24/02/2024
Dear Ewelina
We would like to send you a customized tour schedule with private car transportation from Hanoi to Catba island and small group tours on our overnight cruises .
Departing on May 24, 2024
Total cost for two people 650$
TRIP DURATION: 2DAYS/1NIGHT ( HANOI – CAT BA – HALONG BAY - NINH BINH )
♦ Join us for a night among the quiet water and beautiful islands of Lan Ha Bay and Ha Long Bay. Take part in kayaking trip at night to go into small areas for NATURE enjoying and PLANKTON watching.
♦ Get more experiences from our english speaking tour guide in squid fishing at night. Enjoy traditional Vietnamese food cooked following Vietnamese style.
♦ Sleep in private rooms equipped with fans, air conditioner and private bathroom.
HIGHLIGHTS OF CAT BA ISLAND CRUISES TRIPS
♦ Our company is licensed so our tour covers a big areas of both Lan Ha and Ha Long Bay, traveling around the most less touristic tracks of the bay.
♦ Various of interesting activities included (Sightseeing ; Kayaking ; Swimming ; Snorkeling ; Cooking class ; fishing & squid fishing; cycling ; top-viewing point trekking and specially PLANKTON watching at night by kayaking)
♦ Various of food covers all meals (mixing vietnamese food, seafood and vegetarian options) cooked by licensed cook chef.
♦ Boat, rooms in a high standard conditions.
♦ Well trained working staffs (office staffs, tour guide and cruises)
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
DEPART: 5.00 AM From your hotel in Hanoi
RETURN: 15.30 PM Cat Ba Island to get the Bus to Ninh Binh
DAY 1:
05.00 AM - Our car van will go to pick-up you from your hotel in Hanoi
05.10 AM – 07.00 AM: Spending approximately 2 hours on van to get Hai Phong City from Hanoi
07.00 AM: Arrive Got Ferry Terminal.
07.30 AM: Getting to Phu Long Harbour our van will Pick-up you to My office in Cat Ba island.
08.15AM: Get transfer to BEO dock (Just 5 minutes away from the office)
08.15AM: Get on the boat and start cruising through BEO floating fishing village, pass out Monkey island (We don’t stop at Monkey island to avoid the crowds of Vietnamese tourists), keep cruising around Lan Ha Bay to enjoy hundreds of amazing landscapes of limestone islands.
9.30AM: Stop to visit the biggest fishing farm (Spending 20 to 25 minutes to walk around the base of the farm for hunting some pictures of the fishes and exploring the local lives)
10.00AM: Continue the trip by passing out Buddha island before crossing the border to get out of Lan Ha Bay to be in Ha Long Bay. After being in Ha Long Bay, the boat keeps cruising around less touristic tracks of the bay, then goes up to the North part of Ha Long Bay, from which you can sight-seeing to Bai Tu Long bay and Ha Long city. The boat will bring you into CAM lagoon to anchor to have lunch.
11.50AM: Vietnamese food, seafood and vegetarian food lunch on the boat. After having lunch, participants have time to relax by taking part in jumping, swimming or just playing photographer with the landscapes surrounds.
13.10PM: Pull the anchor out of the water to move to HANG CA AREA to do kayaking. Spending one and a half hours on kayaking through DARK CAVE-BAT CAVE-MONKEY CAVE AND BRIGHT CAVE to explore the beauty of the nature in hidden lagoons, enjoy bird-watching, squirrel-dancing, monkey-jumping. After kayaking, we continue moving to swimming-snorkeling area named BA TRAI DAO
15.00PM: Arriving at BA TRAI DAO:
›› Anchor nearby secluded sandy beaches that separated from the crowds to go swimming, do snorkeling
›› Snorkel gears for doing snorkeling will be provided by the tour guide
18.00PM: Enjoying sunset from the top deck on the way moving to sleeping area.
18.15PM: Check in the luxury sleeping boat.
18.30PM: Participated in COOKING CLASS with our cruises.
19.30PM: Vietnamese food and seafood dinner on the boat.
20.30PM: Take part in kayaking activities by night to head to hidden lagoons that located around to have nature feelings and PLANKTON WATCHING (Swimming with plankton is optional)
21.30PM: Back to the boat and the first day is finished.
THE SECOND DAY:
06.00: Sunrise morning around the boat (Free activities: top boat-jumping, swimming, kayaking around the boat).
07.00: Sunrise breakfast with free hot drinks.
08.00: Cruising through the second floating fishing village and hidden areas to reach DAU BE island where THREE HIDDEN LAGOON located in.
10.00: Explore the lagoons by kayaking through rock acrches and hidden tunnels.
Note: On a few days in a month when the tide is too high that we can not go through THREE HIDDEN LAGOON, we will instead explore Tung Cai lagoon, the lagoon that the new King Kong movie was filmed.
12.00: Return to the boat to have lunch (Vietnamese food and seafood lunch-Vegetatian food is optional and should be informed in advance).
13.30: Swimming and snorkeling around secluded sandy beaches.
14.30: Start returning to the harbour.
15.30: The tour finishes.
We will have book the Bus ticket for you to your Hotel in Ninh Binh
16,00 The bus live from Cat Ba Island to Ninh Binh
INCLUDED : Boat, all meals, all entrance fees, kayak, dry bags, snorkel gear, drinking water and an English-speaking tour guide.
EXCLUDED : Drinks
Note:
The first day of the trip (From 08.15AM to 17.00 PM), the trip will be run by a day boat (the boat without cabins: To run faster, to move into hidden areas, to fix the tour itineraries). Around 17.00 PM, customers will check in a sleeping boat with a private cabin and stay on this boat till the end of the trip.
Mr: Luong
(Your hotel – Tuan Chau marina – Halong bay – Lunch– Surprising Cave – Titop Island – Sunset party – Dinner – Onboard night activities)