Halong Bay

Ha Long Bay (also "Halong Bay")  is in northern Vietnam, 170 km (105 mi) east of Hanoi. The bay is famous for its scenic ocean karst topography and is often included in lists of natural wonders of the world.

This unique UNESCO World Heritage Site is a popular place for tourists but it is good to know that large parts of Ha Long Bay are officially protected from development. The islands vary greatly in size and shape as well as structure.Visitors should allow a few days to explore this magical bay as its attractions are extremely numerous.  

Get in

There are a huge number of domestic connections, particularly to the ports of Halong City and Haiphong and a 3.5 hours by bus from the capital city, Hanoi.


Halong Tours

Tours from Hanoi can be arranged at all Hotels, the famous is the Full Day Tour they offered daily.

There are many package tours to Cat Ba Island from Hanoi, Standards on these vary considerably: while comfortable - or even downright luxurious - boats, excellent food and knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides may be available, most are characterized by long and crowded bus rides, tourist-oriented rip-off trips on boats so slow you could swim faster (to get you to buy more food and drink on board), hard-sell 'addons' like brief stops for kayaking, 'water cave' visits, and other shady practices. Asking other travelers will not help, since almost all of them get done and are too rich, drunk, stupid or ignorant to care. Either avoid Cat Ba or if you must visit Cat Ba simply avoid the tourist port entirely and cross from Haiphong or another port.

Our Tour bus from Hanoi city at the stop-over going to Halong Bay

Our Travel Tours for 1 Day Halong Bay...

Our Boat Cruise with  fellow  tourist

At the Top deck of our Boat Cruise

Ha Long Bay Attractions

Docking Area at Halong Port

Luxurious Boat Cruise

Some of many Island in Halong bay

Seen from our Boat Cruise

Beautiful Island Scenery

Cat Ba Island 

is the most popular destination in the bay and every tour company offers a trip to the island. Cat Ba is full of the usual tourist scenario; hotels, restaurants, and bars; still Cat Ba’s locals have carried on
oing exactly what their ancestors did for generations before – fishing.

Dau Be Island 

 This is a very popular swimming and diving spot because of its rich coral and deep grottoes with three inland lakes. The grottoes and caves can only be visited by rowing boat at low tide, when access is possible.

Dau Go Island

 is known for its large and colourful cave which has many stalactites and stalagmites, some of them more than 20 metres high.

The  Map of the Cave

The Entrance

Inside the Cave

Inside the Cave

Inside the Cave

Exit from the Cave

Exit outside

Floating Villages and Fish Farms 

 The bay's floating villages draw a lot of attention and are one of the highlights of the trip. Locals have been living in these floating houses for many generations as fishing is still the villagers' main income. Some communities offer reasonably priced home-stays to visitors, too. If you pass by them on your cruise, don’t be surprised if the boat's on-board chef stops to shop for fresh seafood from one.

Floating Villagers

Hung Sung Sot Cave at Bo Hon Island Hung Sung Sot Cave 

 is located on the same island as Virgin Cave and has a steep path lined with shady trees. There are two chambers in the cave with a square-shaped outer chamber and a ceiling about 30 metres high. The inner chamber formations look like sentries conversing with one another and another formation, resembling a general surveying his troops, lies in the middle of the chamber. The moving light reflected from the water outside seems to bring these formations to life.

Pelican Cave at Bo Hon Island Pelican Cave (Hang Bo Nau)

 is also popular with tourists. Many of them love to take photos of this cave and its spectacular stalactites hanging from the ceiling.

Virgin Cave at Bo Hon Island The Virgin Cave (Hang Trinh Nu)

 is one of the most famous caves in Halong Bay. It is probably best known for its shrine. Legend claims that a beautiful woman committed suicide in the cave, unable to return home after being forced to marry an old Mandarin. Here her body tuned into stone. Another similar legend says this girl escaped from a Mandarin that forced her to marry him because her father could not pay a debt. When fishermen found her body, they buried her here and built a small shrine inside the grotto.

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