3-Day Cruise on Ha Long Bay with Kayaking, Swimming, Cooking Class,...
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3-Day Cruise on Ha Long Bay with Kayaking, Swimming, Cooking Class,...
By Crossing Vietnam Tour
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Ages 0-90, max of 30 per group
Duration: 2 days
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
- kayaking
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Restroom on board
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entry/Admission - Sung Sot Cave
- Entry/Admission - Ti Top Island
What's not included- Hotel pickup and drop-off outside the Old Quarter
- Drinks
- Tips and personal expenses
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
- 47 P. Hàng Bông, Hàng Trống, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam47 Hàng Bông
Pickup details- If your hotel/stay is in Hanoi Old Quarter area, we will pick you up at your hotel. If not, please come to our office namely Crossing Vietnam Tour (Address: 47C Ly Quoc Su street, Hoan Kiem district - Opposite ST. Joseph's Cathedral). Please kindly contact us to confirm your pick up time and point.
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 8643P12- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund.
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- Luggage (even big suitcase, but not recommended) can be taken during the trip (leave on the bus storage, on cabin on the cruise)
- Most travellers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 8643P12
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- G2265LQalexanderp0 contributionsAmazing tour through Hanoi with many highlightsThanks to our guide Tina for the great food tour. Many interesting details shared and the food tasted amazing. Can definitly recommend!Written 12 February 2025
- A6084BTlimk0 contributionsExperiencing Hanoi's food by foot and trilling train streetMs Jasmine our guide together with her assistant Ms Ruby are friendly and warm. Jasmine has good history knowledge of Vietnam which has helped us to understand this country better. We have tried quite a number of delicious local authentic food. The experience at train street was interesting and trilled too!Written 12 February 2025
- 875dinesha0 contributionsExcellent Vegan Food TourWe had a fantastic tour with our guide Ruby. She introduced us to some great Vegan and Vegetarian places. We thoroughly enjoyed the food and drinks that we had on her tour and will go to these places again. Ruby is engaging, friendly and very knowledgeable about her city and country. She gave us a lot of recommendations for spas, local shopping and other places in Vietnam to visit.Written 12 February 2025
- rubyf5540 contributionsAmazing tour!Julie was the best tour guide! She took us to some amazing places, was very knowledgeable about the history of the places and food which she showed us and made the tour so much fun :)Written 11 February 2025
- Footprints5991140 contributionsExcellent tourGreat tour. Thank you Julie. Tasted different authentic dishes, tried egg coffee. Can't ask for more. Must do on Hanoi.Written 11 February 2025
- T2202GWsan12340 contributionsWould totally recommend!Juli is an absolute legend! Funny, kind, she knows a lot, and she’s just very good at her job. Next to that, the tour is very nice as well. Would really recommend it! The food is amazing, and also great if you’re a vegetarian.Written 11 February 2025
- jonab1520 contributions10 out of 10Went on the tour today and has been fantastic! The spots we went to where really nice. Julie has been an amazing tour guide. Really recommend.Written 11 February 2025
- 484stefanieu0 contributionsAmazing tour guide JulieHad the most amazing experience with our amazing tour guide Julie! She’s the best, food tour was very authentic Would recommendWritten 11 February 2025
- jonasfE9387UD0 contributionsTake a street walk with Sarah!Sarah was the greatest guide. She was very nice at introducing the food and the Vietnamese culture. Sarah kept us safe and informed. She also have a positive energy and smiles a lot - that’s nice!Written 11 February 2025
- L6754DPchristopherc0 contributionsGood evening food tourGreat food tour, tried four places with a train-side visit. Sarah was a great tour guide talking about both the history of Hanoi and discussion of things like table manners. 12 dishes with pretty low risk foods. Really enjoyed itWritten 11 February 2025
- Compass545125193120 contributionsThe best guide, Lily.The guide Lily was so kind. She was a good guide, not like a young friend. She was good at such things as knowledge of Vietnam and food explanations, so I wasn't bored. And above all, she was so good at English that she had no difficulty communicating. That was the best part. I had a small communication with myself in the middle of the trip, which was a good experience for me. I hope she will be a good guide in the future. I recommend this tour. ᐟWritten 10 February 2025
- gabrielarS4404QU0 contributionsWonderful foodSarah was an amazing tour guide! We had a wonderful evening enjoying the foods and sites including train street! A highlight of our time in Hanoi!Written 10 February 2025
- 362patitol0 contributionsMust try in HanoiThe tour was really nice. Nice combination of getting to know the Vietnamese culture and tasting delicious food that we would have never dared to try. Highly recommend!Written 10 February 2025
- WhirlpoolGrimsby0 contributionsGreat value for moneyThis was a really good tour with a very entertaining and knowledgeable guide, lots of different food places and a front row place for train street.Written 10 February 2025
- I8142VZbeatriced0 contributionsDeli Hanoi food tourAmazing food and conversations with our guide! We enjoyed every bite of it and we’re leaving it with a big happy face to our hotel after beautiful walk and foodWritten 10 February 2025
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Gina R
1 contribution
Nov 2024 • Family
I really recommend Ruby if you want to try cooking class , she’s really accommodating and nice. I love all what we cook now, so delicious specially if you love vegetables. If I come back to Vietnam I will try it again.
