We picked this tour as it included hotel pick up and drop off. To begin, guide was 40 minutes late and showed up on a motorbike. He insisted we follow him, that transportation was "right near by". It wasn't. We had to walk approximately 1 km to pick up, and again at 10pm at night to our hotel. I'm disabled and specifically wanted pick up and drop off, along with a lower vehicle. Instead we were lead to a bus that was very high off the ground. I had great difficulty getting on and off. I told guide we had booked a car and he ignored me. To be fair, it was an nice bus that they called a "limo bus". However, that didn't help me. I would not ever have booked this tour if I new about actual transportation or walking to pick up location. They insisted that bus wasn't allowed on our street, but there were lots of other busses on it.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- All Fees and Taxes (For group tours 330.000d/person entrance fee not inclusive)
- Lunch (Seafood + Vietnamese food) or Vegetarian or to your diet. Not applied for Group from Halong
- Round-trip air-conditioned transfer. Pick up 3 kms radius from port for Option from Halong city
- Our boat: 01 Large & beautiful sundeck w sun loungers , 01 restaurant, 1 clean kitchen, 2 toilets
- Kayaking or bamboo boat at Ba Hang Cave (Customer brings extra cloths and towel if choose to kayak)
Excludes
- Drinks
- Gratuities
- 330,000d Government Entrance fee to Halong bay (Group tour only)
- Surcharge: 8USD more per person on the lunar New year holiday (30/12& 1.2.3/1 every Lunar new year)
- TEMPORARY 80.000d surcharge for double diezel due to the war. Remove when oil goes back 60$/barrel
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
Private tour starts @9.30 AM we pick up at your hotel lobby anywhere in Hanoi city. Group tour start pick up from 8h00 to 8h30 AM at your hotel in Hanoi lobby in Hanoi Old Quarter (Hoan Kiem district). If your hotel is outside we pick up 8h50 -9h00 at the Opera House front. Drive to Halong bay via high-speed way 2.5 hours. If you book group option starting from Halong city, we pick up 3 kms radius from our port from 7h00 to 7h40 Am or at our meeting point at 7h30 AM.
The cruise starts together with lunch and the first place to visit Famous rock which is the symbol of Halong
13h45: Visit the Thien Cung cave of Dau Go Island in Halong bay within 50 minutes. The walk route includes around 200 steps up and 200 steps down together with a walking path of 400m inside the cave.
The boat cruise around to Dinh Huong islet - then we start the bamboo boat row or a 35 minutes kayak (Fee exclusive in group tour) (Extra cloths needed) inside the area of Ba Hang fishing village. We start to cruise back to the port.
End the boat tour at around 4h20 PM at the cruise harbor For travelers book the 12h duration tour, kindly wait at the reception for the shuttle to go back at 5h30 PM. 19h00 for private or 20h30 for group tour: We return to start point. End of the tour. We wish you a great time in Vietnam.
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Reviews
Travelled on Sunlight Grand with Mr Tung, who’s very friendly. The tour was well-planned and there’s an extra speed boat option on top of kayaking/ bamboo boat, which was fun. Make sure your group have enough stamina for hiking if you want the best view!
excellent and enjoyable cruise, thoroughly enjoyed, great company great value. well worth the trip..
Our Ha Long Bay tour was nothing short of spectacular. From start to finish, everything was seamlessly organized, and the experience exceeded all expectations. The tour guide was warm, attentive, and knowledgeable, sharing fascinating stories about the bay's history and legends.
Our tour guide Alex did a great job in bringing my group to Ha Long Bay. We have learned a lot about Vietnamese history and culture.
Very well organized. Excellent Bus, efficient program, good value for money. Tour guide Toan and driver Nam made the tour a smooth experience. Nice little cruise boat and for what we paid for the tour we were surprised how much food we got. I can certainly recommend the tour.
