Halong Bay Cruise Day Trip from Hanoi

In the Morning: You will be picked from your hotel around 8am – 8:30am for a 3.5 hour bus ride through the country side of the Red River Delta to Ha Long City. Water buffaloes, paddy fields (rice transplanting time: February and June) and daily Vietnamese farmer life are on both sides of the way.
Afternoon: Arrive in Halong City around noon and board a traditional wooden junk and start your cruise to the center of the bay. Fresh seafood lunch (vegetable menu available) is served while the boat is gliding out. Get ready for exotic photos and absorb the most magnificent natural splendors, limestone bedrocks and sheer cliffs of tiny islands with fanciful names like Fighting Cocks (symbol of Halong Bay), Duck, Swan, Incense Burner, and Stone Dogs.
Cruising around Ba Hang Floating village, you will spend about 45 minutes for kayaking/bamboo boat to discover this area by your own way. After that, keep cruising to the most beautiful cave named Thien Cung (Heaven Palace Grotto) and explore huge chambers adorned with stalactites and stalagmites of all kinds. Continue to enjoy this relaxing cruise on the way back to Ha Long harbor where your vehicle is waiting to take you back to Hanoi. Your trip ends at your hotel around 8pm - 830pm.