A great way to see spectacular HalongBay is a slow cruise through the seemingly never-ending bay of islands. Lay in the sun, enjoy a selection of fresh seafood, kayak, and capture photograph after photograph. On Footprint's Red Dragon junk, we aim to get off the beaten track at a leisurely pace. The new vessel will allow passengers to experience Halong Bay’s natural wonders, pocket lagoons, and its small fishing communities in style.
4,410,000VND ($US 210.00)/person,
Single Supplement: 2,079,000VND ($US 99.00)
Note: Discount US$10 per person for summer promotion from May 1st to Sept 30th, 2013(except for Single supplement)
Why book this tour with Footprint?
Our deluxe junks are at international standard and are designed in oriental decoration style.
No other company cruises "off the beaten path" to the areas within Bai Tu Long.
We are the first fleet of two cabin junks in Vietnam
Well-trained crew, enthusiastic to exceed all of your expectations, in true Vietnamese style.
Other add-on value: kayak and local boat row.
A chance to meet the locals who live on the floating fishing villages. Learn about their daily life and how they strive to keep their home, Halong Bay, beautiful.
Exclusion:
Visa, insurance, drinks, personal expenses, others not mentioned in details, tips are welcome!
Depart around 8:00 am on a shared van from your hotel to Halong city. The drive takes 4 hours driving passing through the Vietnam countryside and rice paddy-life. Arriving at the port around noon, the junk's crew welcome guests on board. Check-in, enjoy a welcome drink & attend the cruise briefing. Fresh, local seafood lunch while cruising on to Bai Tu Long Bay. Stop for swimming, visit mysterious Thien Canh cave, Relax at a secluded beach, and kayak to explore the bay up close. Back on the junk to enjoy a relaxing sunset. Dinner and overnight on board.
Early risers can enjoy the sunrise and the quiet breath-taking beauty of karst landscape. From 7:30 to 8:00 am have breakfast in the fresh air, then visit Vong Vieng fishing village by rustic row-boat. Meet the locals, visit a floating school & fish farms. Later take one more swim in the middle of the bay. There is ample time for the 11:45 am check-out from the cabin while cruising back. Lunch on the boat as we slowly cruise back to port. We will be ashore then hit the road back for water puppet show at a traditional Vietnamese village before getting back to Hanoi at around 6:00 pm.
Community Support: You will see, on this cruise, quite a number of local people involved in our tourism activities, we try to benefit them as much as we can including using the labour, their food, their local guide services, etc... It's about 10% of the tour cost goes to the local community in Vung Vieng floating village.
Environment: It's our responsibility and also the villagers' to take care of the environment in this beautiful Bay, we've been in partnership with the local authority, local people to clean part of the Bay, at the place they are living and where we are cruising through.
It's about 2% of the tour cost goes to the campaign "for a Green Halong Bay".
