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Explore the natural beauty of Halong Bay with Aspira Cruise 3 day, 2 night cruise package. Experience morning Tai Chi on the sundeck, visit Cat Ba Island and Viet Hai Village, go kayaking in Ba Trai Dao, and enjoy delicious meals on board. Relax and rejuvenate in a junior suite cabin, complete with fresh flowers and air conditioning. Book your Halong Bay adventure now with Aspira Cruises.
Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Tuan Chau – Lan Ha Bay.
8:30-9:00 am, Aspira Cruise will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. After a 2.5-hour journey through the expressway, we will arrive at Tuan Chau Wharf.
Upon arrival, at around 11:30-12:00, you will transfer by speed boat to Aspira Cruise where you will receive a warm welcome drink and a cold towel before checking into your cabin. After a cruise briefing and safety instructions, you can enjoy lunch in the luxurious restaurant while cruising through the canals to Halong Bay.
At 15:30, we arrive at Dark cave & Bright cave, where you can explore kayaking or bamboo boat rides.
By 17:30, return to Aspira Cruise to admire the stunning sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin and unwind in the seasonal swimming pool while enjoying the sunset party with a Happy Hour deal at all bars onboard. You may also join a traditional cooking class or enjoy massage services and fitness centers available onboard.
Before dinner, our captain will choose a tranquil spot to anchor for the night. At 19:00, a great dining experience awaits you.
After dinner, from 20:45 to midnight, you can enjoy the beautiful landscape of the bay at night, relax with romantic music, try your luck at squid fishing, watch a movie, enjoy Spa treatment, or simply relax in your room. Overnight stay onboard.
Day 2: Lan Ha Bay – Viet Hai Village – Lan Ha Bay.
Start your morning early with a 30-minute Tai Chi practice on the sundeck, and enjoy the beautiful dawn on the bay. After the exercise, enjoy a fulfilling breakfast with a menu including sandwiches, pastries, eggs, ham, sausage, and more.
You will be transferred by Tender boat to Viet Hai Village located in the valley of Cat Ba National Park, surrounded by beautiful mountains. At Viet Hai wharf, you will receive bicycles to explore the village, which is about 4km away. Take a stroll around the village, meet the local people, visit the school of the local children, or discover the village on foot. After the village tour, return to the Aspira Cruise for lunch and relaxation.
In the afternoon, you will visit Ba Trai Dao (Three Peach Islets), where you can enjoy scenic kayaking or relaxing on a sandy beach. Return to the Aspira Cruises by day boats and relax on the sundeck while enjoying the bay. Join the mini cooking class and learn how to make fried spring rolls, another traditional dish.
In the evening, enjoy a delicious dinner on board with an all-new menu that includes local seafood delights combined with some Western-style cooking.
After dinner, take some time to relax with drinks, music, or a massage to refresh the body. End the day with a good night’s sleep, as the cruise stops overnight at a quiet area of the bay.
Day 3: Lan Ha Bay – Tuan Chau – Hanoi.
Rise early at 6:15 AM to start your perfect day with Tai Chi or to witness the sunrise while enjoying the stunning view from the top deck. Alternatively, you can work out in the gym.
After a light breakfast at 7:30 AM, you’ll visit Tra Bau fishing village for an hour by kayak and immerse yourself in the life of local fishermen in the Oyster Farm.
At 10:00 AM, return to the boat, check out of your cabin, and enjoy brunch while sailing back to the pier. The bill will be settled at the end of the trip.
Disembark at 11:30 AM and return to the port. Transfer back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi at 3:00 PM, marking the end of the trip.
Notes
Cruise itinerary and schedule are subject to change due to weather, tide levels and operating conditions. Swimming or kayaking excursions may be cancelled due to poor weather.
Meals on board are fusion. Vietnamese, seafood and international. Guest should advise of any special food reference, allergies or dietary requirement at least 1 week prior to the cruise date.
Halong bay cruise tours
Lotussia Travel is a Hanoi tour operator offering a wide selection of multi-activity holidays in Vietnam. Most of our trips are private customized, and specially designed for small group tours, family vacations. The itinerary above is only a sample that can be further customized to better fit your requirements. Just follow it or contact us for designing your perfect adventure.
