Excellent trip with your guide Quang. He was professional, offered comprehensive commentary on all we saw and looked after us throughout the trip.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Note: If you choice the option "Share tour pickup harbor", it will NOT INCLUDED transfer from Hanoi
- Entrance and Sightseeing Fees. Cave tickets, Kayaking or bamboo boat.
- Vietnamese food on boat
- Private transfer between Hanoi and Halong bay for opt 1 and opt 3. Not included transfer for option2
- Private Cruise(Option 1) or Share Cruise with others if you choice option 2 and option 3..
- Licenced English speaking tourguide (At least 5 years experience)
Excludes
- Beverages
- Tips and Personal Expenses
- All other services not mentioned above
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
- Boat cruising on the romantic bay. - Seafood lunch on the cruise. - Visiting one of the most beautiful cave in Halong named Heaven Palace grotto. - Doing sampan boat at the floating village and visiting water caves. - Round trip with the deluxe Van/ Car.
In the morning tourist guide and driver pick you up from your hotel at about 8.00 – 8.30 Bus drive 170 km to the Northeast of Viet Nam ( 3,5 hrs ). Along the way you can enjoy the stunning scenery of the Red River delta with peaceful villages, farmers working in their green fields, herding their water buffalos, flocking their ducks, trading garden herbs by the side of the road. We also make a stop on the half way to stretch our legs, enjoy a coffee or tea… before we continue our trip to Ha Long Bay. Arrive in Ha Long bay at about 12.00. The tour guide takes you to the boat for cruising Ha Long Bay (4-5 hours). Seafood lunch is served while the boat cruises the bay to enjoy the beautiful limestone seascapeon the boat. After lunch, you have a chance to visit one of the most beautiful cave in Ha Long bay- Thien Cung cave or the Palace of Heaven Grotto (where in 1288 one of Vietnam’s most famous Generals Tran Hung Dao amassed hundreds of stakes deep inside the cave prior to a battle with an invading Mongol army). We walking up to the middle of the island, then go inside of the cave to exploring. There are a lot of stalagmites and stalactites look like some animals.
Dau Go cave or Wooden Stakes cave is located on the same island of Thien Cung grotto-Heavenly Palace grotto, it was use to kept many Wooden stakes in side to fight again Nguyen-Mong aggressors in the 13 century. You can choice to visit this cave after Heavenly Palace grotto (Optional). It takes about 3 munutes to discover this one.
This is a floating village where you will stop to join a kayaking or Sampan boat rowing by local people. You will have a chance to go through in the water caves on the blue water surrounded by limestone islands.
This island is the logo of Halong bay. There are 2 small islets looks like 2 cocks fighting (Ga Choi in Vietnamese). You will travelling around the bay and passing this 2 islets to viewing and taking pictures.
There is an islet looks like an Incense burner (Dinh Huong in Vietnamese) and that is why its name Dinh Huong islet. An interesting is, this picture of the islet we are choice to printed on the back of the Vietnam Dong currency 200,000. Stop a minutes and you will save this moment by record a video.
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Reviews
Kun was a great guide, and the entire crew of the boat was just so attentive. The tour was lovely, with an easy organized pick up at the hotel, just the right amount of time on the lake, quick stop on the rowboats, the caves, it was just perfect. Can’t recommend enough having your own boat is just a real luxury.
Amazing experience and a great day out, our tour guide truong was a really lovely guy spoke great English and explained every question we had well, the food on the boat was delicious and drinks were ice cold for a good price! I would definitely recommend!
Great experience with a lovely tour guide Trung.
The trip to Ha Long Bay was wonderful. The guide Hien did a great job explaining everything. We had a private tour and the boat staff made a delicious meal. The whole experience will be one of our highlights of Vietnam.
Trung was a terrific guide who read the vibe of the group perfectly and delivered a wonderful experience for the three of us.
Tour was just enough time on the water. Th pick you up from your hotel so it’s very convenient. Had a great time
We really enjoy this beautiful tour of ha long bay. Our tour driver Viet was very knowledgeable.
