Halong Bay Islands and Caves: Full-Day Tour from Hanoi

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Duration10h
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LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 40 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

On this Full day excursion from Hanoi you’ll take a transfer from Hanoi then traditional cruise to discover the beauty of Halong Bay. Visit Islands and Caves of Heaven Palace Cave, and Enjoy delicious seafood on board. Take interesting activity of Kayaking or Bamboo Boat.
07:45 - 08:15: Pick-up at hotels in the Old Quarter.
12:15: Arrive in Halong City Tourist Wharf. Here you’ll board a traditional wooden junk of Dragonfly Cruise and head into the bay. A fresh seafood lunch (vegetarian available if requested) is served on the way out.
You will then head on to Thien Cung Cave (Heavenly Palace Grotto), a magnificent and otherworldly cave. Explore their huge chambers adorned with stalactites and stalagmites of all kinds.
Enjoy 45-minutes of Kayaking or Bamboo boat.
16:30: You will be brought back to the Halong tourist wharf.
20:15: The trip ends at your hotel or drop address.

Options

Small group Halong Day Tour

2 interesting activities: Kayak/Bamboo and Heavenly Palace Cave visit (The most beautiful cave in Halong)
Small group Halong Day Tour : Transfer with Luxury Modern Comfortable Transport for Small group 24 persons on Bus and Cruise.
Duration: 11 hours: 3,5 hours driving National Highways each way. 4,5 hours on Cruise on the bay. 2 activities: Kayak/Bamboo and Cave visit
Seafood and Vegeterian Lunch: Local Seafood lunch. If you would like Vegeterian, Vegan, Halal. Please advise for the best arrangment.
Comfortable Modern Tranfer: Comfortable modern bus for the best comfort a long drive from Hanoi - Halong - Hanoi by National Highways.
Pickup included

Private Guide, Car from Hanoi

Duration: 10 hours
Seafood lunch
Comfortable modern bus

What's included

  • Professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Round-trip transfers by shuttle bus
  • Bamboo boat at the Floating Village on the Bay for 40 minutes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off in Old Quarter of Hanoi
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • We offer a Local Seafood Lunch
  • Kayaking activity for 40 minutes
  • Drinks
  • Gratuities

What to expect

  1. Pass by
    Meeting point for travelers who staying AirBnB/Homestays/Apartments as our bus could not access for pick up.
    For travelers who staying far from Old Quarter of Hanoi. Please come to our office: 37a Hang Thung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
  2. Halong Bay
    12h · Admission ticket included
    After you’re picked up at your hotel 08:00. you’ll head out on the drive to Halong Bay, making a short stop en route in Hai Duong to visit crafts workshops, where you’ll see marble stone sculptures, plaque paintings, and hand-embroidered items.

    Arrive in Halong City tourist wharf around 12:00pm. Here you'll board a traditional wooden junk and head into the bay.

    A fresh seafood lunch (vegetarian available if requested) is served on the way out. The limestone bedrock and sheer cliffs of the countless islets have inspired local people to come up with equally fanciful names: Stone Dogs island, Duck island, Finger island, Incense Burner island, and Fighting Cocks Island, the symbol of Halong Bay.

    You will then head on to Thien Cung (Heavenly Palace Grotto) and Dau Go (Hidden Wooden Stake Cave), two magnificent and otherworldly caves. Explore their huge chambers adorned with stalactites and stalagmites of all kinds.

    Finally, enjoy 45 minutes of Bamboo boat at the Floating Village to visit the islands and water tunnels and bask in the charm of this natural paradise. Around 4:30pm you will be brought back to the Halong tourist wharf, where our vehicle is waiting to take you back to Hanoi.

    The trip ends at your hotel around 8:00pm.
  3. Hon Ga Choi Island
    15m · Admission ticket included
    Fighting Cocks Islet is located in the southwest of Halong Bay, approximately 5 km from Bai Chay Tourism Wharf.
    Fighting Cocks Islet includes two limestone islets in which one looks like a rooster while another has the shape of a hen. Each of these islets has the length of around 10 meters. With different imagination, some says that these cocks are fighting, on the other hand, the others think they are kissing
  4. Dong Thien Cung
    45m · Admission ticket included
    Heaven Palace Cave is situated on the south-west side the bay, 4 kilometers from the wharf outside of Halong city, at the height of 25 meters above the sea level.
    The cave is 10,000 square meters with complicated interior structure, many floors, and high ceiling. Visiting the grotto, tourists will feel like visiting an art museum with variety of sophisticated statues and reliefs.
    The way to Thien Cung is a perilous one, covered on both sides by thick forest

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meeting point at 31 Lo Su str, Hoan Kiem dist, Hanoi.

End point

Meeting point at 31 Lo Su str, Hoan Kiem dist, Hanoi.

Pickup details

Pickup from hotels in the Old quarter

If your hotel is outside the diameter of The Old Quater about 1 Kilometres (1 Miles), please meet your tour guide and bus at the local suppliers office at 31 Lo Su str, Hoan Kiem dist, Hanoi.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Tour operate with group. Please inform us your full name and members in your group for easy pick up from your hotel
  • For Hotels far from the Old Quater. The pick up fee may be applied and the pick up time could be earlier with other travelers
  • Please advise in advance if you are vegetarian

Cancellation policy

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

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