Memorable experience - What made me most satisfied during the trip was having a very enthusiastic tour guide, Quan Hung, who always interacted with guests throughout the trip. If I have the opportunity to come back, I want him to continue to be the tour guide for the group. mine

You have to do this tour! - We absolutely loved everything about it! My partner and I did the 2 day 1 night tour with catbalocal. We got picked up from our hotel and were able to leave our luggage at their office. The boat had the perfect size, we were 16 people and it was a great group size. Our guide for the daytrip was Ryan and he spoke perfect English and was really cool. We spend the day kayaking, visiting a fishing house on the water, we were able to swim with the non-stingy jellyfish and stopped in a beautiful bay where we were able to jump from the boat. It was so much fun and we loved it. Lunch was also amazing and suitable for vegetarians and vegans. The nature in Lan Ha bay is just stunning! After that, my partner and I switched boats to do the plankton tour while the other guests went back to cat ba and everything was so well organized. Our guide for the plankton tour was Luffi and he was also incredibly nice. He even took his camera gear and took great pictures of us and the group. The kayaking with the bioluminescent plankton was incredible!!! We couldn’t capture it on camera but it felt magical. We could even go swim in the dark water and glow. After that, we went to the floating homestay for the night where we had a room to ourselves. It was beautiful and lovely! We had a good sleep and breakfast was included as well which was lovely. The guides were always in contact with us, telling us when we had to leave and what we were going to do. We loved that we didn’t had to organise or worry at all. At 9 in the morning we got picked up again for our daytour from Rio. He was super fun and took us cycling to the Village, then trekking to the Navy Peak. We really recommend doing that as you will have a stunning view over the bay with the iconic rock formations. The hike was not too easy but definitely doable! We could take breaks whenever wherever we wanted as it was only us and Rio. He was so nice to carry our water the whole trek. After that we went to have lunch and could even do a fish massage. He totally adapted to our wishes so we took a longer break at the lunch spot. Then we went to another small hike and it was so cool, we would have never found this place without him. We cycled back and had a super scenic boatstour on a small boat back. We even stopped at the floating homestay on the way back because we forgot our swimsuits there. They made sure we had everything and were happy all the time. Honestly we could not recommend this tour enough! It was the absolute highlight for us and we would do it again. Thank you so much for the great Organisation Drake! And to all our tourguides. It was perfect.

Best tour for Cat Ba! Absolutely MUST DO - This was the best tour! We did the 2 day 1 night tour with catbalocal and absolutely loved it! Everything was so well organised, the tour guides were incredibly nice and speak such good English, the food was amazing, the nature is insane, they take you places you would otherwise never see or visit. We can not recommend it enough. Special thanks to Ryan, Luffi and Rio. The only negative thing was that the tour had to end. It truly was amazing!

Highly recommended - Very good experience with this company, local people who explain their customs and enjoy the tour. Delicious food. The guides are super nice! Highly recommended!

Night Kayak - The activity I participated in was night canoeing. We were very lucky to see the glowing plankton, but it was a pity that the camera could not capture it. Thank you to our excellent tour guide Hoang for making everyone feel comfortable and safe, and more importantly The sisters I met along the way were very interesting and friendly. I hope we can meet again soon!

You have to book your vacation activities here!!! - All the staff are very kind, patient, and helpful! They were able to help us book all of our activities and gave us a very fair price! Then even let us rent a scooter for free! How nice!!!!

Highly recommend! - Everyone was very helpful and fun to hang out with! They gave us a great deal and we had a great time. I would definitely book again!

Nice experience - Very nice experience, we did the plancton tour in the night. Ryan is a very nice and good English speaking tour guide. We get a lot of information and we saw much glowing plancton. We can recommend this tour. Just book it in Cat Ba in the office near the coast.

Wow! - We can warmly recomment "Cat Ba Local"! Dat at the desk suggested great tours and stays for us. Additionaly, Dat tried his best to prevent us from an unwise (30 hours) bustrip to Lao. He was very helpfull. We booked a two-days-one-night-tour at the bay, which was guided by Ryan: what a great experience! Deeper insights in the local recent history and fishfarming. We had a delicous meal at the boat. Thanks for two great dasys.

Good information and cares for Customers Need - We had an amazing experience. Everything is well organized and we got a very good and competent consulting for our trip, thanks to Drake.