In the morning you will be picked up by a shared van and will drive to the world famous Ha Long Bay. Just after noon, you will embark on your ship - your home for the days ahead. After the check-in procedure at the pier, enjoy a thirst-quenching welcome drink and meet your fellow sailors. Your lunch will be served while cruising among rough limestone islands standing tall before you. Majestic, beautiful and rough – just as nature created it. As you sail deeper into Ha Long Bay, you will stop at Trong Cave for a bit of kayaking. Going by kayak allows you to get closer to the inlets and gives you a sense of freedom. Back at the boat, you will have time to relax before your dinner is served. As night falls, you will have the choice to entertain yourself with squid fishing, karaoke, board games, movies, or star gazing on the upper deck with a cool drink in hand. 

Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Fantasea Deluxe in a Standard Room
Transportation: Hanoi to Ha Long Pier by Shared Van

Rise early to enjoy the sunrise before breakfast is served. Before the crowds arrive, go to Sung Sot Cave - one of the most spectacular and largest grottoes in Ha Long Bay. You will enter a world of stalactites hanging from above and rays of lights and shapes wherever you look. You will then go by boat to Cat Ba island and hike in the lush and beautiful Cat Ba National Park. After the excursion, you will go to Cat Ba city to have lunch and check-in to your hotel. In the afternoon, go to Monkey Island. Don't forget your swimsuit as you will have the chance to swim from the beach. If you prefer to stay back in the town, you can easily go for some biking, shopping or swimming in the nearby area. Your dinner will be served at the hotel, and the evening is free for you to enjoy. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Cat Ba Hotel in a Deluxe Room

Rise early to have breakfast and check-out from your room. You'll take a bus to the island pier and from here you slowly sail back to the mainland. Enjoy more of Ha Long Bay as you make your way back. Pass islets shaped as a Fighting Cock, Incense Urn, Lonely Dog, Finger and Duck. Your creativity and imagination are nurtured in Ha Long Bay. Lunch will be served on the boat on the way back to Ha Long Pier and you'll swap from boat to van and start your trip back to Hanoi, arriving in the afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Transportation: Ha Long Pier to Hanoi by Shared Van