Shore Excursion: Wonderful Heritage Day Cruise at Halong Bay

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Hanoi, Vietnam

7 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Travelers short on time in Northern Vietnam can experience one of the region’s finest landscapes on an easy day tour of Halong Bay that includes port transfers. Sail peacefully through the UNESCO-listed bay, admiring the forested limestone mountains, cliffs, and outcrops along the way. Indulge in a tasty Vietnamese lunch and learn more about the area’s biological importance from your private guide.

A convenient way to enjoy a highlight of Vietnam in one day
This tour is especially designed for cruise ship passengers
Return port transfers are included
A set lunch and bottled water will be provided

What's Included

All indicated in our itinerary
English Speaking Guide
Port pickup and drop-off
All Tickets and Entrance Fees
Vietnamese Set Lunch

Personal Expenses

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Tour guide will welcome you with signboard name.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Itinerary

Halong Bay

7 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Paul_T

A very good experience - would recommend to fellow travellers. The Tour Operator has provided very good information and directions prior to the trip. On the day of the trip, everything was well organised and the service provided was very good. We were taken to see many things and we particularly like the buffet lunch on the cruise.

Reviews

4.8

based on 20 reviews

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Unique tour of Halong Bay by boat

Dana_L, Apr 2026

If you are in Halong Bay, everyone should do either a half day or full day tour of the Bay. Visit the limestone pillars, hike to the top of one, explore caves, visit a pearl farm, go on a bamboo boat or kayak and do an optional ride on a speedboat. Maximus travel is great at confirming details with your tourguide the day before so there are no issues with logistics. Highly recommend.

Don’t miss our on this tour

Randy_K, Feb 2024

Probably one of the best tours I’ve ever taken with Viator and I have taken many. This tour is a Gem. If you are looking for the true Asian experience. We highly recommend this tour. You get taken to a cruise ship called ambassador that is very nice and they feed you almost nonstop and because we were the only Americans on the entire ship consisting of about 150 people they paid special to us to make sure we knew when it was time to eat and where to go when we were doing the rafting, part of the tour, etc. The tour guides were excellent, the food was authentic Chinese, and other cuisines, and the sides were some of the most amazing I have witnessed.

A day on Halong Bay

Diane_B, Feb 2024

We had booked a tour to Hanoi, but decided the car trip from the port of Halong Bay was too long and we cancelled and booked this trip on the Bay itself instead. This turned out to be an excellent decision and provided us with a delightful day aboard the boat. Halong Bay is a remarkable UNESCO Heritage Site of a large archipelago of small unoccupied limestone islands. It is very beautiful and as our trip began in the mist aboard the DANG A, the views were almost mystical. The mist burned off and it turned into a fairly bright day. There were 4 stops in the day: a visit to a pearl culturing operation, a hike through a cave, a stop at a place that provided kayaks or rides in "bamboo" boats (what they are called, not what they are) to explore the LUON area, and lastly a visit to a beach with the opportunity to climb to the island's summit to get the view. At the first site, the steps down off the boat weren't manageable by two of us with some mobility limitations. This is a flaw that could be easily addressed with better steps and should be. But we enjoyed the day, the service on the boat, the beauty of the place and especially the ride in the bamboo boats. This excursion was relaxing and very enjoyable.

Interesting but polluted.

Deborah_W, Feb 2024

The pearl farm was fascinating. The explanation and demonstrations were really good. The other parts of the tour were somewhat soured by too many tourists and boats in the same places. The plastic pollution is a big problem.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Hi Ms. Deborah, Thank you again for booking this tour with us. We're glad to hear that you enjoyed the cruise tour at Ha Long Bay. For plastic pollution, our government has a team to Clean & Clear it everyday. It's rarely to see them now at the bay. Sorry about that Ms. Deborah, the thing effects to your experience at Ha Long Bay. Thank you Ms. Deborah.

Best excursion!

