Day 1: Hanoi – Halong

08.00 our guide with driver pick you at your hotel to transfer to Halong bay for 3,5 hours.

Welcome aboard and sail through Halong Bay. Allow your eyes to swim across the azure waters of this magical place, where thousands of sculpted limestone islands rise from the water like gigantic teeth of dragons.

A delectable lunch is served shortly after boarding and you find yourself getting acquainted with the facilities of the boat. The boat starts to cruise into the Bay and within the first hour you can enjoy this World Heritage Site.

A first visit will take our guests by tender to the Tien Ong Cave. The Cave is very large - about 1000 sqm - and is peppered with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites, formed out of ancient limestone karsts about 700,000 years ago. The cave is five meters above sea level. This visit will last approximately 20 minutes (we strongly recommend that you do not wear high heel shoes for this excursion).

The voyage continues with the arrival at the Cua Van Fishing Village, the biggest and oldest floating fishing village in Halong Bay. The village is explored via a pleasant boat ride (a maximum of four persons per boat). You will pass through this ancient village which comprises fishing boats and floating houses - simply irresistible.

After returning to the boat in the late afternoon guests can sharpen their culinary skills at our cooking class performance conducted by our energetic chef. Surely you can give him a helping hand any time and try your skills in preparing special Vietnamese dishes. The boat cruises slowly with the evening sun to its mooring point. If not now, when then is it time to enjoy a massage or at least to quaff a drink - in the miraculous descending sun - on our sun deck.

At 19.30h another delicious meal - dinner is served. After dinner the night is yours; kick back on a comfy pillowed chair or watch the stars from the sun deck and inhale the surreal beauty whilst sipping a glass of wine.

Not many places in the world offer those special feelings. The mooring place is a fantastic overnight spot with glittering lights from the other boats and a calm sea, perfect for your first dream in the middle of the Bay where once Dragons played amid sparkling jewels.

Day 2: Halong

08.15  Transfer by tender to our day boat, Sunset. Breakfast will be served as the boat sets sail for the Surprise cave.
09.30 Arrive at the Surprise cave, the biggest cave in Ha Long Bay with 10,000 square meters, when you visit the cave like our Vietnamese house with three chambers as lobby, dining room and bedroom with most beautiful stalagmites and stalactites. We will tour the cave for about 60 minutes.
11.00 Back on board, set sail for the Pearl Farm Village, and visit Pearl Factory.
12.30 Lunch is served.
13.30 Set sail for the Bat Cave. Join the kayaking excursion to the Bat cave and surrounding waters. Kayaking duration is about 45 minutes. There will also be time for relaxing on board and swimming while here.
15.30     Depart from the Bat Cave area and sail to rejoin the main boat. Dinner is served in the evening. Overnight on boat

Day 3: Halong - Hanoi

For early risers complimentary tea, coffee and pastries are served in the restaurant followed by-if you so desire – a Tai Chi Class on the sun deck (7.00h). A great morning activity to feel one with this natural wonder.

Then it is time for an early morning swim - in the Bay. By tender boat we bring the guests to a natural white sandy stretch of a beach. Sporty ones can also climb up to a hill top to have a last view from above over Halong Bay before we return to the boat and cruise slowly back to Halong City, passing picturesque areas like the Tam Cung Cave and Poem Mountain.

During our trundle breakfast is served before we arrive at the shore at around 11.00h. The crew will bid you farewell and you disembark with our tender boat to Tuan Chau Marina.

Inclusions

• Welcome cocktail
• Entrance fees
• Taxes and service charge
• English speaking guide
• All meals as stated in itinerary
• Tai Chi Class
• Kayaking on the second day applied for 3 days 2 nights
• Sunset cocktail on Sundeck lounge 
• Insurance on board

Exclusions

• Any transfers (from or to Hanoi)
• Beverage and personal expenses
• Gratuities
• All other services not mentioned in inclusions

Information

Check-in: 12.00 PM
Check-out: 10.00 AM
Shuttle bus: Pick up/Drop off from/to hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter from 7:30 - 7:45 AM
Estimated time return Hanoi: 4:30 - 5:00 PM
Guide: English guide on board

Cancellation policy
More than 10 days: No charge
From 10 days - before 8 days: 50% of total rate
From 08 days - before 4 days: 75% of total rate
Less than 4 days before cruising date: 100% 
No show: 100%

Surcharges
Peak season surcharge for all cruises falling on New Year’s Eve and Christmas of 25% on the above rates