For guests from Hanoi 08.00 - 08.30: English-speaking Guide will pick up guests from hotels at Hanoi Old Quarter.
10.45 -11.15: Halong Bay is famous with some floating pearl farm, the products for exporting. Visit pearl farm is an interesting activity. However, in one day tour, we have not enough time to do it. So we could visit a workshop on land to see how is a process of pearl collecting and see craft-man create the jewels from pearl.
For guests from Halong city, 11:00 - 11.30: Get ready at Tuan Chau Marina to meet our guide.
11.45: The bus will arrive at Tuan Chau Marina, easily get on Cruise by a private pier, and the Crew, who will serve you along the trip with a welcome drink is served following Cruise manager’s briefing. While the boat heading the bay.
12.40: Enjoy a nice set-menu lunch. By local flavors in each dish, it vitally helps to recuperate after a 4-hour-car drive. In the meantime, the boat goes among islets, that make Halong becomes a wonderland.
After lunch, you are free to relax on the sundeck. While the light of afternoon decreases slightly, hundreds of islands with different shares definitely amaze you by its natural beauty. It is the best to watch unparalleled sceneries of Halong in slow motion.
14.00: Kayaking / Sam-pan rowing boat
The boat will move to Hang Luon (three tunnels) area, a water cave for kayaking, rowing bamboo boat or just stay on board for relaxing and the boar will slowly moving around to sightseeing more on the bay. If you do not join any above activities, you could stay on the sundeck for relaxing, then the boat will take you around the bay, do sightseeing other beautiful islets such as Human head, Horse seat.
15.15: You will leave the boat and having around 1 hour to explore Sung Sot (Surprising) cave. This least known cave locates on a remote island, which is rare in a cave-lake seascape. The compartment in the heart of the Sung Sot Cave is surrounded by extremely beautiful niches. The outside section has a high ceiling with lots of stalactites.
16.15: Sunset watching in the afternoon tea break.
17.15: Say goodbye, disembark to get on the bus (for guests from Hanoi), moving to new express way to get back Hanoi.
19.30 - 20.00: Drop off at your hotel in Hanoi.
