Itinerary
Gray Line Cruise is always a great choice for your trip to Halong Bay. Gray Line Cruise’s first criterion is taking serious care to ensure you the safest cruising in Ha long Bay. Beside our prestigious travel liability insurance,you can put your trust in our clear, unique and favorable itineraries. It goes without saying that every product is fine-tuned to provide experiences, whether they pertain to culture, adventure or the unique cuisine, that are true to the Vietnamese way of life. Surely it is your correct choice!
Day 1: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight Onboard (Lunch/Dinner)
12:15: Arrive at Tuan Chau Marina pier, Tuan Chau island, Halong city, Tourists will be surprised at the charming beauty of Ha Long Bay- the complex of eco-diversity with shinning blue water and ready to discover the marvelous journey perfectly when put the fisrt step on our luxury Gray Line Halong cruise boat.
12:30: Boarding to the Gray Line Halong cruise junk. Welcome drink. Briefing and check in cabins for tourists.
13:00: Enjoy lunch set on cruise. Junk will run heading to Vung Vieng Floating Fishing village.
14:30: Arrive to the Vung Vieng fishing village and visit this village by local rowing boats. Tourists will have 2 options to discover this village: by joining rowing bamboo boat or kayaking. Tourists will pass through floating houses of 65 families, a floating school & floating information centre.
15:45: Come back to the cruise and continue cruising to Drum cave.
16:45 – 17:30: Enjoy swimming around the cruise. Tourists now can relax on the sundeck for sunbathing with fantastic views and can’t miss to take some sunset snapshots. Enjoy our personal charged-service such as: nail, massage…
18:30: Cooking demonstration will be on the sundeck. Let’s see how to make the fresh fried spring rolls and mix fish-sauce. Tourists are unable to forget these delicious dishes, which is unique in Ha Long or how to make a flower from carrot by our skillful chefs.
19:30: Under the magnificent night sky, in magic atmosphere in Ha long Bay, tourists will ẹnjoy luxury buffet dinner served with a variety of BBQ seafood at nice stars terrace. Dinner is served with a variety of Vietnamese cuisine on sundeck.
21:00: Take part in a huge number of evening activities include: film entertainment in the dining room. Board and card games are available or join the squid fishing on boat with our crew. Karaoke singing on Star bar – sundeck, with variety languages: English, Spanish, Russian, French….Or simply, you can enjoy the Halong bay at night, which is now like a floating city, with twinkle of light from hundred Cruises, so great.
22:00: Overnight anchorage near Drum cave area. Now it’s time for tourists to relax comfortably and have a deeply sleep on our king beds with beautiful dreams as in a fair-tale story. End of the program of Day 1
Day 2: Halong Bay – Lan Ha Bay – Viet Hai (Break, Lunch, Dinner)
06:30: Wake up in early morning, welcome the dawn on the sun deck to refresh. Enjoy Tai Chi instructions on the sundeck in 30 minutes.
07:30: Have breakfast include Coffee, tea and Bakeries on board.
08:30: Transfer to Gray Line day boat – Depart for Lan Ha bay, a small and peaceful bay. Sailing straight to Viet Hai village, a small village on the mountain, far away from center, belongs to Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong. Tourists will be overwhelmed by the fantastic beauty of Lan Ha Bay. Lan Ha bay is different with hundreds of small beaches where you can come to swim, go kayaking…
10:00 – 10:30: Arrive at Viet Hai pier – take bicycle trip through untouched forests and wildlife (4km) to a village that locates on small valley of mountain with great landscape among rice field, buffalos, farmers…
10:30 – 12:00: Trekking in the core of Cat Ba National Forest to Bat cave. Tourists can enjoy village scenery, trekking in the core of Cat Ba National Forest to Bat cave, then trekking back the village (800m/ 1 way).
12:30 – 13:30: After cycling to Viet Hai pier, tourist will come back to the junk. Tourists will enjoy set lunch. Day boat will take you around Lan Ha Bay, go to Dark-light cave for kayaking activity
14:30 – 17:30: Visit Dark Cave by kayaking and swimming near the boat in new fresh environment with special feeling among wide blue sea water.
16:00: Cruise back to our overnight anchorage near Drum Cave.
18:00: Relax on the sundeck for sunbathing with fantastic views and can’t miss to take some sunset snapshots.
19:00: A-la-carte Dinner with a variety of Halong seafood. Tourists will not forget these delicious dishes, which is unique in Ha Long.
20:00: Take part in a huge number of evening activities include: film entertainment in the dining room, Board and card games, squid fishing, Karaoke singing on Star bar – sundeck, with variety languages: English, Spanish, Russian, French
22:00: Overnight anchorage near Drum cave area. Now it’s time for tourists to relax comfortably and have a deeply sleep on our king beds with beautiful dreams as in a fair-tale story. End of the program of Day 2.
Day 3: Halong – Hanoi (Breakfast/Brunch)
06:30: Greeting dawn on the Bay. Tourists can join the Tai Chi class, if the weather condition allows or upon guest’s request.
07:30: Have breakfast include Coffee, tea and Bakeries on board.
08:30: Visit Amazing cave discovered by the French in 1901 and opened to tourists since 1936 and symbol for geology value of Halong. This cave with colorful lights attracts millions of tourists every year.
09:30: Keep all the precious moments in mind, Tourist will check out of cabin and relax on the sundeck or in the dining room enjoying the bay scenery as we approach the pier.
10:00: Farewell Buffet brunch and hope to serve tourist soon again. Tourists will be hard to forget this memorable moment.
11:30- 11:45: Disembarkation at Tuan Chau Marina, Tourists return to Hanoi.