Written 14 November 2024
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norikos401
Melbourne, Australia14 contributions
Jun 2024 • Friends
I am so happy with Stella. She took care of everything from the start when I was still in AUSTRALIA. Chatting with her on whatsap. She took time to arrange the itinerary to what I wanted. Arranged the visa for my Australian friends and what a trip we all had.. From the day we arrived 10/6 - 14/6 all was arranged so well. Stella went out of her way when we wanted to have the cycle clone ride and a personal guide for our night shopping. All the guides whom she had arranged for us were great. Thank you Stella for everything. 👍😀
Written 27 June 2024
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francybi94
Verona, Italy34 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
Harley is very kind, customer-oriented and enthusiastic about her job. She organised my trip very well and sent me a PDF plan with all the information I needed. She gave me a lot of tips about what to see, she was very caring and she also checked on me during the trip. She organised for me also the days in Ninh Binh and the transfer by train to Hue. Everything went well. Would 100% recommend
Written 9 January 2024
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senseicuso
15 contributions
Feb 2018
Halong Bay was beautiful, and the people were nice. The cruise ship was ok, nothing at all to write home about but I had no complaints about either, in fact, I would have given this cruise a high score if it wasn't for being felt we were lied to by the itinerary here.
We chose this tour as my girlfriend had already been to a pearl village and felt it was not worth it. I thought the Tai Chi in the morning would be nice, squid fishing sounded cool, and the itinerary was varied. However, this was not the case. There was no Tai Chi in the morning. While there was squid fishing this was not the season for squid fishing as the tour guide mentioned so we saw nothing, on the second day the boat emptied out the sewage on the side of the boat where the supposed squid fishing was causing the whole section to stink. We never went to the fishing village mentioned in the itinerary either. The cruise did not go by the itinerary at all, we ended up going to a pearl farm not once but twice, on top of this we had to pay over the cost as it was Tet holiday.
I emailed a complaint to the company, as I got this cruise due to the itinerary and ended up repeating a couple things (sadly the Pearl Village which is boring). If they were more honest and mentioned beforehand the extra cost for Tet, and stuck to the itinerary posted and post alternative things I would have given four stars easily.
PS the amazing cave which is the largest was large and crowded and felt too tourist and I would not recommend, however the other caves we went to were fantastic. One we got to explore on our own which is great for photos, and the other we had to crawl on our hands to get through one part and it actually felt like exploring a cave.
We chose this tour as my girlfriend had already been to a pearl village and felt it was not worth it. I thought the Tai Chi in the morning would be nice, squid fishing sounded cool, and the itinerary was varied. However, this was not the case. There was no Tai Chi in the morning. While there was squid fishing this was not the season for squid fishing as the tour guide mentioned so we saw nothing, on the second day the boat emptied out the sewage on the side of the boat where the supposed squid fishing was causing the whole section to stink. We never went to the fishing village mentioned in the itinerary either. The cruise did not go by the itinerary at all, we ended up going to a pearl farm not once but twice, on top of this we had to pay over the cost as it was Tet holiday.
I emailed a complaint to the company, as I got this cruise due to the itinerary and ended up repeating a couple things (sadly the Pearl Village which is boring). If they were more honest and mentioned beforehand the extra cost for Tet, and stuck to the itinerary posted and post alternative things I would have given four stars easily.
PS the amazing cave which is the largest was large and crowded and felt too tourist and I would not recommend, however the other caves we went to were fantastic. One we got to explore on our own which is great for photos, and the other we had to crawl on our hands to get through one part and it actually felt like exploring a cave.
Written 9 March 2018
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Dear senseicuso,
Thank you so much for your feedbacks.
Can we please have your real name so that we can check the service and your booking?