Guy_H, Feb 2024

Johny our guide was great. Very engaging and knowledgeable plus arranged our stops so that we were not stuck in crowds. Every stop was engaging and very much fun. We saw a lot of Hue Long bay with a generous lunch. Highly recommended,

Cold day on the water

Bruce_B, Jan 2024

Very interesting and beautiful place to visit. Too bad it was so cold that we couldn’t swim or kayak. Our guide Mr. Johnny was very attentive and considerate. 👍🏾

Highlight of Vietnam adventures

Andrea_S, Jan 2024

This day was the best experience of our SE Asia trip! Johnny was our guide and he was so nice and personable. Our ship crew was also great. We loved seeing the highlights of Ha Long Bay and where we started this tour in the morning we got to avoid the crowds at some of the locations. We had a delicious and HUGE traditional Vietnamese meal on board between site seeing. The timing of this tour worked with our Cruise arrival/departure schedule which was so nice.

ha long bay shore excursion

ken_t, Dec 2023

Johnny and the boat crew looked after us from start to finish. the food on the boat was very tasty and the toilet facilities were nice and clean

A must-do excursion while in Halong Bay

Paul_T, Nov 2023

Beautiful Ha Long Bay Cruise

Emily_M, Jun 2023

We cruised with Stella Luxury Cruises. It was a brand new boat, it’s first trip, and it was beautiful and clean with a pool and great viewing decks. The staff onboard were lovely and made extra effort to make sure we knew what was happening as we were the only English speaking tourist onboard with the rest local Vietnamese Tourists. The cave visits where really interesting and had great views. For the beach visit make sure to bring a towel so you can enjoy it fully otherwise we’d suggest staying onboard the boat. The only downside was that it wasn’t longer!

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Dear Ms. Emily, We're so HAPPY when hearing good feedback from you, and more important you enjoyed the tour. This tour is designed for cruise passengers from the cruise ships arriving Ha Long Bay with very flexible departure time depending cruise schedule. In your case, you were staying at Ha Long hotel so we provided hotel pick up and drop off to/from the port to you, a perfect service. We hope our cruise passengers be confident to book this tour with us, we will take care the rest. Thank you and welcome to Ha Long Bay !

Outstanding!!!!

Patrick_K, May 2023

Guide Johnny was excellent! Scenery was fantastic ! Outstanding food. So great that we could walk off our cruise ship right onto your junk boat - no buses! Fabulous day and fair price for your. Thank you!!

Excellent taste of Ha Long Bay with a wonderful, professional staff

bfield, May 2023

This was a fantastic tour! Johnny and his staff were very frlendly and did an excellent job. Johnny accompanied us in the cave and on the boat for the lagoon to explain everything. Our lunch was fantastic - fresh prawns, oysters, vegetables, fruit, chicken strips and spring rolls. We had a lovely time to relax on the beach and swim as well. AND they met us at the cruise port, so super convenient.

Johnny is a great tour...

NiccoloBrian_E, Dec 2022

Johnny is a great tour guide and takes good photos too. The view is magnificent and breath taking. Be ready for the climb in the To Tip island.

This half-day trip...

Paula_G, Dec 2022

This half-day trip through Ha Long Bay was an amazing experience! There is hotel pickup and when we got on the bus, our tour guide told us that we had a private tour booked (pleasantly surprised by that). We were with a group of people, but we had a separate tour guide from them, so we received more information about everything (thank you, Johnny!). We were lucky that the sun came our fairly early, so we got some amazing pictures and the lunch was delicious!

Vietnam Bay tour

Ronald_M, Feb 2020

Enjoyed the Bay cruise. Lunch provided was good as was the service. Bay is a lot more crowded than I anticipated and was in and around the vicinity of dozens of other tour boats at any one time, often tied together when letting passengers off to explore on foot.

Awesome

Vernice_M, Feb 2020

Was a wonderful tour, very relaxing and enjoyable. Did the full day tour and wasn't sure I would like the included lunch, but is was delicious!

Ha Long Bay

Greg M, Dec 2019

Mr Son, was an excellent tour guide. He explained everything and spoke very good English. I would not miss this tour as it is very beautiful. Our only complaint was it stated a maximum of 15 people and there were 35 on the boat.

Nuestro guía turistico en...

Iraida_M, May 2023

Nuestro guía turistico en este tour fue Johnny. Tanto él como su equipo se devivieron por hacer de nuestra experiencia, una estupenda. Mi reconocimiento también, al encargado de la coordimación de Viator en Vietnam, Thu Ho, quien realizó un excelente trabajo. Estuvo siempre disponible y pendiente de que todo saliera como debe ser. !Enhorabuena!