DAY 1: HANOI-HALONG ( GRAYLINE CRUISE) (L – D)
Meet your tour guide at your hotel and depart for Ha Long Bay.
12:00 Await and enjoy fresh tea at Gray Line lobby before checking in
12.30 Get on Gray Line boat by private pier and then crew warmly welcomes you. Enjoy welcome drink following tour guide’s briefing. Check in your cabin and take a rest.
NOTE: Please inform if anything is wrong with your reserved cabin!
13.30 Enjoy a nice set-menu lunch while the boat goes ahead to the Bay’s center. After lunch, you are free to relax. While lights of afternoon decrease slightly, hundreds of islands with different shapes definitely amaze you. What make your trip memorable are not the sights of Halong, but the line that you go. Best time to watch unparalleled sceneries of Halong in slow motion.
15:00 Arrive at Luon cave by tender. You will discover the area’s tranquility by kayaking or sitting on rowing boat. No matter what you choose, the activity centrally offers the serenity of escape, particularly in the midafternoon.
16:00 By tender, visit Titop Island. Free choice of activities: sunbathing, swimming and especially conquering the peak of the biggest island in Halong Bay.
Recommendation: Climb up the top of the island and enjoy bird-eye view!
17:30 Go back the boat for relaxation at dusk. Enjoy FREE seasonal fruits on sundeck
NOTE: Be aware of rates & daily promotions!
18.30 Join in cooking demonstration on the sundeck. Try to make it and taste how well your skill is!
19.30 A dinner that gives you an appetite will be served in romantic ambience with BBQ fresh seafood.
NOTE: None of beverages is forced to buy. It is UP to you!
21:00 Free choice of evening activities (watching film, playing board, guitar and card games; going fishing squid on tender).
NOTE: Some activities need to be pre-ordered.
22:00 The first day ends with your sound sleep!
DAY 2: HALONG - HANOI (B - L)
06.00 Awaken you (on desire) at dawn for morning exercise (Tai Chi Quan) on sundeck or enjoy beautiful spectacles that a blazing sunrise breaks the clouds of the island on the bay!
07.00 Have a light breakfast. Tea and coffee are complementary.
07:45 Visit Surprise cave (Sung Sot) discovered by the French in 1901 that opened for tourists since 1936, now it is a must-to-see tourist attraction for its beauty, for being the largest cave and for geology value of Halong Bay.
NOTE: Be ready with your camera, shoes and take incredible photos.
09:15 Come back to our boat for freshening up and checking out cabin. Should not seat and wait for getting off. Gray Line runs on another route back to the marina that offers amazing pictures of Mother Nature showing full of typical islets.
10:30 Enjoy farewell buffet while the boat continuously cruises back!
11:30 Say ‘’GOODBYE’’ to Gray Line crew who should be friends in your memory about Halong Bay!
12:00 Drive back to Hanoi