DAILY TOUR

08h00: 3 hours morning road trip to Ha Long city through Red River Delta. Enjoy the scenery of tranquil villages embellished by peaceful green paddy field in the rural Vietnam.
12h00: Arrive Ha Long city, take the boat and have lunch on boat.
13h00: Cruise 4 hours through a maze of islets amid dramatic natural scenery, visit Thien Cung & Dau Go Grottoes, Fishing villages, Dinh Lu Huong islet, Fighting Cock islets . Enjoy sunset before taking bus back Hanoi.
19h30: Arrive Hanoi. End service.

PRICE - GROUP TOUR:

*Deluxe tour: include 01 hour kayaking  on the bay.

*Included features:
+ A/C mini bus
+ English speaking guide
+ Entrance fee
+ Meals on the tour

* Not included:
+ Drinks
+ Personal services or others... 

Introduction of Halong bay

Ha Long Bay (literally: Descending Dragon bay; Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long) is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Don District. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái Tá»­ Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate and cultural characters. Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km², incuding 1,960 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km² with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The diversity of the enivironment, climate, geology, geography, and geomorphology in the area have created biodiversity, including tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem. Ha Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral speciesand 60 endemic faunal species.

Historical research surveys have shown the presence of prehistorical human beings in this area ten of thousands years ago. The successive ancient cultures are the Soi Nhụ Culture around 18,000-7,000 BC, the Cái Bèo Culture 7,000-5,000 BCand the Hạ Long Culture 3,500-5,000 years ago. Ha Long Bay also marked important events in the history of Vietnam with many artifacts found in Bài ThÆ¡ Mout, Đầu Gá»— Cave, Bãi Cháy Nowadays, Ha Long Bay is popular tourist site and a center for fishing, transportation.

500 years ago, Nguyen Trai praised the beauty of Ha Long Bay in his verse Lá»™ nhập Vân Đồn, in which he called it "rock wonder in the sky". In 1962 the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam listed Ha Long Bay in the National Relics and Landscapes. In 1994 the core zone of Ha Long Bay was listed by UNESCO in its World Heritage Sites according to criteria vii and listed for a second time according to criteria viii. Together with Nha Trang Bay and Lang Co of Việt Nam, Hạ Long Bay is recognized as one of the 33 most beautiful bays of the world.