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Sonata Cruise: Halong Bay Adventure with Buffet Lunch
4.5
8 Ratings
Hoàn Kiếm
Experience Ha Long Bay on a 5-star Sonata Cruise. Enjoy live music, kayaking, and explore Titov Island and Sung Sot Cave. Book your adventure now.
Experience Ha Long Bay on a 5-star Sonata Cruise. Enjoy live music, kayaking, and explore Titov Island and Sung Sot Cave. Book your adventure now.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Hanoi - 8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Pick-up from hotel/accommodation in Hanoi Center Area with modern transportation (Limousine optional)- depart for Halong Bay with 3 hours on newest highway Ha Noi- Hai Phong in Viet Nam
11:45 PM: Arrive at Private Waiting Lounge in Tuan Chau and wait for the captain make permission come on board. welcome aboard, and safety…
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Hanoi - 8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Pick-up from hotel/accommodation in Hanoi Center Area with modern transportation (Limousine optional)- depart for Halong Bay with 3 hours on newest highway Ha Noi- Hai Phong in Viet Nam
11:45 PM: Arrive at Private Waiting Lounge in Tuan Chau and wait for the captain make permission come on board. welcome aboard, and safety briefing – you’ll set out on a 5-6 hours journey -
Sung Sot Cave - 12:00 - Arriving at Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing
The ship cruises on a 5.5 to 6 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which is renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoying nice and authentic buffet lunch on Sonata restaurant.
13:45 - Arriving at Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes sea lives - Hang Luon Cave - Optional kayaking or bamboo boat at Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon. And get a chance to see white monkey- rare animals in Viet Nam
- Ti Top Island - Visit Titov Island with option swimming at sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with an excellent backdrop of the Bay, or climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay-like paradise.
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Halong Bay - Return to the Cruise to watch a Live traditional music performance and enjoy Afternoon tea and chill out and cruise back toward Tuan Chau harbor. You will have fun time on a large open deck to sightsee and socialize among world iconic natural scenery.
18:00 – Disembark to go back on the new highway to Hanoi.
20:30 – 20:45– Drop off at your hotel / stay, trip ends
What's Included
- Cruise entrance fees
- English speaking tour guide with license during the trip
- Sunset party and live music on cruise
- Modern shuttle bus with AC
- Private waiting lounge before embarkation
- Buffet lunch with Vietnamese cuisines and seafood (vegan, vegetarian options available)
- Pick-up and drop-off to/from hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter (optional)
- Bottled water on bus (2 bottles per person, round trip)
- Cruise entrance fees
- English speaking tour guide with license during the trip
- Sunset party and live music on cruise
- Modern shuttle bus with AC
- Private waiting lounge before embarkation
- Buffet lunch with Vietnamese cuisines and seafood (vegan, vegetarian options available)
- Pick-up and drop-off to/from hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter (optional)
- Bottled water on bus (2 bottles per person, round trip)
What's Not Included
- Beverages, travel insurance
- Tip for tour guide and personal expenses
- Kayak/Bamboo boat ticket(From 3 USD/person)
- Surcharge for holidays (350,000/person on April 30, May 1, September 1, 2, 3, December 31, Jan 1
- Beverages, travel insurance
- Tip for tour guide and personal expenses
- Kayak/Bamboo boat ticket(From 3 USD/person)
- Surcharge for holidays (350,000/person on April 30, May 1, September 1, 2, 3, December 31, Jan 1
Additional Information
Experience the luxury of the 5-Star Sonata Cruise, a modern ship equipped with top-notch safety features and an entertainment area, along with a private waiting lounge at the harbor. Begin your journey with a buffet featuring Vietnamese cuisine and seafood for lunch. Engage in a variety of activities such as swimming or climbing at Titov Island,…
Experience the luxury of the 5-Star Sonata Cruise, a modern ship equipped with top-notch safety features and an entertainment area, along with a private waiting lounge at the harbor. Begin your journey with a buffet featuring Vietnamese cuisine and seafood for lunch. Engage in a variety of activities such as swimming or climbing at Titov Island, kayaking or taking a bamboo boat ride in Luon Cave, where you might spot White Monkeys. Conclude your adventure with a visit to Sung Sot Cave, the most renowned cave in Halong Bay. Enjoy live music and a sunset party on the sundeck, complete with fruit and cake.
