Azalea Cruise – New Cruising Art in Halong Bay, Lan Ha Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay.
09:00 - 09:30: Pick up from Hanoi Old Quarter (book transfer in next step) and transfer to Dinh Vu Port in Hai Phong city. Up on arrival at around 11:30, transfer to Azalea Cruise. Welcome guests on board. Check-in, then enjoy Welcome drink. Receive cruise brief and safety instruction by crew member.
12:40 Head to Da Chong islet, where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 years ago. We have lunch before continuing our journey via the islets of Con Vit and Gia Luan. These amazing limestone karst formations rise up out of the sea in an impressive manner.
15:00 We progress to Trung Trang cave by our bus on Cat Ba island which is located in the middle of Cat Ba National Park with Kim Giao forest around the cave. Trung Trang Valley is the largest valley on Cat Ba Island. The valley covers an area of approximately 300 hectares, has a depth of 10m to 30m and is around 15km in the middle of Cat Ba National Park. Trung Trang Cave measures 300m lengthwise through the mountains. The cave was carved by nature for more than 2000 years. The cave has many stalactites that take on various shapes that will awe and inspire visitors to use their imagination.
17:45 Returning AZALEA CRUISE boat you can watch the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin. Onboard you may join a traditional cooking class. Our chef will instruct you in the making of some Vietnam dishes. In the early evening the boat has its Happy Hour deal.
19:30 Deluxe dinner is served. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff.
9:30 Visitors then return to AZALEA CRUISE boat for check-out procedures.
10:30 Tea Ceremony is served at the restaurant. You will learn how to enjoy Vietnamese tea and Vietnamese cultural at this ceremony.
11:35 We return to the quay side in the south of the bay, where our visitors disembark. We bid farewell at Got Ferry, this is the end of the program. We hope you have enjoyed your time with us and wish you a safe onward journey.
Staff is really nice/always smiling, quality of food and beverages was good.
1) program on day 2(out of 3) was a bit to fast paced. I would rather let customers choose between 1-2 of the different options (kayaking, biking on catba island, trekking in nature and visit a village) but spend more time doing each activity.
2) Unfortunately the brunch on day 3 was a disappointment. The variety of food was far less then during regular breakfast. We skipped the breakfast at 7 because the brunch was already at 9.45am. But there was no eggs, no salmon, only a few joghurts and fruit left. Ordinary breakfast was much richer.
Amazing experience! Kind staff, good food, and fun excursions. We did kayaking, cave tour, squid fishing. They arranged a van to take us back to Hanoi after the trip.
"Azalea Overnight Ha long bay - Super"
Overall, everything was great. Pickup on time; nice and easy ride to the port; the ship's crew were very nice and friendly; the food was great. They take the not-so-populated route which is peaceful. The cave was not the biggest but pretty cool. Kayaking was nice and relaxing. The complimentary water is always welcome. Rooms are very nice. No complaints. Worth it.
"Amazing time! Feeling spoiled. Especially amazing agent Hera !!!"
Would also like to recommend our agent, Hera. She was an excellent guide, booking cars and places to stay... giving us great advice, checking in... we even booked another trip through her! She was available 24/7 and answered all our questions. Took all the stress out of travel. THANK YOU SO MUCH HERA !!!
We were extremely happy with our cruise and the foodie walking tour with Lee was outstanding. One of the highlights of our stay in Hanoi. Thank you for being so responsive and helping make our dream vacation come true.
The Azelea cruise was excellent. The rooms, the food and the overall trip was very good. I highly recommend it.
Well organized, great staff, very clean. 2nd day too short. More time for activities.
The cruise was really nice. I wish it wasn’t as foggy, but otherwise we enjoyed it.
the Azalea cruise was fantastic! No room for improvement!
Dear Desreumaux Marion, When you process booking to 2nd step you will see "Sharing Luxury Van HN-HL-HN" services which is bus transfer from Hanoi to Halong Bay and back.