Calypso Cruise | Lan Ha Bay 3 days 2 nights

9:00 AM: Pick up at your hotel (in the Hanoi Old Quarter). Enjoy two and a half hour drive from Hanoi to Lan Ha Bay on the national highway No5B. Your journey will pass the series of villages and rice fields in the Red River Delta. Have a stop for drink and restroom. Continue driving to the harbor around noon, get warmly welcome at cruise reception.

12:00 – 12:30: Tender will transfer you to embark Calypso Cruise. You will be served with a welcome drink and a towel.

Followed by our cruise briefing where you will also be given safety instructions before checking into your cabins. While the cruise sailing, you enjoy a bon-appetite lunch and being impressed by the beauty of hundreds of karst islands on your way passing Halong Bay to Lan Ha Bay.

15:00: Visit light and Dark Water Cave, where you can do kayaking or bamboo boat rowed by local people.

17:30: Return to Calypso Cruise. It’s time to admire the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin and enjoy happy hour (buy 2, get 1 free).

You take part in cooking demonstration to learn our Vietnamese cuisine.

19:00: A great dinner awaits you. 

20:30: Your free time to enjoy the landscapes of the Bay on the top deck, sing karaoke, enjoy ordered drinks from the bar, try your luck at squid fishing or just relax in your cabins, etc.

Overnight on board.

Today we shall have a deeper exploration of Lan Ha Bay using our small day-boat cruising through the multiple islands & islets, hidden beaches… also a short visit on bicycles to Viet Hai village, an isolated village in the very heart of Cat Ba National Park.

6:30: Wake up early to enjoy the dawn and start a perfect new day with Tai Chi exercise on the sundeck.

7:00 – 8:30: Have a light breakfast in the restaurant.

8:30: You get picked up by a small day boat and cruise through Lan Ha Bay before disembarking at Viet Hai dock.

9:30: Go cycling a short trip of 5km to Viet Hai – a small village in the midst of the jungle, surrounded by the high mountain range of Cat Ba National Park. The area has become popular with foreign tourists, without attracting the mass tourism.

11:00: Return by bicycle to the dock and board our day boat again to sail further to the other side of Lan Ha Bay.

12:00: Arrival at Van Boi area. The day boat anchors for a peaceful lunch.

13:00-15:40:  Kayaking around Van Boi area. Then we move on to Ba Trai Dao (Three Peaches) Beach. You are free to swim in this beautiful & clean area.

16:00: Return to Calypso Cruise. Enjoy the happy hours on Sundeck or relaxing in your cabins.

19:00: Dinner in the Dining Hall and enjoy the activities on board.

Overnight on board

06:30: Wake up early to enjoy the dawn and start a perfect new day with Tai Chi exercise on the sundeck.

7:00 – 7:45: Have a light breakfast in the restaurant.

8:00: Then you take a bus route for about 20 minutes on Cat Ba Island from Gia Luan Pier to visit Army Hospital Cave, a special place to save the significant Vietnamese history during the resistance war. During the travel, you will be immersed in the wild fresh natural scenery of Cat Ba National Park.

10:00: Back to Calypso Cruise. Check out your cabin. You have lunch while the Calypso Cruise back to the harbor

12:00: Disembark the boat and return to port.

Welcome by driver at the harbor then enjoy 2 and a half hour travel back to Hanoi on the new highway No5B crossing the Red River Delta and villages. Drop off at your hotel (in the Hanoi Old Quarter).