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Itinerary disclaimer
Occasionally our tour itineraries are updated during the year to incorporate improvements stemming from past travelers’ comments and our own research. The information given in this itinerary may be slightly different to that in the service proposal. It’s very important that you print and review a final copy of your itinerary a couple of days prior to travel, in case there have been changes that affect your plans. If you have any queries, please contact us. We are here to help you!
Please note that while we operate successful trips in Vietnam throughout the year, some changes may occur in our itineraries due to inclement weather and common seasonal changes to timetables and transport routes. This can happen with little notice so please be prepared for modifications to the route. The order and timing of included activities in each location may also vary from time to time.
Inclusions
Depending on the proposed option (semi-guide tour or all-inclusive package tour), the price may include the following services. Please bear in mind Lotussia Travel is specialized in tailor-made trips. Trip cost vary depending on group size and other details.
- Car transfers.
- Local tour guide. The English-Speaking guide is provided by default. Other language may be available upon request (with extra charge).
- Meals.
- Entrance fees.
Exclusions
Unless required most of the following services are usually not included in our tour price.
- Visa
- Flight/Train tickets.
- Accommodation.
- Tour leader.
- Local porter(s).
- International travel insurance.
- Drinks.
- Tips.
- Personal expenses.
Tour guide
Our tour guides speak English or French. They hold a university degree in tourism and national license as a guide. If you wish to send a tour leader along with any group, he or she can fully rely on the knowledge and experience of our local guides.
Remote treks are always accompanied by a local representative to deal with permits and authorities and manage the porter team. They speak the local dialects, know the cultural traditions and give tips on suggested behavior in fragile ecological areas and tribal communities. For some itineraries, the role of tour leader and representative is combined.
Driver
Our drivers don’t speak English. It’s possible that a few of them might know some basic words, such as telling time, stop, and lunch. If you’re looking for effective communication throughout the journey, we highly recommend booking a tour guide.
Trip routes
Principally, Lotussia Travel requires all the trip associates to know the destinations well by any means of traveling or enquiry to the local suppliers to figure out all the relative details of any trip. For adventure tours such as jungle trekking, mountain hiking, sea kayaking, river rafting or biking, cycling tours, Lotussia Travel will never add any new routes into available schedule until survey or pre-view it.
Accommodation
Lotussia Travel carefully choose all the hotels, guest-houses or home-stays based on service quality, location, and characteristics, doing best to make the accommodations in the remote small places as comfortable as possible. Please bear in mind that hotels in Vietnam might not be in the same standard in other country. Generally hotels in major cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Hoian, Hue…are much better than hotels and guest-houses in mountainous areas.
Meals
Lotussia Travel take dinning as an indispensable experience to clients since it is an important part in Vietnamese culture. Therefore, Lotussia Travel will not intend take clients to the most expensive restaurants but non-touristy local ones which offer delicious, local food, with nice or interesting atmosphere. The restaurants might be simple in the country but LOTUSSIA Travel guarantee is sanitary and cleanliness. Or even on our trek, we encourage our cook offer client food with new tastes from day to day. During adventure itineraries to mountainous or remote areas, there is sometimes no choice for hotel and restaurants. We will try our best to bring you the best taste of local food.
Drinks
As the tap water in Vietnam is undrinkable, Lotussia Travel recommend clients to drink bottled water throughout your trip, or boiled water on treks. Lotussia Travel offers bottle water all the day, and soft drinks like Cola, Sprite or Vietnamese Tea or if possible juice in restaurants (if mentionned in itinerary). This is not automatically included in the packages. In simple restaurant or on camping, Lotussia Travel offers boiled water, instant coffee or juice, wrapped milk (Details are confirmed in bottom of your itinerary).
Transportation
In most destinations of Vietnam, all the roads are well paved though the traffic is quite messed up like in Hanoi, Hai Phong… We use proper vehicles, car, minibus or coach in good condition based on the size of the groups. We use 4WD only on the rough road where the other vehicles could not pass through or based on clients requirement on overland journeys or treks. For cycling itineraries, we usually use our support minibus or minibus with support truck. For sea kayaking, river rafting trips, diving packages we use standard boat as support. Detailed information is provided on our service proposal.
We use drivers who are native or local of each travel destination and maintain good safety records for all trips. Most of our drivers can speak English but a little bit. This is just enough to understand basic words such as “time of departure”, “stop”, “restaurants”, “hotels”…If you want to learn more about Vietnamese culture and information about sightseeing sites, booking a tour guide is highly recommended.
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