Northern Vietnam Adventure: 3-Day Ha Long Bay Cruise

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Embark on a guided 3-day adventure through Northern Vietnam, starting from Hanoi, with all transportation, accommodation, and meals provided. Sail through the stunning Ha Long Bay, explore the caves of Ninh Binh, and discover the UNESCO-listed Trang An. Delight in local culinary delights, swim, kayak, and experience a bamboo boat ride.

Duration: 3 days

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Hanoi - Ha Long Bay - Lan Ha Bay - Sunset Party (L,D)

Heritage West Lake Project - Arrive at Tuan Chau Harbour

Board the boat
Enjoy a welcome drink
Halong Bay - Savor a special lunch featuring traditional Vietnamese dishes while cruising through the stunning Halong Bay, admiring the captivating rock formations.
Lan Ha Bay - At Tra…

Hanoi - Ha Long Bay - Lan Ha Bay - Sunset Party (L,D)

Heritage West Lake Project - Arrive at Tuan Chau Harbour

Board the boat
Enjoy a welcome drink

Halong Bay - Savor a special lunch featuring traditional Vietnamese dishes while cruising through the stunning Halong Bay, admiring the captivating rock formations.

Lan Ha Bay - At Tra Bau Village, explore the land, then proceed to Ba Trai Dao Island, where you can choose to swim or take a small boat to visit Tra Bau Village. If visiting Tra Bau, participate in a kayaking adventure to explore more of the “Kong: Skull Island” filming locations.

As the sun sets, enjoy a sunset party on the boat and a cooking class. Sip on drinks during happy hour, then indulge in dinner onboard. Relax in your cabin for the rest of the night, or join nighttime activities like squid fishing, watching movies, or singing karaoke (free activities).

Lan Ha Bay - Ha Long Bay - Harbour - Ninh Binh (B,L)

Dark & Light Cave - Delight in a light breakfast while enjoying the morning air, then set out to explore Lan Ha Bay.
Visit the Dark and Bright Cave. Experience bamboo boating or kayaking to uncover the true beauty of the Limestone Mountains of Lan Ha Bay.

Halong Bay - Check out of your room back on the boat, then relax during brunch. Disembark at Tuan Chau Port, then be picked up by the limousine for your transfer back to Hanoi.

Ninh Binh - The limousine will drop you off in Ninh Binh.
At the end of the day, check into your room in Ninh Binh at a 3+ star hotel.
You can spend more time cycling independently around the village before having dinner.

Ninh Binh - Hoa Lu - Trang An - Mua Cave - Hanoi (B,L)

Hoa Lu Ancient Capital - After breakfast, meet a guide and start visiting Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam from 968 to 1010, and visit the Temple of King Dinh and King Le to learn more about Vietnamese history under the Dinh, Le, and Ly Dynasties.
Next, enjoy a buffet lunch of local specialties in a private area of a Vietnamese restaurant (vegetarian options are available).

Trang An Landscape Complex - Continue to Trang An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Join a 2-hour boat ride to enjoy the beauty of this location featured in the film “Kong: Skull Island.” Afterward, hop on a bicycle to ride around the village and discover daily life here.

Mua Caves - Later, visit the Mua Cave. From the base of the mountain, climb 500 steps to reach the peak and enjoy views of the city and Tam Coc below.

Old Quarter - You will be dropped off at your hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter area around 7:30 pm.

What's Included

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Bicycle use
In-vehicle air conditioning
All Fees and Taxes

What's Not Included

Surcharge for Holiday in Vietnam

Additional Information

Can change to visit NInh Binh on the first day then to explore Halong Bay later. Special if you have the flight on last day, pls let us know to arrange better for you, Can drop off back to Hanoi about 15:30pm in this case and still sure enough all destionation for you in the trip

Location

Tuan Chau International Marina

Unnamed Road

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Vanrieltjes

May 5, 2026

Great experience, perfect organization - Nice experience with the organization. Booked through get your guide. Everything fit together seamlessly, how they get all this so well organized. We enjoyed the tour and saw all the highlights we wanted. The cruise was also really great. Top experience and highly recommended.

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Twan

Mar 28, 2026

Unforgettable Vietnam Experience – Sapa & Halong Bay Perfectly Organized - We had an amazing experience exploring Vietnam with our tour guide! From Sapa to Halong Bay, everything was perfectly organized and exceeded our expectations. The transportation was extremely comfortable, making the longer journeys relaxing and enjoyable. The planning of the entire trip was spot on — every detail was well thought out, allowing us to fully enjoy each destination without any stress. Our guide provided excellent service throughout the trip, with clear and friendly communication at all times. We always felt well taken care of and informed. Overall, it was a fantastic experience that we would absolutely recommend to anyone visiting Vietnam. Thank you for making our trip so memorable!

