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Limestone islands and a night on the water in a private cabin
Ha Long Bay is the north's signature landscape: two thousand limestone islands rising from the Gulf of Tonkin, explored from overnight cruise suites, private day yachts and the quieter waters of Lan Ha and Bai Tu Long bays. It is two and a half hours from Hanoi by expressway or an hour from Van Don airport.
October to December and March to May bring clear skies; summer is hot and busy, and winter mornings can be misty.
A luxury cruise with a private cabin is the reason most guests come; a private day yacht or a three-day Bai Tu Long cruise is how the ones who have been before come back.
Cruise suite plus a night at a bay-side resort with a private transfer from Hanoi — the package that turns a day trip into a proper stay.
Hanoi to Ha Long is a two-and-a-half-hour expressway drive; a chauffeured car timed to the cruise embarkation removes the shared shuttle entirely.
Cruise groups, conferences at the bay's resorts and day-trip groups from Hanoi move by coach; we time the coach to the pier and hold luggage for the cruise crew.
FLC Ha Long Bay Golf Club looks over the bay from the hills above the city — a round with the islands as the backdrop.
Fishing villages on the bay still live on the water; a private boat visits a floating hamlet with a family who explains the pearl farms and the tides.
Van Don International is about an hour from the cruise piers; most guests transfer from Hanoi's Noi Bai in about two and a half hours by private car.
A luxury cruise with a private cabin is the reason most guests come; a private day yacht or a three-day Bai Tu Long cruise is how the ones who have been before come back.
A night on a luxury cruise in a private suite: kayaking, a cave at dusk, dinner on deck and tai chi at sunrise, with private transfers from Hanoi.
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₫6,990,000per person≈ $267Private, based on 2 guests
A private yacht for six hours among the islands: swimming, a floating village, lunch on deck and no shared schedule.
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₫5,490,000per person≈ $210Private, based on 2 guests
The quieter bay beside Cat Ba by private boat: kayaks through lagoons, a swim from the boat and lunch at anchor.
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₫2,490,000per person≈ $95Private, based on 2 guests
Two nights on a small luxury cruise in the quiet north-east of the bay: fewer boats, more water, and mornings that belong to you.
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₫12,900,000per person≈ $492Private, based on 2 guests
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