Private Ha Long bay day trip

Experience the beauty of Halong Bay on a private day tour. Explore floating villages, visit Thien Cung Cave, and enjoy a seafood lunch. Depart from Hanoi or Halong Bay.

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Halong Bay - - Boat cruise on the picturesque bay. - Enjoy a seafood lunch on the cruise. - Visit the stunning Heaven Palace grotto, one of Halong’s most beautiful caves. - Take a sampan boat ride at the floating village and explore water caves. - Round trip in a deluxe Van/Car. - Dong Thien Cung - In the morning, a tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel around 8:00 – 8:30 AM. The bus journey covers 170 km to the Northeast of Vietnam (approximately 3.5 hours). Along the way, enjoy the breathtaking scenery of the Red River delta with its serene villages, farmers working in lush fields, herding water buffalos, tending ducks, and trading garden herbs by the roadside. We will also make a stop halfway to stretch our legs and enjoy a coffee or tea before continuing to Ha Long Bay. Arrive at Ha Long Bay around 12:00 PM. The tour guide will take you to the boat for a 4-5 hour cruise on Ha Long Bay. A seafood lunch will be served as the boat cruises through the stunning limestone seascape. After lunch, visit the magnificent Thien Cung cave, also known as the Palace of Heaven Grotto. This cave is famous for being the site where General Tran Hung Dao prepared for a battle against the Mongol army in 1288. Explore the cave’s interior, filled with stalagmites and stalactites resembling various animals. - Dau Go Cave - Dau Go cave, or Wooden Stakes cave, is located on the same island as Thien Cung grotto. It was used to store wooden stakes for fighting against the Nguyen-Mong aggressors in the 13th century. You can choose to visit this cave after the Heavenly Palace grotto (optional). It takes about 3 minutes to explore. - Ba Hang - This floating village offers kayaking or sampan boat rowing by local residents. Navigate through water caves surrounded by limestone islands on the blue waters. - Hon Ga Choi Island - This island is the symbol of Halong Bay. It features two small islets that resemble two cocks fighting (Ga Choi in Vietnamese). Cruise around the bay, passing these islets for viewing and photo opportunities. - Hon Dinh Huong Island - This islet resembles an incense burner (Dinh Huong in Vietnamese), which is why it is named Dinh Huong islet. Interestingly, an image of this islet is printed on the back of the 200,000 Vietnamese Dong currency note. Pause for a moment to capture this scene on video.
What's Included
  • Licensed English-speaking tour guide
  • Vietnamese food on boat
  • Private transfer between Hanoi and Halong Bay for options 1 and 3
  • Private cruise for option 1
  • Shared cruise for options 2 and 3
  • Entrance and sightseeing fees
What's Not Included
  • Beverages
  • Tips and Personal Expenses
  • All other services not mentioned above
Additional Information

If you do not have long time in Ha Noi, and you want to have a glint of breathtaking Halong Bay…Our private day tour would be the best choice for you. For this trip, you will have a chance to know about the floating village, discover their daily life and visit a most beautiful cave on Halong Bay. Kayaking or Sampan boat are also available on this tour. We depart daily from Hanoi or Halong Bay, Tuan Chau Marina… Halong Bay day cruise by traditional junk Visit Thien Cung Grotto (Heaven palace grotto ) and Wooden stakes cave. Take a kayak or bamboo boat tour around the floating village. Enjoy a fresh seafood lunch. Round-trip hotel transport included from Hanoi. Private tour with personalized commentary and transport.