This was a perfect, stress-free way to do a day in Ha Long Bay. Our guide and driver picked us up promptly from our hotel at the designated time - our SUV was very comfortable and the AC was perfect. Our guide layed out the plans for the day ahead of time, so no surprises. We arrived a bit early for our boat and stopped at the Pearl Center - we're usually not big fans of these kinds and of stops, but it was interesting and relatively low pressure, and a very good coffee stop at the end. The actual cruise far exceeded our expectations - we had a whole boat to ourselves, the crew was super nice and the Vietnamese lunch was outstanding. The islands are truly spectacular - the boat sails at a leisurely pace, the waters are very calm. Great photo opportunites on all sides of the boat. Due to the heat, we chose to skip the optional kayak section and proceeded to Thien Cung Cave, which was one of the best cave experiences we have ever had. The cave is huge and beautiful, with many interesting formations. Further, the passage ways are well lit and well maintained, a huge plus for safety. Overall, great day - excellent guide, spectacular scenery, great food! Highly recommend, especially if you don't want to stuck in a large group setting.
Wonderful day trip which should not be missed. Great driver from Hanoi to Halong Bay and a fabulous tour guide throughout our drive and boat tour. We could not gave asked for a better day and it exceeded our expectations. Bravo !!!.
Excellent experience… a private tour is the only way to go. Lunch was outstanding as was our guide Truong.
Great day out sightseeing. Johnny is a great tour guide, very easy going. Visit exceeded our expectations. Nice clean comfortable vehicle, punctual pick up at the hotel. Highly recommended.
The tour with Johnny was beyond our expectations. Picked up right on time from our Hanoi hotel forr a morning cruise of Ha Long Bay, Johnny was incredibly knowledgeable and provided a great light touch as a guide. The boat and tour of the Bay was incredible and the lunch provided has been one of the food highlights of our trip to date. Thank you so much Johnny for taking my wife and I on this wonderful experience!
Great day! Our guide Lam was very helpful and knowledgeable and made our time very enjoyable! Thank you Lam!
We went with 2 kids ages 15 and 12. We had a fun experience on the private tour. Our guide, Hien, was kind and informative. The pickup was on time and smooth. The car was comfortable. We stopped by some pearl farm on the way the. Reached Halong Bay around noon. The boat and crew was good- it was a 48 person tour boat but just 4 of us on board. We had lunch on board which was tasty- mostly seafood . We saw various rock formations and kayaked through some caves, then visited another cave which was the largest and required an easy walk up some stairs to get to. Halong Bay is rather far from Ha Noi but the drive is mostly along the new highway so it’s manageable. Overall a fun experience.
We had an amazing time with Selina on our private day trip to Ha Long Bay! She was very informative and took her time in explaining things to us. Made the tour very fun and exciting. The tour is great value for money. We really enjoyed the cruise, we were the only 2 people on the boat by chance. There was lots of food provided to us for lunch we were so full! And we had the most fun kayaking in the bay. I would highly recommend this tour for families or couples wanting a private and fun day trip to Ha Long Bay!
We had a great day with Trong and our boat captain and his crew. The hospitality on the boat was amazing. Everyone was kind and knowledgeable. The sites were stunning.
The experience was awesome, Ha long bay was beautiful. Our guide Truong was nice and knowledgeable. The food was pretty good. This was a great and memorable experience.
A great day on Ha Long bay learning about Vietnam.
Wonderful guide and meal. Was a small group. Nothing to complain about.
Johnny was very detailed with explanations. Great tour!
Very beautiful, great guide Johnny
Hien was very knowledgeable and patient with us and really gave us a good insight of Hanoi and the Hanlong bay, The boat ride itself was calm as was the sampan ride we opted for in lieu of kayaking and well worth it as we saw the inside of lovely caves and explored the limestone shapes. Amazing!
Our tour guide Jonny was brilliant. Great tour and amazing views
Johhny was a very good tour guide!
We went on the private day trip of Halong Bay which was excellent as we saw everything without being rushed. The lunch on the boat was plentiful and very tasty. The scenery and caves along with the bamboo boat ride were very enjoyable. A big shout out to our guide Johnny who was very knowledgeable, friendly and efficient. Would highly recommend this tour
Had a lovely day at Ha Long Bay. Our tour guide Johnny was very knowledgeable and considerate to our needs. Highly recommend the tour and johnny as your guide.
Brilliant private trip to Halong Bay. Well worth the early start as we seemed to be just ahead of all the other visitors. Super smooth journey there and back to Hanoi. Our guide, Johnny, was very knowledgeable, not just about Halong Bay, and great company for the day. Highly recommended!
Johnny is great! He helped us with booking so much travel and so many of our commutes. He was extremely professional and was able to help us at all times of the day with changing reservations due to our changing schedule. He was very attentive, constantly checked on us, and ensured our travel was comfortable and seamless. I’d 100% recommend all travelers to make use of Johnny’s services!