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Carolanne_s

Mar 12, 2026

Ha Long Bay & Ninh Binh tour. - Ha Long Bay was magical and easy to do in the one night schedule. The staff on the boat and food on the boat were both excellent. We had 01 suite and it is large and very comfortable. There was some issue with our pick up limo to Ninh Binh, however thanks to the staff at Ha Long Bay they sorted it out and we were pickup with another group of tourists and delivered to our hotel in Ninh Binh. Ninh Binh hotel was comfortable and breakfast was good. Staff were very helpful. Our tour guide picked us up with the rest of a group we were just meeting and a completely different group from the Ha Long Bay boat. This was an amazing day. We were driven to a restaurant that was the drop off point for the “optional bike ride”. To really get the full experience of this day the bike ride is the best option. My husband did the bike and said it was fantastic scenery and the 1st King temple. I could not ride the bike so my options were to hire a Vietnamese motorcycle driver or stay on the bus for a 5 minute drive. I chose the bus ride which was fine but I did miss out. Out of our group of approximately 12 people I was the only one that did not ride the bike. Then a walking tour of a Temple with great history from our tour guide. Then back on the bus for a short drive to a 2 hour bamboo boat ride through 4 caves and magical scenery. ( the inland Ha Long). We were 4 people and a one Vietnamese rower. This was a fabulous experience not to be missed. Then another short drive to climb 600+ stairs to a temple and dragon on the top of a mountain with incredible views. The stairs are different heights and are easy enough to go up if you take your time and a bit difficult on the knees coming down. We are both 72 yrs old and hike a lot. Then a walk out into the rice fields below for great pictures. Then back on the bus for 2 hrs back to our Hotel in Hanoi. I would highly recommend this tour. Our tour guide on the 3rd day was great! And our bus driver was very experienced and very good.

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W5464lsjustinm

Dec 8, 2025

Time of our lives! - Our experience was far exceeded with this cruise! There were so many fun things to do and the views are like no other! Admission fee was well priced considering everything that was offered on the trip! Back in Canada the price for something like this would be tripled. The atmosphere and crowd size was perfect not too little not too big. If you wanted to mingle with people you could and if you simply wanted to relax with your spouse and hang out you could. The tour guide on the first day to Ninh binh was so informative about the culture and land marks in Vietnam, funny, and spoke really good English. His name was key hope you get to meet him. The staff on the boat was amazing as well. so helpful so respectful and really brought life and energy to our days with them. Will definitely be coming back! Sofia from Azotar travels was amazing. She helped us out so much from day one. Checked in to make sure our transfer to hotels went smoothly. I forgot my cellphone charger at the hotel in Ninh binh, the lovely lady Van at the Lotus hotel contacted Sofia right away and had my charger sent to my next hotel in Hanoi which is a two hour drive. Could not thank them enough for that. Sofia also provided us with a shuttle to the airport at the end of our trip. NO headaches NO hassles NO stress.

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Blairs921

Dec 8, 2025

Excellent adventure! - The three day trip was amazing! We would definitely choose a longer duration in the future and will for sure be back. The cruise was very reasonably priced especially with all that was included. The staff was so excellent from our first day tour guide to the hotel stay in Ninh Binh and the cruise! Everyone was so friendly and definitely made our trip to extra special. Sofia from Azotar Travel was lovely to work with. She kept us informed on all the activities and was checking to make sure we were having a good and had everything we needed. She even arranged for our transportation to the airport at the end of our trip, really going above and beyond. If you’re thinking of doing any activities you cannot go wrong with Azotar Travel! The group size was excellent, room to mingle and meet new friends or participate in solo activities or opt out. The atmosphere everywhere was beautiful from the scenery to the hotel rooms. Everything was great! 10/10

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Amlhn

Dec 2, 2025

Highly recommended - Excellent experience in Ha Long Bay thanks to Sofia who is very attentive, accommodating and helpful. I recommend 3 days 2 nights on a 5* boat in Ha Long Bay

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Y179dqdianar

Nov 15, 2025

Perfect! - It was an amazing trip and we really enjoyed ourselves. Everything was taking care of by Sofia. The hotel, cruise, taxi/bus drivers. The communication was very good. I would highly recommend booking this trip!

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G0dlike

Jul 9, 2025

Highly recommended - We went through Sofia de Azotar for some activities like the Halong Bay organization and Cu Chi tunnels and we were very satisfied. Always very quick answer to our questions. Everything was well planned. I have only good words for Azotar Travel.

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Nonhlanhla_p

Jan 22, 2026

Overall good experience.... - Overall good experience. Organization is very professional. Meals were superb, I enjoyed the kayaking experience. The "exploration of the cave" experience was a bit disappointing. Evening entertainment on the cruise could be better - its self directed by guests which was a let down

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Andrea

Mar 24, 2025

Unforgettable trip to Halong Bay - We were very well looked after by the agent Sofia... Originally we had booked through GetYourGuide and that didn't work even though we were given a firm commitment... Sofia then managed everything for us excellently! That was great! Without them, we would have had a problem!

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From $380

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult