See Halong Bay in style on Indochina Sails - a newly built wooden junk featuring twenty luxurious cabins furnished in classic Eastern style. A truly memorable experience awaits you as you cruise this delightful Bay, reveling in its tranquility as you escape the bustling tourist sights. Start your day with calming Tai Chi, dine on fresh seafood on the deck, then retire to your own plush cabin - just some of the highlights of Indochina Sails's exceptional Halong Bay cruise.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Hanoi/Halong
- Indochina Sails (L,D)
8.00 AM
Leave Hanoi by Shuttle bus
11.30 Arrive at Bai Chay/ Halong
11.45 Transfer by tender to boat – enjoy Welcome Cocktail receive cruise
briefing and safety instructions
12.15 Depart by boat to Halong Bay – start cruise and check-in cabins
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch – enjoy deluxe Vietnamese Set Menu
14.45 Arrive by boat at Bat Cave (Hang Doi) – choose from optional tour
program: visit local fishing village by tender OR visit cave by rowing sampan
or kayak OR relax with beauty services onboard
15.00 Transfer from boat – visit Cua Van Fishing Village by tender/ visit
Bat Cave by rowing sampan or kayak/ relax onboard
16.20 Return transfer to boat
16.30 Depart by boat to Soi Sim Beach
17.15 Transfer by tender from boat to Soi Sim Beach – go swimming or just
relax
18.15 Return transfer by tender to boat
18.30 Depart by boat to Luon Bo Area
18.50 Arrive by boat at Luon Bo Area – anchoring for overnight
19.00 – 21.00 Dinner - enjoy luxury Vietnamese Set Menu or Buffet
21.00 – 23.00 Happy Hour – ‘Buy One, Get Two’ drinks at Bar and Sundeck
21.30 Evening Activities – choose from optional evening activities: enjoy
classical Movie Night OR play board games with fellow passengers OR relax with
onboard beauty services OR join squid fishing with crew
23.00 End of Program
Day 2: Enjoy the
beauty of the bay - back to Hanoi
(B)
06.00
Optional Meditation and Yoga Session on Sundeck
07.00 Depart by boat to Surprise Cave (Sung Sot) – Raise anchor and
continue cruise
07.20 Arrive by boat at Surprise Cave – choose from optional tour
program: visit famous cave OR enjoy swimming and kayaking OR relax with beauty
services onboard
07.30 Transfer by tender to Surprise Cave/ Go swimming or kayaking/ Relax
with beauty services onboard
08.30 Return transfer by tender to boat
08.30 – 10.00 Breakfast – International Breakfast Set Menu or Buffet
09.45 Depart by boat to Bai Chay – Continue cruise
10.15 Check-out cabins and settle bills
11.15 Arrive by boat at Bai Chay/ Halong
11.20 Transfer by tender from boat – Farewell and End of Cruise and drive
back to Hanoi.
Price: All rates are in USD
Jan 1-Apr 30, 09
May 1-Aug 31, 09
Sep 1-Dec 31, 09
Cabins
Single
Double
Child
Single
Double
Child
Single
Double
Child
Superior
295
320
93
265
290
83
295
320
93
Duluxe Indochina
345
385
93
305
335
83
345
385
93
Duluxe Valentine
345
385
93
345
385
83
385
425
170
Valentine Suite
405
445
150
404
444
150
505
560
170
Including:
- Welcome Cocktail.
- Entrance and Sightseeing
Fees.
- In-house
English-speaking Tour Guide
- Luxury Cabins and Suites
with A/C
- Luxury en-suite Bathroom
- Vietnamese Buffet Lunch
and Dinner
- International Breakfast
Buffet
- Conference Equipment
(Charter Cruises only)
- Onboard Insurance
- Tax and Service Charges
Excluding:
- Roundtrip Shuttle Bus
Service By Indochina Sails from Hanoi:US$20/person (Pick-up/ Drop-off place: at your hotel)
- Kayaking: Applied for 2
days 1 night cruise
Per hour:10USD/
double kayak
Unlimited time: 30USD/ double kayak
- Airfares, Transfers and
Hotels
- Visa Arrangements
- Beauty Spa Services,
Massage, Tai Chi
- Beverages
- Tips and Personal
Expenses
- All other services not
clearly mentioned above
Note: - Cruise Itinerary and Program may
be subject at anytime without prior notice
- Advanced reservation is
required by providing full passenger details in prescribed standard format,
including Full Name, Date of Birth, Nationality, Passport Number, Visa Expiry
Date etc.
- A valid passport is
required upon check-in onboard.
- 25% surcharges apply for
cruises on Christmas, New Year and Tet Holidays
- No additional charge for
child < 6 years sharing fully-paid cabin, limited to one child per cabin
only
- US$ 93 net for child
< 12 years sharing fully-paid cabin, limited to one child per cabin only
- Major credit cards are
accepted onboard
About Indochina
Sails
Indochina sails are the brand name of Huong Hai company, one of the
Top ones with more than 10 year experiences in tourism trade at Ha Long Bay.
With the professional working style and at hand experiences, Indochina
sails continuously improve the service quality to make our product customers’
best choice. Each request and need from customers is every staff’s mission that
must be completed.
With more
than 10 years participating in the tourism trade at Ha Long Bay with an
experienced group of ships, Indochina is a
reliable trademark. Within 2007, 3 more deluxe ships namely Indochina Sails 1,
Indochina Sails 2 and Valentine come into use, increasing the number of
customers served many times higher then before. To win customers’ trust by
continuous learning and improve material facilities, equipments as well as
staff’s serving techniques, Indochina is proud to be the first choice of many
tourists inside and outside Vietnam
when visiting the World Natural Heritage Area – Ha Long.
Indochina sails own the most modern and luxury bedrooms among the
tourism companies at Ha Long Bay. All the rooms are furnished in a traditional
way, getting the best out of natural resources like wood, bamboo… If “Trac”
wood – a rare, valuable and solid kind of wood is used to make the cover of the
ship that represent its high class, all the inners are made by “Huong wood”.
According
to interior designing experts, apart from the impressed color, “Huong” wood has
special odors that represent its high class and the unique character of Indochina sails. Indochina sails also takes full
advantage of granite stones from Thanh Hoa which are warm in the winter and
cool in summer, and the sanitation devices from Japan, massage shower, big
bathtub… to help customers feel comfortable. Moreover, you can find the small
personal things like toothbrushes, razors, soap and sun cream in the summer.
To meet
the requirements of deluxe, charming and cozy criterion, all the designs and
decoration in the bedrooms are well-designed even with little details like
color, patterns of the drapes, the odor of fresh flowers and of the wood inside
the rooms …, making the customers feel relaxed in a private space. Standard and
Deluxe rooms are all furnished with 2 courteous double bedrooms and 2 single
bedrooms.
All rooms
in Indochina sails are especially designed
with big windows viewing the sea so that customers can view the whole admirable
scene of Ha Long Bay from your own bedrooms.