Our guide, Johnny, was very knowledgeable, not only for this specific trip, but Vietnam in general. He pointed out things along the way, explaining everything thoroughly, and made recommendations of other sights to see, and what types and where to buy hand made crafts.
This was one of the best tours I’ve been to, and Hien was so good with my family. Would definitely recommend for a family trip to Halong Bay.
Excellent tour! Ask for Hien, he was very knowledgeable and personable! We had a lot of fun!! Food and service aboard boat was also excellent. Would definitely recommend this tour.
Hien, was a very knowledgeable and informative tour guide and showed us a wonderful time at ha long bay
Peter was Pleasant & very well informed. Anticipated our needs. Gave broader information on the country & people of Vietnam. His excellent English was an asset. 'Knows the ropes' around Ha Long Bay and made efficient little short cuts to keep us removed from big groups. Recommend Peter highly. Rick & Jane from Canada
A great day-trip from Hanoi (total excision was ~9 hours). Boating through Ha Long Bay was beautiful & opportunities to explore caves on foot and by small craft was also fun. An ample lunch served on the boat paired with an excellent and professional guide (Johnny) throughout the day made this private tour a good value. As a bonus we stopped at a pearl factory on the way out which was also quite fun!
A great private day trip from Hanoi (about 9 hours). The scenery, the boat experiences (main boat and the small boat from Fisherman’s Village), the cave exploration, and the lunch were all top-notch. Johnny was an exceptional guide - very professional and knowledgeable. Safe driver.
This city was very special. We work almost in the industrial high-end service in US and realized that Halong city will be a big deal for our investment for future. Thanks to our last visit centre to North Vietnam, we could see the big change and big chance for our plan.
Super easy logistics for a trip that includes a lot of travel. We also did the trip with our 11 month old and eveything worked out perfectly. We used our own car seat for the baby and there's no need for a stroller on this tour. The boat ride through the bay was so relaxing, the food was good (some of the best fried fish I ever had), and everyone involved was very helpful.
Johnny was a wonderful guide, the trip was beautiful and we hand a great time and leaned a great deal- truly a 5-star day!
Full private tour is a must for couples! Had an extremely wonderful experience in Ha Long with Johnny Pham, really recommend him. The land view that we got we will remember for the whole our life's. If you ask to change timing to skip crowds you will get a really private experience. The lunch was very tasty, shrimps, fish, crabs, spring rolls, french fries. Beverages are cheap, anything you want. Was there for 5 hours with 2 hour pleasent trip from Hanoi.
This day trip was fantastic! The boat ride, hiking the cave and kayaking in Halong Bay excellent. Our guide Hien and his driver were very professional and insightful for a lot of history about Vietnam. I highly recommend this travel group,
This is a happy & beautiful Ha Long Bay trip for us. We are glad that we have a very good tour guide Johnny. Thank you
Spent the day on Ha Long Bay. The bay was smooth and the stops were a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the cave that we went through. Nothing like it in the US. It is a must see. The lunch provide was delicious and handled a special allergy. Our tour guide Hine was top rate with his local knowledge and history.
Hien was a wonderful guide. Very friendly and knowledgeable . I would highly recommend him as a guide if you are traveling in Northern Vietnam.
Johnny was a spectacular host: highly communicative, punctual, knowledgeable and caring. The food was absolutely amazing. The scenery was something else with the gorgeous karts and sparkly caves. No overcrowding that we saw, and the area was relatively clean compared to what I expected based on some other reviews of Ha Long Bay! Highly recommend.
Johnny is a great guide. He made sure we were comfortable and continuously shared insights along the way. We had a wonderful time.
Hien was a fabulous guide. Lots of great information. The boat was lovely with an enormous amount of food for lunch. Very helpful staff everywhere
Fantastic experience, such a beautiful area. Johnny the tour guide was excellent and the crew in the boat were so lovely + food was amazing!!
It was such an amazing tour! Our guide Hoan was absolutely lovely, explaining about the history of Vietnam, answering our questions so well, and even providing options for us so we could go to other interesting areas like the pearl farm! The boat trip around Ha Long Bay simply brought our screens to life, and the stop at the Heavenly Palace cave was absolutely breathtaking, though we do encourage those who come to train their stamina a little as there were quite a number of steps! Overall would recommend!
Halong ba boat trip w cave viewings was amazingly serene and beautiful.our outstanding 5 star guide ,Noi was extremely knowledgeable and helpful speaking excellent english!!
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