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Ha Long Bay: 3-Star Day Cruise with Local Buffet

Duration

4 hrs 30 mins - 13 hrs

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    • See Ha Long Bay’s limestone caves, floating villages, and island viewpoints on a budget-friendly traditional cruise with local charm.

    • Cruise on a small Vietnamese steel boat with under 44 guests, plus a homely Vietnamese buffet lunch served onboard.

    • Your full-day trip includes cave visits, a 45-minute kayaking or bamboo boat ride, entrance fees, and an English-speaking guide.

    • Hotel transfers from Hanoi are available, and vegetarian or vegan meal requests can be arranged before your cruise.

    • Choose the Classic Cruise for Sung Sot Cave and Ti Top Island, or the quieter Iconic Cruise covering Thien Cung Cave and Ba Hang Area.

    • Full-day Ha Long Bay tour

    • Round-trip A/C bus transfers from Hanoi (as per option selected)

    • Professional English-speaking tour guide

    • Entrance fees for attractions

    Food

    • Vietnamese lunch (with Classic Cruise; veg/vegan options upon request) (menu here)

    • Vietnamese lunch with fresh seafood (with Iconic Cruise; veg/vegan options upon request)

    • Water

    Activities

    • Kayaking or bamboo boat rowing
  • TOTAL DURATION4 hours 30 minutes - 13 hours
    MODE OF TRANSFERCruise Ship
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    From Hanoi
    Start point

    From Hanoi

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    1. Tuan Chau International Marina

    Tickets included
    30 min

    Guests will arrive at the Tuan Chau International Marina for their cruise journey to begin. People traveling from Ha Long need to arrange their own tranfer to reach the Marina.

    1 hr by cruise ship
    15 km

    Passes By

    Sung Sot Cave

    2. Sung Sot Cave

    Tickets included
    1 hr
    30 min by cruise ship
    3 km
    Ti top Island

    3. Ti top Island

    Tickets included
    1 hr 15 min
    1 attraction
    1 activity
    1 hr 10 min by cruise ship
    14 km
    From Hanoi
    End point

    From Hanoi

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    Your ending point would be same as your start point

  • You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

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    Umesh N

    Solo
    Verified booking
    Apr 2026
    Overall experience was very smooth, cruise and food was really great for the price, everything was on time, thank you

    Jakub U

    Couple
    Verified booking
    Mar 2026

    Lee K

    Solo
    Verified booking
    Feb 2026
    Food and tour guide was knowledgeable

    Mormon U

    Solo
    Verified booking
    Feb 2026
    I hand an awesome time cruising Ha Long Bay. The whole day was extremely well organised and the staff were great. Lunch provided which was very nice. The boat was extremely well maintained.

    Flora F

    Couple
    Verified booking
    Jan 2026
    Food was very good. Good group size. Nice guide. Little waiting time. It was fun.

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