day on Halong Bay - We had booked a tour to Hanoi, but decided the car trip from the port of Halong Bay was too long and we cancelled and booked this trip on the Bay itself instead. This turned out to be an excellent decision and provided us with a delightful day aboard the boat. Halong Bay is a remarkable UNESCO Heritage Site of a large archipelago of small unoccupied limestone islands. It is very beautiful and as our trip began in the mist aboard the DANG A, the views were almost mystical. The mist burned off and it turned into a fairly bright day. There were 4 stops in the day: a visit to a pearl culturing operation, a hike through a cave, a stop at a place that provided kayaks or rides in "bamboo" boats (what they are called, not what they are) to explore the LUON area, and lastly a visit to a beach with the opportunity to climb to the island's summit to get the view. At the first site, the steps down off the boat weren't manageable by two of us with some mobility limitations. This is a flaw that could be easily addressed with better steps and should be. But we enjoyed the day, the service on the boat, the beauty of the place and especially the ride in the bamboo boats. This excursion was relaxing and very enjoyable.

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Guy_h

Feb 4, 2024

Best excursion! - Johny our guide was great. Very engaging and knowledgeable plus arranged our stops so that we were not stuck in crowds. Every stop was engaging and very much fun. We saw a lot of Hue Long bay with a generous lunch. Highly recommended,

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Andrea_s

Jan 7, 2024

Highlight of Vietnam adventures - This day was the best experience of our SE Asia trip! Johnny was our guide and he was so nice and personable. Our ship crew was also great. We loved seeing the highlights of Ha Long Bay and where we started this tour in the morning we got to avoid the crowds at some of the locations. We had a delicious and HUGE traditional Vietnamese meal on board between site seeing. The timing of this tour worked with our Cruise arrival/departure schedule which was so nice.

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Ken_t

Dec 10, 2023

ha long bay shore excursion - Johnny and the boat crew looked after us from start to finish. the food on the boat was very tasty and the toilet facilities were nice and clean

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Paul_t

Nov 28, 2023

A must-do excursion while in Halong Bay - A very good experience - would recommend to fellow travellers. The Tour Operator has provided very good information and directions prior to the trip. On the day of the trip, everything was well organised and the service provided was very good. We were taken to see many things and we particularly like the buffet lunch on the cruise.

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Emily_m

Jun 18, 2023

Beautiful Ha Long Bay Cruise - We cruised with Stella Luxury Cruises. It was a brand new boat, it’s first trip, and it was beautiful and clean with a pool and great viewing decks. The staff onboard were lovely and made extra effort to make sure we knew what was happening as we were the only English speaking tourist onboard with the rest local Vietnamese Tourists. The cave visits where really interesting and had great views. For the beach visit make sure to bring a towel so you can enjoy it fully otherwise we’d suggest staying onboard the boat. The only downside was that it wasn’t longer!

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Bruce_b

Jan 24, 2024

Cold day on the water - Very interesting and beautiful place to visit. Too bad it was so cold that we couldn’t swim or kayak. Our guide Mr. Johnny was very attentive and considerate. 👍🏾

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Kingoswing70

Nov 20, 2023

Ha Long Bay is beautiful but crowded - Ha Long Bay is beautiful but it is not the secluded beaches, bays and waterways you see in photos. It is jam packed with people and boats. Because its one of the natural wonders of the world its a must see but expect to be sharing it with others. The tour company Maximus Travel Vietnam delivered on exactly as advertised and the guide spoke english well and very informative

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Deborah_w

Feb 21, 2024

Interesting but polluted. - The pearl farm was fascinating. The explanation and demonstrations were really good. The other parts of the tour were somewhat soured by too many tourists and boats in the same places. The plastic pollution is a big problem.

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