Depart at 8:00 am from your hotel to Halong city in our private car / van. After 3.5 hours driving and viewing simple, country side, rice paddy life, we arrive at the at port. Board your private boat, an authentic Chinese Junk and start your amazing cruise through this World Heritage Site. Lunch is served on board, a selection of the freshest seafood. We visit "the amazing cave", followed by a swim in the tranquility of Halong Bay and its emerald water. We will cruise further into a quiet area where we will anchor and stay overnight. Dinner and relax as the sun sets. Then you are free to swim in the phosphorous water, retire to your cabin, or fall asleep under the stars amidst the magic of Halong on the top deck

Wake-up early in the morning for the great sunrise and fresh pure air, (great chance for nice photos at these moments). Breakfast served on boat followed by a leisurely cruise through thousands of seemingly everlasting islands. We stop to visit the floating fishing village and get to know fishermen’s daily life with other legendary stories about the bay. Swim somewhere in the middle of the bay before cruising back to the pier. By 12.00, we get ashore and drive to our restaurant for our lunch break. We hit the road back to Hanoi, we arrive and finish our tour at your hotel by around 4.00 pm. Note: On some of our cruises, we will have a brunch aboard at around 10.00 a.m before going back to the pier.