The funny jokes from Ben the torture guid. Every part of the adventure was extremely fun and memorable. The speed boat, the pearl factory, cave, the boat, tea island, the lunch, tea time, every minute was amazing. I would recommend again and again 10 out of 10.
It was so lovely tour guide was so good and busy was comfortable and they take us on time I'm thankful to TripAdvisor and tour company they modified my tour .
We booked a private tour because we had limited time and wanted to customize our activities. Nga our guide was excellent, very knowledgeable. The tour included pick up and drop off from our hotel in Hanoi with a driver. Our private boat staff were very friendly and made us lunch. We toured the rock features up close in a small paddle boat and visited the caves.
We opted for a private tour due to our limited time and our parents' limited English proficiency. The journey to Halong Bay was surprisingly swift, only taking two hours. Our tour guide, Phuc, was exceptional. He provided us with a wealth of information and communicated fluently in Chinese. The check-in process was efficient, and the boat excursion proceeded seamlessly. We enjoyed a 30-minute ride on a smaller boat to explore the tunnels, followed by an hour inside the enormous cave. It was a fantastic day, made even more enjoyable by our Chinese-speaking guide. I enthusiastically recommend his services.
Ha Long bay is beautiful BUT Knowing we had to be at certain time back in Hanoi, We booked four hours boat tour. Instead, the operator moved us to another group that: 1. Lasted 6.5 hours. 2. We had to pay extra 580K dong, others didn’t. Came back and lost other activity booked, and had to leave early morning so it was really inconvenient for us.
The tour was very affordable and fun. Tommy is very friendly, energetic and makes the entire experience enjoyable. As others mentioned, bring enough cash with you although there are ATMs available at the port before the boat departs. You can pay 230000 vnd extra to get on the speed boat in addition to kayak/bamboo boat. Just one thing is that the entire tour runs by Vietnam timeline, as in they are pretty much always late, which you will get used to once you spend enough time here. Our flight was at 12:00am on the same day, and we arrived in Hanoi around 9:00 pm. Overall it was a great experience. Thank you!
I enjoyed Halong Bay from noon to dusk very much. Lunch was plentiful and delicious. The tour guide was good.
Tony was great and made our day in Halong bay memorable in a special way. Highly recommend his service; he was brilliant, spoke English well, and was very attentive
We booked the 20$ tour to visit Halong bay and the company offered us the upgrade to the 6 hours tour. It was really great and we never regret for this change. Halong bay is beautiful, The tour was well organized and lunch was delicious.
The whole experience was awesome. Lunch was super delicious with reasonable price. Definitely will recommend this tour to our friends who visit Halong bay in future
Our family booked the 4 hours shared boat tour to Halong bay and had a memorial time thanked to Mr. Windy, he was very attentive to our trip. We booked extra lunch on the cruise and he arranged us a private table for our family. Our diet was well taken care and the chef on the boat also did a great job. He was helpful and gave us advices to travel around and contacted us to make sure everything was fine. Highly recommend his service.
ハロン湾は思ったより水が透き通っており、魚等も見ることができ、きれいでした。 ガイドのトミーさんもおもしろくて、バスの中も楽しめ、バスの中ではミネラルウォーターを1本配っていただけました。 鍾乳洞も信じられないくらい広く、感動しました。 途中でバンブーボートに乗るか、カヤックに乗るか選べ、カヤックはズボンが濡れ、また、途中でビーチで泳ぐこともできるので、水着や着替えを持っていくといいと思います。 船の中では現金しか使えないようだったので、飲み物代等現金は用意しておいた方がいいと思います。 帰りが予定より1時間20分ほど遅れたため、夜の飛行機の予約や、レストランの予約などは避けた方がいいと思います。
The trip was short and nothing to complain about. From hotel pick-up to return in just 5 hours. We made the afternoon trip so that the boat would take more people from Hanoi (32 tourists + 2 tour guides in total). At first it took some time to gather everyone and regroup after the tour in the cave. The boat was big enough and in good condition. The food was delicious and Halong Bay is stunning.
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