Location
Halong Bay
Cancellation Policy

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

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Anhnk9375hr
Aug 3, 2024
Great day with Hein - We had a great day to Halong bay with our tour guide Hein, who spoke English really well and knowledgeable. He explained us alot of information about Hanoi, Halong bay and Vietnam. The services are very good. Highly recommend this tour to everyone.
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Ocorla
Aug 2, 2024
Halong Bay - amazing day - Our family of 5 had an amazing day with our guide Hien. Everything was perfect, from the pick up at our hotel in Hanoi to the pearl farm, the private boat (well worth spending a bit more if you are able), kayaking, cave walking and more! Highly recommended.
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Xu_nt_ngn2024
Jul 31, 2024
Nice day to Halong bay - We leave Vietnam sine 197x and this is the first time we are coming back to visit our motherland. Its alot of change but people are always nice and warmly welcome us back. We choice to booked this tour by searching on the internet and we found Vietnam Top Travel. They all very helpful and arranged everrything for us. Very nice day with Hoan and Long. They are friendly and speak English really well. Our option is full private and it was nice, flexible and they picked us up from our hotel outside of city. Thank you for arranged us a very nice trip. We like to recommend to everyone.
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516hungm
Jul 28, 2024
Beautiful day trip to Halong bay with Hein - Thanks Hein, our tour guide for giving us a beautiful day trip. He was really knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. We learned alot about the culture and history of Vietnam. Nice route in Halong bay to visited, we went in the caves, took kayak and cruising around. Lunch was to much food for 5 of us and it was delicious. The weather quite hot during the sunny day but nice to take photos. Highly recommend to all who plan to goi g to Halong bay.
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T1575lytonyw
Jul 27, 2024
Ha long have you got? - Great trip and learned so much more about Vietnam generally and the places we visited in particular. Lovely lunch on board as we toured around the beautiful Ha Long bay. And to realise we only saw a fraction of this part of Vietnam.
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751nihadk
Jul 21, 2024
An unforgettable visit of Ninh Bihn - Our Vietnam trip and the tours from Vietnam Top Travel are definitely worth this review. They excelled in every aspect to make our Vietnam adventure an unforgettable one! Communication, flexibility, knowledge, professionalism and the smile which is always there… they exceeded our expectations by far! Due to the rainy season in July, they kept constant communication with us and swapped days to allow us to make the best of our visit in the sunny days. Ninh Binh was spectacular and Jade, our guide, gave us the history lessons, played photographer (learnt a few tricks from her :D), helped us understand and immerse in the local culture. Recommending big times Vietnam Top Travel!! Thanks Jade! ;-)
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Johnnytong33
Jun 30, 2024
Amazing trip to Halong Bay - During our short trip to Hanoi,we decided to visit Halong Bay and engage Vietnam Top Travel for this visit. Mr Hein understood our constraints and helped to organise an early set off timing. Mr Hien and his driver were early and were already waiting for us at the hotel lobby. The ride was fast and very comfortable, and Mr Heinz often shared his knowledge about Hanoi during the trip. The early set-off was a good decision as it was the local summer holiday weekend and the sights were already packed. Mr Heinz managed to guide us through the crowd while sharing about the formation of Halong Bay. We visited Heavenly Palace Cave, many other islands and even had a sampan ride through caves to visit the naturally formed coves. We even had a sumptuous lunch on the boat. It was a wonderful trip for both os us and we would definitely recommend visitors to engage Vietnam Top Travel to visit Halong Bay. Thank you!
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221manga
Jun 21, 2024
Trip to Hanoi - Our trip today was very enjoyable with a guide named Hin who was very kind and very helpful. If I ever come here again I will contact him. Very kind. Thanks a lot
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787putua
Jun 21, 2024
vietnam is wonderfull place to visit - I think all of the views were very amazing in vietnam ,i am going to vietnam with my family ,that makes me fell happy,and in the vietnam i also have many friends
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F8286xasaraho
Jul 14, 2024
A worthwhile day! - This is a good way to see Halong Bay if you have limited time. The bus to and from is comfortable and there are ample stops for breaks. The boat on the bay is not air conditioned and consequently very hot. Be prepared for that. The kayaking is amazing and definitely the highlight of the trip. We rated this 4 stars as the lunch was pretty average. Nothing to get too excited about. The guide was informative and helpful.
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