Renea Cruise - Bai Tu Long Bay 3 Days 2 Nights

8:00 AM: Pick up at your hotel (in the Hanoi Old Quarter). Enjoy three hour drive from Hanoi to Bai Tu Long Bay. Your journey will pass the series of villages and rice fields in the Red River Delta. Have a stop for drink and restroom. Continue your driving, arrive at the harbor around noon, get warmly welcomed at cruise reception.

7:30-8:15: Our shuttle bus will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

12.00: Arrival in our office at Halong International Cruise Port, you will have a bit time and wait for our captain to finish the registration. Transfer by tender to the cruise.

12.30: Embarkation on the cruise. Enjoy welcome drinks and spend a couple minutes listening to the tour guide’s briefing before discovering the boat.

13.00: Delicious Vietnamese lunch will be served while you’re leisurely cruising further into Bai Tu Long Bay.

15.00: Arrival in kayaking area – Cap La Island. Enjoy canoeing amongst the karst and breathtaking nature as well as swimming and relaxing on a natural beach. You can also explore the area by taking the tender boat. Towels and waterproof bags will be provided. The cruise will stop in the anchorage area.

17.00: Back to the boat and relax.

18.00: Sunset party with music and happy hour. The chef will join the party and demonstrate how to transform vegetables into flowers.

19.00: Sumptuous dinner onboard.

20.30: Free time to challenge yourself in Vietnamese puzzle games, or gathers your group/family for a board game; try your luck with squid fishing or simply has a cocktail and enjoy the quiet night on the bay.

06.00: Start your day with a Tai Chi session on sundeck or catch a morning view of the stunning bay’s landscape. Coffee will be available around 6.30.

07.00: Breakfast will be served as a buffet, familiar to your stomach to fulfill your strength and ready for another day.

08.30-09.00: Transfer to a day cruise. Spend more time kayaking and swimming (if weather permits) at Cong Dam or relaxing on the day boat. If the weather allows, we can take a glance at Thay Cave before getting back to the anchor point.

12.00: Back to the boat for a delicious hot lunch at noontime

13.00: Cruise past several floating hamlets including Cap La and Cong Dam and enter the Centre of pristine Bai Tu Long Geology Park. There, we will visit Vung Vieng fishing village and you can choose to learn how to drive a boat under the instruction of local people, or have a fisherman rowing boat for you. Each bamboo boat can only transfer from 2 to 4 people.

14.00 – 15:00: Return to the main boat. The activities will repeat themselves. You can choose to join the new group or stay quietly on the cruise and relax.

19.00: Dinner will be served.

20.30: Free time for joining Games, you may also try your luck with squid fishing.

06.00: Start your day with a Tai Chi session on sundeck or catch a morning view of the stunning bay’s landscape. Coffee will be available around 06:30

07.00: Breakfast will be served as a buffet, familiar to your stomach to fulfill your strength and ready for another day.

07.30: Explore the well-hidden Thien Canh Son Cave.

08.30: Return to the cruise. You should have enough time to pack your luggage and have a shower.

09.15: Check-out. Heavy luggage in the corridor. Key on the door.

09.45: Prepare a simple Vietnamese dish – fresh spring rolls – with a detailed explanation by the guide.

10.15: Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese brunch on the boat.

10.45 – 11.30: Payment and debarkation. Return to the Port and wait for the shuttle bus.

12.00: Our bus will take you back to Hanoi.

14.30 – 15.00: End of tour. You will be dropped off at your preferred location in Hanoi Old Quarter.

Welcome by driver at the harbor then enjoy travel back to Hanoi. Have a rest at the middle of the way. Drop off at your hotel (in the Hanoi Old Quarter).