Halong bay Full Day Cruise trip: kayaking, surprise cave, titop island, lunch

5.0 (25 reviews) Hanoi, Vietnam
Duration1 day
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesVietnamese, English
Group sizeUp to 48 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

5-6 Hours cruising in Halong bay: Visit Surprise cave, Titop island & Kayaking

08:00-8.45AM: Pick up & transfers to Halong bay (free)

12:00PM: Arrive Halong Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing
- We will take you on an 5 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, if bizarre scenery, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting, Incense Burner, and Thumb, while enjoy Vietnamese mouth-water-ing lunch on boat.
- Visit Surprise cave & Visit Titov Island. Swimming or climbing up to the top & enjoy Halong bay panorama views
- Do kayaking/ bamboo boat at the nice lagoons (optional)
16:30: Return onboard, cruise back toward Tuan Chau harbor. There are a lot of time for sunbathing on upper deck with music, enjoy great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery.
18.00: Disembark Habour. Shuttle bus back to Hanoi (free)

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Pickup included

What's included

  • English speaking guide
  • Sharing boat trip
  • Round trip shuttle bus from Hanoi Old quarter (option 8.00AM from Hanoi)
  • Seafoods lunch onboard
  • Beverages & drinks
  • Surcharge: 15USD more per person on the lunar New year holiday: Feb 16,17,18,19,20, 2026
  • Entrance fees/ tickets - 330.000VND - must pay cash at the habour
  • Kayaking (80.000vnd per person), 2 people/ 1kayak - optional
  • Shuttle bus (option 11.30AM at the habour)

What to expect

Cruising in Halong bay, passing & taking photos of beautiful landscapes.

Seafoods lunch onboard, Vegetarians food are available but need to book in advance

Visiting Halong bay surprise cave - the most beautiful cave in Halong bay

Visiting Titop island, climbing up to the top & enjoy amazing panorama views

Do kayaking in the beautiful lagoons

Making new friends from over the world.

Enjoy Amazing Sunset on the way back

  1. Halong Bay
  2. Hon Ga Choi Island
  3. Sung Sot Cave

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Around 7.30-8.10AM: Pick you up hotels in Hanoi old quarter or Opera house (FREE)

End point

Around 7.30-8.10AM: Pick you up hotels in Hanoi old quarter or Opera house (FREE)

Pickup details

- 8.00 AM is option for who depart from Hanoi. FREE pick up hotels in Hanoi old quarter & Opera house – just email in advance will be confirmed.
- 11.30AM is option for who depart from the habour without any fee.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Things to bring: Umbrellar/ Hat, shirts (protect skins in the hot summer & strong sun, shoes/ sandals/ flip flops, swimming suits, towels, small money, sunglasses, suncream, camera, small waters (glass water bottle/thermos water bottle), snacks, raincoats, insect spray... Jackets (in the Winter).
  • 7.40-8.10AM: Pick up at hotels in Hanoi old quarter (time to pick up depending your hotel locations...). If customers don't stay in Hanoi old quarter, pls come to Hanoi Opera house, 01 Trang Tien street before 7.30AM or 03 Tho Nhuom street at 7.45AM or Embassy hotel, 166 Tran Quang Khai street at 8.10AM to get on the bus
  • Customers have to contact us to confirm pick-up information before going by email: [email protected] or Whatsaap/ phone/ zalo: +84987998219
  • Customers book option 11.30AM, please send passport information details by email: [email protected] or Whatsaap/ phone/ zalo: +84987998219. Please come to our habour in Halong bay to meet our staff & check-in onboard around 11.30AM
  • Do not tip if asked by local people, we cannot stop them but warning to our tourist)
  • Ha Long Bay is so beautiful and it's crowded every day, especially in summer and weekends -> it is often overcrowded by Vietnamese tourists in summer. But we’re the smallest group tour in Halong bay
  • Sometimes, you will see garbages on Ha Long Bay due to changes in flowing water and tides, garbages from other places come to to Ha Long Bay. Government, local people, travel companies... are trying their best to clean up Ha Long Bay.
  • For the best trip, we need your cooperation. Please tell us all the problems, questions if you have. Our tour guide is always there to help you.
  • We also hope that customers will respect all other tourists in the group, respect the culture, timetable and common principles...
  • Surcharge: 15 USD per person on Lunar New year holiday: from Feb, 05th to 09th, 2027
  • Cruise details will be confirmed before the departure
  • NOTE: From July 01, 2026, the Vietnamese government stopped all the tourist buses to come inside Hanoi Old Quarter. So, we will confirm exactly pickup point and time before the departure date. Pickup and drop-off services will be provided along the following streets: Hai Bà Trưng, Tràng Thi, Phùng Hưng, Hàng Đậu, Trần Nhật Duật, Trần Quang Khải, Nhà Hát Lớn, Tràng Tiền, Lý Thường Kiệt...

Cancellation policy

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

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