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


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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 10 hours

Departs: Hanoi, Hanoi

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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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.


What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bamboo boat at the Floating Village on the Bay for 40 minutes

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Old Quarter of Hanoi

Professional English-speaking tour guide

Round-trip transfers by shuttle bus

We offer a Local Seafood Lunch

What's Not Included

Drinks

Gratuities


Traveler Information

  • CHILD: Age: 3 - 5
  • ADULT: Age: 6 - 99

Additional Info

  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Please advise in advance if you are vegetarian
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • 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
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Tour operate with group. Please inform us your full name and members in your group for easy pick up from your hotel

Cancellation Policy

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

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

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

• Admission Ticket Free

Halong Bay
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.

12 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Hon Ga Choi Island
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

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Dong Thien Cung
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

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included






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