Halong Bay Exploration: 6-Hour Boat Tour with Cave Exploration, Kayaking and Lunch from Hanoi

Embark on a 6-hour boat tour of Halong Bay, exploring stunning caves, kayaking through uninhabited islets, and enjoying a mouth-watering Vietnamese lunch. Upgrade options available!

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hanoi Opera House - 8:00-8:30 AM: Guests are picked up in the Hanoi Old Quarter (Hoan Kiem district). The guide will meet guests in the hotel/stay lobby to begin the tour. An approximate time for the bus and guide’s arrival at each hotel/stay location will be provided. If the hotel is outside the Old Town, guests should gather at the Opera House…
What's Included
  • Contact via hotline/zalo/whatsapp to confirm pick up time and location
  • Pick up & drop off at hotels in Hanoi old quarter (8.30AM option from Hanoi)
  • Shared boat around 30s
  • Lunch onboard with Set Seafood + Vietnamese food or Vegetarian (Not for group from Halong city)
  • 2 Restrooms on board
  • Pick up & drop off within 3 kms radius from Port (8.30AM…
What's Not Included
  • Waters/ drinks & beverages onboard
  • Tips & other personal fees
  • 6$/pax Upgrade to 5* Big boat + buffet + Sunset party + pool group of 80s
  • Surcharge lunar New year holiday: Jan 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 2025, Halong International Cruise Port
  • Admission fees
  • Admission fees
Additional Information

6 hours boat tour to visit the striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, Dog, Fire, Incense Burner… while enjoy Vietnamese mouth-watering set lunch on boat.
Our air-conditioned well-equipped traditional classic boat tour starts…

Location
Hanoi Opera House
01 Trang Tien - Phan Chu Trinh, Old Quarter
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Tapa_c
Aug 13, 2025
Beautiful - That was great. We're taking a lot of eyes. The three-hour drive is worth it. Every step has its charm. It's beautiful.
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Connor
Jun 22, 2025
Views were amazing and the tour guide was even better! - The tour was absolutely fantastic. Mr Ben is hilarious and very knowledgeable. He made the whole group feel at ease from the very start. This trip made our holiday to Hanoi.
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Ridhuvarshan
Apr 14, 2025
Amazing trip. - It was not very intense, but we got to see amazing views and take part in activities like Kayaking and a mini hike. The food was good too and have vegetarian options also.
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Nicoleg4537
Mar 30, 2025
Halong is not to be missed - Well organised, informative tour in a beautiful region. Our tour guide, Tiger, was great. He shared knowledge of the area, was attentive to everyone and kept to the schedule
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Lauraod2481ex
Mar 28, 2025
Value for money - Great value for money! Excellent food and transport. Tiger was a fantastic tour guide, so friendly and knowledgeable and made the trip great.
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Sebastiankb9943vo
May 30, 2025
Very good, great guide, unnecessary pearl stop - Alan the tour guide was excellent, very friendly and cannot fault him in anyway. Very good value tour with a decent lunch and some fun activities. Great way to see Halong Bay. Only thing holding it back from being 5 stars is the pearl stop at the start, it was completely unnecessary and definitely a quick money grab. Without it the tour could have started later meaning more sleep for everyone.
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Davidalejandroc714
Apr 26, 2025
Good tour but room for improvement - Great trip but 2 minor aspects to improve 1. Bus shuttle is way too disconfortable, we arrived with back pain because the seats of the shuttle were not comfortable at all. So land transport has a great room for improvement. 2. They explain to you that drinks are not included, which implicitly invites you to go prepared with your own water bottle, but instead you are “punished” by the same tour when after carrying your water or drinks for hours, they tell you you can not bring your own drinks either to the boat or the islands. So the warning of excluded drinks in the trip should not be: excluded drinks, but rather: excluded drinks and Not allowed to bring your own drinks either. so people don’t have to carry all day with unnecessary things The tour itself is very nice, guides as melody are very kind and dedicated. Timing is good too, boat is good enough. We didn’t understand what sunset party was as the boat went back to the port once we visited the last island, maybe it was the tea and sweet buns we received at the time, but not sure. Anyways we do recommend to take the tour, which we totally enjoyed, with the above suggestions.
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Jimenam522
Apr 13, 2025
Good experience - It's okay to tour for a day if you don't have time, although I think you should leave earlier and avoid visiting the pearl shop
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218frederikw
Oct 9, 2025
Do the trip but with a different tour - They served us cold food and had no additional service at all. The tour guide was difficult to understand because of his accent. We started the tour 1 hour late so we had to rush through every stop.
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5lornaw
Aug 8, 2025
Would not recommend - Not organized from pick up to the boat ride. Tour guide did not let us know who was picking us up, 2 people came on scooters to pick us up but it was not the tour guide. Luckily the hotel concierge was able to confirm for us they were really from the tour. One car came said he was from the tour but he did not come out of the car to introduce himself. So be careful and ALWAYS confirm who is picking you up for any tour. Lunch did not have much choices, just French fries, bread, peanuts, 6 shrimp for the entire table, 2 vegetable dishes, plain noodles and scrambled eggs and its not all u can eat. If you're vegan you're out of luck. Drinks are not included. Bring a thermos with ice because you can't bring plastic bottles at the tourist. Get a tour with buffet option. We had to sit in our assigned seats downstairs and they did not turn on the AC. You can only sit upstairs tp see the view when they say you can. Tour guide did not explain much of the history like other tour guides do. spots....even though they sell drinks in plastic bottles at the spots. Read the fine print to see if all the entrance fees are included before booking.
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From $16
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).