Lan Ha Bay 2 days on cruise: Small-group, biking, kayaking, meals

Around 7.45 to 8.30 AM, you will be collected from Hanoi Old Quarter to take the highway to the Port (Haiphong) where we arrive at around 11h30.

Around 11.30 AM, arrive to Cai Beo Port, transfer by tender to the our cruises.
Next, welcome you onboard and then check in, enjoy Welcome Drink, receive cruise brief and safety instruction by crew member and Cruise Manager.
Enjoy lunch before continuing our journey via the islets.

After lunch, ready to visit untouched Cat Ba Island, from Coc Ngoi islet, Cua Dong sea gate to Ba Trai Dao area.

The Cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay. The area is surrounding of extraordinary limestone karsts landscapes. You can start your journey to visit Dark & Bright Cave and islets by kayaking which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage, enjoy swimming in the crystal-clear waters of the Bay.
Just enjoy a swim. This is a great experience, immersed in the crystal-clear waters of the bay.

Returning your Venezia Cruises boat you can watch the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin. Onboard you may join a traditional cooking class. Our chef will instruct you in the making of some Vietnam sping-roll. In the early evening the boat has it’s Happy Hour deal.
Dinner is served. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff. This is a delightful meal in an intimate romantic setting.

Plenty of food will be served like: soup, local seafood, meat.
We also served the vegetarian food aswell.

Plenty of food will be served like: soup, local seafood, meat.
We also served the vegetarian food aswell.

Overnight on cruise

Begin your new day with taking photos, or enjoy the sunrise from your cabin window or from the sun-deck. Enjoy a breakfast in the delighted and peaceful beauty of the bay.

Transfer to a tender to visit Viet Hai Village on Cat Ba Island and hop on a bicycle ride (electric car also available) through a rainforest tunnel that leads to a village nestled in a valley deep in a national park. Meet, visit a traditional house, and greet local inhabitants doing their daily work, see their homes and the village school.

Return to the cruise for check-out procedures. Whilst cruising back you can enjoy a delightful lunch.
We return to the quay side in the south of the bay, where our visitors disembark.

THe bus drop off at the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Time to say good bye

A buffet breakfast served with complimentary coffee, tea and tropical fruit for desert.