If you booked in our company, firstly, we're apologized for the not good experience you have been through.
Please notice that the service in our Tet holiday is hard to control because our staff need to change shift to take care of the customer during Tet holiday. Tet is important in our country so it's unavoidable to have extra cost for Tet. We always did inform the customers immediately of this extra cost when we receive the booking. It would depend on each date of Tet holiday so we only can inform the customers once they book the tour. Maybe you didn't check the information right after booking.
In our Tet holiday, maybe the date you join in the tour, the Taichi coach was on shift to be off.
We notice that you mentioned to send us email complaining of this issue but we haven't receive any email complaining yet. So maybe there is a mistake here. Please send us email to our Crossing Vietnam Tour company at our email crossingvietnamtour@gmail.com so that we can find out the misunderstand and solution for this situation.
We really look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Tracy and Crossing Vietnam Tour team
Written 18 March 2018
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Edgar g
1 contribution
Jul 2019 • Solo
Im Edgar from Mexico
This Tour was excellent,the transportation, the food Everything was perfect! The staff was very nice
Miss Trang the lady who sold me the tour was very nice, and she give me confidence about the agency , I stayed one night in halong so she call my contact there and help me To reach my hotel safely because i dont speak Vietnamese and for my return to hanoi she was in contact with the driver all the time...
Yes i recommend this agency 100%
Thanks to miss trang for the help!!
This Tour was excellent,the transportation, the food Everything was perfect! The staff was very nice
Miss Trang the lady who sold me the tour was very nice, and she give me confidence about the agency , I stayed one night in halong so she call my contact there and help me To reach my hotel safely because i dont speak Vietnamese and for my return to hanoi she was in contact with the driver all the time...
Yes i recommend this agency 100%
Thanks to miss trang for the help!!
Written 24 July 2019
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Keyana W
1 contribution
May 2019 • Friends
Such an amazing tour of Ha Long Bay. The crew and tour guides were very kind and funny. Our stay was very comfortable and the cabins and boat very clean. The activities everyday were lots of fun and a great way to see many different things in Ha Long Bay. The food and drinks were also great! Would highly recommend this tour, we felt welcome and we’ll taken care of the entire time!
Written 21 May 2019
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Kerri N
Adelaide, Australia6 contributions
Positives:
- nice small boat (7 rooms so approx 14 people)
- very friendly staff, great bartender
- great food
- nice boat (Carmellia)
- what we did do was great. By far, day 2 was amazing (travelled by day Boat to small island and cycled around and drank rice wine vinegar) *however this was not on the itinerary.
- similar to other review. Would suggest 2 nights as 1 night would have been underwhelming spending less than 24 hours on the cruise due to travel between Hanoi to Halong Bay.
- Pearl farm was cool and amazing, bought a few things (however - once again not on the itinerary)
Negatives:
- similar to other review. Unfortunately we chose this tour based on the itinerary However it wasn’t even close to following. We actually enjoyed the tour and would have ranked it higher, however because we had expectations that were not met due to an inaccurate itinerary that was disappointing. We didn’t see Sung Sot Cave, Ti Top island, fishing village etc.. and sung sot and Ti Top we really wanted to see. When we asked he guide (who was nice and good English) they just said too many tourist no good. However this isn’t really good enough to not follow the itinerary
- WiFi ONLY available in main cabin (restaurant) - not in cabin or on top deck (which is annoying because you don’t want to enjoy halong bay by sitting in the enclosed restaurant area)
- No WiFi on bus, also quite annoying given its such a long journey
- sunset deck party was underwhelming (not many guests into it). Music was hella techno and kind of ruined the vibe halong bay. Would suggest more relaxing, chill or dance/hoppy music as opposed to dance techno!
Overall the tour was fine, staff were nice, food was good. However frustrating that we chose a tour based on the itinerary and this wasn’t followed AT ALL.
- nice small boat (7 rooms so approx 14 people)
- very friendly staff, great bartender
- great food
- nice boat (Carmellia)
- what we did do was great. By far, day 2 was amazing (travelled by day Boat to small island and cycled around and drank rice wine vinegar) *however this was not on the itinerary.
- similar to other review. Would suggest 2 nights as 1 night would have been underwhelming spending less than 24 hours on the cruise due to travel between Hanoi to Halong Bay.
