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6 Hour Halong Bay Day Cruise (From Halong City)

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Days

6 hours

Location

Halong Bay

About

This 6-hour day cruise tour offers you the trip to explore Halong Bay on traditional wooden boats, with daily departure from Halong City. The tour starts at 08:30 AM from Halong International Port. If you stay at hotels in the Bai Chay area of Halong City, there will be a shuttle bus to pick you up from the hotel to the port and back when the tour finishes. In case, you are staying outside of Bai Chay, please take your transfer to Halong International Port, just in the center of Bai Chay.

The tour includes a 6-hour itinerary to visit the bay, an entrance fee, and a Vietnamese lunch (sharing a table). During this 6-hour cruise, you will get to see the most highlights of Halong Bay including Surprising Cave, Titop Island, Fighting Cock Island, and kayaking at Luon Cave.

This tour is suitable for travelers to Halong who want to fully experience visiting the bay’s famous destinations and exciting activities in one day.

Type of boat: Traditional wooden boat with 2 floors. The first floor is a restaurant area with tables and chairs for guests to enjoy the view and lunch. The second floor is a viewing area, and photography spots, with lounge chairs (sundeck). The boat can accommodate a maximum group of 48 guests.
Itinerary (Route #2): Halong Port – Fighting Cock Island – Surprising Cave – Luon Cave – Titop Island.

Itinerary

07:30 – 08:00: Shuttle bus picks up guests from their hotel in the Bai Chay area. (If not staying in Bai Chay, you will arrange your own transfer to Halong International Port.)
08:10: Bus arrives at Ha Long International Port for check-in and boarding of the cruise.
08:30 – 08:45: Cruise departs to explore Halong Bay.
09:30: Visit Fighting Cock islet, the symbol of Halong tourism.
09:50: Visit The Thumb islet and Swan islet.
10:00: Visit Sung Sot Cave (Surprise Cave), one of the biggest caves in Halong Bay spanning over 10,000 square meters.
11:20: Enjoy lunch on the boat with a set menu. Each set serves six persons/tables with a Vietnamese menu.
12:00: Visit Luon Cave by kayak or bamboo boat, and get closer to limestone rocks on the calm water of Halong Bay.
13:00: Arrive at Titop Island, where you can swim, relax on the sandy beach, or climb to the peak for a panoramic view of Halong Bay.
14:00: Return to the cruise and head back to Halong port.
15:00 – 15:30: The cruise arrives at Ha Long International Port.
16:00: The shuttle bus takes you back to hotels in the Bai Chay area.

6 Hour Halong Bay Day Cruise (From Halong City) — Cruising map for 6-hour Halong Bay day cruise

11h00-11h30: Pick up from hotel at Bai Chay area, Halong City
11h40: Our shuttle bus take you to Ha Long International Port and check – on the boat.
12h00-12h15: The boat starts to visit Halong Bay
12h30: Have lunch on the boat with a Set menu ( 6 person/ set )
13h00: Visit Fighting Cock islet – the symbol of Halong Bay
13h15: Visit The Thumb islet and Swan islet
13h45: Visit Sung Sot Cave ( Surprise Cave) – one of the biggest caves of Halong Bay with more than 10.000m2
14h45: Visit Luon Cave by kayaking or bamboo boat to discover Halong Bay.
15h45: Arrive at Titop Beach – where you can swim, sunbathe, or climb to the peak to take a panoramic view picture of Halong Bay.
16h45: Return cruise to get back to the port.
17h45-18h00: The cruise arrives at Ha Long International Cruise Port.
18h30: The bus take you back to the hotel at Bai Chay. End of the Trip!

Visiting sites in the tour

Sung Sot Cave (Amazing cave)

Sung Sot Cave is located on Bo Hon Island, Halong Bay. This is a beautiful, spacious cave that leaves visitors “amazed” upon their visit.

The cave is divided into two distinct chambers with a length of 500m and a total area of up to 10,000 m2. Inside the cave are stalactites and stalagmites of unique and fanciful shapes, a natural wonder within the mountain. To visit Hang Sung Sot, you will have to climb nearly 200 stone steps and enter inside. The visit takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Visit Sung Sot Cave — Travelers in Sung Sot Cave, Halong Bay

Titop Island

Titop island is an island named after a Soviet astronaut by President Ho Chi Minh, whom he met during a visit. The island has a small crescent-shaped beach and a path leading up to the mountain peak to admire the panoramic view of Halong Bay. The time for visiting Titop Island is about 45 min – 1 hour on this tour.

Dao Titop Ha Long 6 — Titop island in Halong Bay

Luon Cave (Kayaking/Bamboo boat)

Hang Luon is a narrow “wet” cave located on the water’s surface, allowing small boats to pass through. Hang Luon is near Sung Sot Cave, in the Bo Hon Island area. The cave’s archway is about 60m long, and you can kayak or take a bamboo boat to enter a spacious area inside like a water lake surrounded by rocky mountains.

Halong Star Cruise 16 — Bamboo boat in Luon cave

Fighting Cocks Islet

Fighting Cocks Islet is an iconic landmark of Halong Bay, appearing in the most famous photos of the bay. In reality, it is a large rock that, resembles the shape of two chickens, one hen, and one rooster. The tour will pass by Ga Choi Island and stop for you to take photos and check in with this symbol. This is only a photo stop, and you cannot climb up to visit it like other islands.