- Not recommended travelers over 80 years old
Location
20 P. Hàng Muối
Phố Hàng Muối
Pick up with accommodation inside old quarter area, If you stay outside old quarter or don't require pick up, the meeting point will be 20 Hang Muoi street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(8 Ratings)
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Tien_n
Jul 19, 2024
Excellent experience of Ha long Bay tour with Sonata Cruise - Thank you Song. Excellent experience of Ha long Bay tour. Great food, awesome cruise ambience. You are an amazing guide. You explained the details of every activity and History of Ha noi beautifully. Your smile & sense of humor is amazing too. Sonata is the best day cruise of Ha long bay
Highly recommend.
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Cloud_b
Jul 19, 2024
100% recommended for a truly awesome experience - We had an amazing time doing the Ha Long Bay cruise with Sonata Cruise. Our guide Thao was awesome, he was very attentive to our needs from our hotel pickup until we were dropped off after the tour. Highly recommended for everyone looking for a wonderful experience in Vietnam. It is perfect for all ages and all kinds of groups; we will definitely be back and would a hundred times choose them again.
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Robert_n
Jul 3, 2024
Amazing day trip to Halong Bay - It was wonderful experience, all activities as per itinerary shared… our tour guide Kenny was very jolly and explained history about all the places we visited… took us to some nice shops as well…. Lots of fun at cruise deck… totally enjoyed…
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Tin_n
Jul 3, 2024
5 star halong bay day cruise ! - We had a amazing trip. The tour guides and the bus drivers (we had two, due to a bus change) are so funny and friendly. The nature and views are just stunning. The boat is very nice and the food was really good. The cruise, the cave and the hike and specialy the Live music performed are memories we never forget :) thanks!
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Jatasha
Sep 2, 2024
Overpriced and Overrated is an understatement - Save your money! Mass commercial tourism at its best with no care given. To say Ha Long Bay is overrated is such an understatement. The images available on the internet do the area way more justice than actually seeing it.
We booked and paid for an English speaking tour, not being completely ignorant to the fact that English is a second language to all in Vietnam. We expected some disjointed conversation, however boarded the luxury bus but were told that a large Vietnamese tour had also been booked for this trip (1st red flag). Of the 18 passengers - 14 were Vietnamese. The bus ride from the Old Quarter was a 3.5hr trip with the tour guide launching into a 53 minute commentary of Hà Nội completely in Vietnamese. During the entire trip to Ha Long Bay we had a grand total of 11 minutes spoken in English, and during that time the guide excused himself to answer a phone call and wait while a Vietnamese tourist decided to walk the length of the travelling bus taking a selfie video. It seems our tour guide had no intention of accommodating those that didn’t understand Vietnamese. Don’t advertise as English speaking if you don’t intend on trying to even speak it.
We were given a bottle of water on the bus but then told that because it’s plastic we couldn’t take it/drink it on the boat due to possible contamination of the waterway. News flash, have you looked at the water in Ha Long Bay, I’ve never seen so much rubbish floating on a world heritage listed area!
Prior to boarding the boat we were told we would have to pay for everything in cash. Again happy to buy what we required, but of note, read the fine print. You get stung with taxes on your bill and you don’t find this out until you have to settle your account, at the end of the tour.
Once we got to Ha Long Bay and boarded the boat, we were referred to as foreigners. ‘The foreigners can sit at the table at the back so they are together’ I believe was the statement. Completely insulting in a tourism business!! Again acknowledge we are foreigners but perhaps better language could have been used - considering we are guests in Vietnam.
We were taken to the kayak, bamboo boat area, what a cluster. Lined up, directed onto a kayak that had a crack in it, which then proceeded to sink!! We had a few other kayak boats try to stop and assist but the bamboo boat paddlers just mowed over the top of them. Just a disaster of a tour and location. Wouldn’t
recommend it to anyone.
And to top it all off, the sunset party consisted of Vietnamese karaoke
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