Day 1: Ha Noi – Cat Ba Island – Lan Ha Bay ( Cruise sleeping ) 

7:00 : Pick up from your hotel in Ha Noi departure to Cat Ba island

11h15: Arrive Cat Ba Island. Drop off at Ben Beo Habour

11h35: Transfer by tender to the cruises.

Lan Ha Bay Cruise

12h15: We welcome our guests onboard the cruise and then check in, enjoy Welcome Drink, receive cruise brief and safety instruction by crew member and Cruise Manager.

Lan Ha Bay Cruise

12h30:  We have lunch before continuing our journey via the islets. These amazing limestone karst formations rise up out of the sea in an impressive manner. This area is untouched, as not many cruise ships use the route via the Cat Ba Island – Coc Ngoi islet – through Cua Dong to Ba Trai Dao area.

14h30: 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.

15h30: Just enjoy a swim. This is a great experience, immersed in the crystal-clear waters of the bay.

16:45 Returning your  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.

19h00: 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.

21h00: Enjoy the landscape of the bay at night up on the top deck. Relax whilst enjoying drinks from the bar. Try your hand at night squid fishing, enjoy the funny Karaoke time with friends and family. Overnight on  Cruises.

23h00: End of Day One program.

Day 2: Viet Hai Village – Lan Ha Bay – Ninh Binh ( Homestay Sleeping )

06:00: Begin your new day with taking photos, or enjoy the sunrise from your cabin window or from the sun-deck.
07:00 Enjoy a breakfast in the delighted and peaceful beauty of the bay.

08:30: 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  Cruises boat for check-out procedures.

10h45: Whilst cruising back you can enjoy a delightful lunch.

11h45: We return to the quay side in the south of the bay, where our visitors disembark.

12h00: We bid farewell at the port.

12h30 : Bus pick you up and transfer to Ninh Binh

17:00 : Arrive Ninh Binh drop off at homestay. Check in and free time for dinner. Sleeping in Homestay

Day 3: Ninh Binh small group : Hoa Lu – Trang An – Mua Cave – Bich Dong Pagoda

Ninh Binh Footprint Travel

8:30 – Our touguide and van will pick you up at hometay

9h30: Visit Mua Cave (Mua mean Dance) with 500 step up to the Top of Mua Moutain. On the Top, you can overview all the nice sence of Hoa Lu.

11h0: Visit Hoa Lu – the Ancient Royal capital of Viet Nam. We will visit Dinh king temple and Le king temple, in the 10th century, finding out the heroic histories of this two Kings in Chinese Wars. After that, we go to Tam Coc (10 km far from Hoa Lu).

12:30 – Enjoy the lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisines.

13h30: Depart to visit Trang An Eco-Tourism attraction, there is beautiful scenery landscape, you will boarding a small boat to visit Trang An, you will see majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious yet inviting caves, as well as countryside sights, like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields. Take boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see scenery of mountain and rivers Ha Long on land of Ninh Binh.

16h30: Get on bus and keep going to visit Bich Dong pagoda ( oldest pagoda in Ninh Binh )

17h15: We arrival in your hotel

After the trip we have tranfer to Ha Noi, Ha Giang, Sapa, Phong Nha, Hue , Da Nang, Hoi An…