- Pearl farm was cool and amazing, bought a few things (however - once again not on the itinerary)
Negatives:
- similar to other review. Unfortunately we chose this tour based on the itinerary However it wasn’t even close to following. We actually enjoyed the tour and would have ranked it higher, however because we had expectations that were not met due to an inaccurate itinerary that was disappointing. We didn’t see Sung Sot Cave, Ti Top island, fishing village etc.. and sung sot and Ti Top we really wanted to see. When we asked he guide (who was nice and good English) they just said too many tourist no good. However this isn’t really good enough to not follow the itinerary
- WiFi ONLY available in main cabin (restaurant) - not in cabin or on top deck (which is annoying because you don’t want to enjoy halong bay by sitting in the enclosed restaurant area)
- No WiFi on bus, also quite annoying given its such a long journey
- sunset deck party was underwhelming (not many guests into it). Music was hella techno and kind of ruined the vibe halong bay. Would suggest more relaxing, chill or dance/hoppy music as opposed to dance techno!
Overall the tour was fine, staff were nice, food was good. However frustrating that we chose a tour based on the itinerary and this wasn’t followed AT ALL.
Written 19 April 2019
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Dear Kerri Nicholls, Daniel Parrella, Katherine Lane and Cameron Dean,
My name is Lucy - the local travel advisor who take responsibility for your booking of Ha Long Bay tour on 14th April 2019.
First of all, we would like to send you our most sincere appologize for not correct itinerary that you experienced. We had discussed seriously all your comments and we would love to clarify some information below:
1. Regarding to not correct itinerary: You are definately right that we mentioned to visit Surprising Cave and Titop Island on webiste. We know that it made you be interested and decide to book it but the real itinerary made you feel disappointed. The fact that, these day is our National day so all the local people and tourists come to Ha Long Bay, so Surprising Cave and Titop Island was really crowded. Please find some pictures that we attached to understand. We thought that you could not have good experience with this huge crowd so we had changed the itinerary for you to have chance to visit less touristy place. Before departure date, we had sent some message to inform you the changes as well as request your phone number via Viator but we had not received any reply from you. We even were required to arrange to pick you up at your hotel (That is outside meeting area) and we had to pay extra for that. We also had tried to call your hotel to inform you but we could not get in touch you.
Our fault was not informing you and explaining new itinerary clearly before departure date so it could not reach your expectation. We really appologize to you for this.
2. Regarding to WIFI on cruise or bus: You maybe knew that the cruise was on the middle of Bay, so it was really difficult to have strong WIFI and network on cruise, so we only can try to set up the strongest WIFI at main cabin (restaurant). Also, we thought that we have never mentioned or ensured that we have WIFI on bus, please kindly check it.
3. Regarding to sunset deck party that was underwhelming: We hope you can understand that all the activities including sunset party was optional choice, so customers can choose to join or not. That was customers's personal right and we could not require them to join it. Myabe some of them were interested in taking photos, relaxing rather than drinking tea on sundeck. This problem was out of our control, please sympathize.
Your trip also had lots of positives, so we really appreciate if you can consider your 2-star review on our website because it had greatly influenced to our business that we have spent nearly 10 years building. We sincerely apologize for the unhappy experiences you have had, but we hope you can forgive and accept our apologies.
We had sent you some email, hopefuuly you can check it and response us.
We are looking forward to hearing from you so we can solve this problem and make you feel better!
Kind regards,
Lucy and Crossing Vietnam Tour's Team
Written 24 April 2019
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Joshua92
1 contribution
Mar 2019 • Couples
We booked Ha Long bay for 3 days 2 nights and Lucy from this company recommended Camelia cruise. Everrthing run smothy from the begining to the end. They free upgraded for us to second floor cabin with private bacolny that made us really enjoy. We had lots of fun from the crew, specially first night. We wish we had chance to comeback and we definately choose Camelia cruise. Thanks Lucy and crossing tour!
Written 10 May 2019
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champons
Kyoto, Japan1 contribution
May 2019 • Solo
This is first time for me to come Halong bay.It`s so amaging place. View is good and there are many activities.
I recommend you to stay in there on boat as one night two days plan.Its so confortable to stay and you can experience allnight there.
I could make good memories there.
I recommend you to stay in there on boat as one night two days plan.Its so confortable to stay and you can experience allnight there.
I could make good memories there.
Written 4 May 2019
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Lis
3 contributions
Apr 2019 • Friends
We were very satisfied with this tour. Clean and well equipped room, pleasant, funny crew and gorgeous nature.
P.S. we had special food requirements which were always remembered and fulfilled without any complaints.
P.S. we had special food requirements which were always remembered and fulfilled without any complaints.
Written 24 April 2019
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