Halong bay cruise or LAN Ha bay cruise ? Which one ?I’ve heard that the latter has a lot less cruise boats so is quieter ? Thanks
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Halong Bay more caves, Lan Ha Bay more activities but also many cruises, Bai Tu Long is my recommendation if you want truly quiet! If you want to more suggestions, I am willing!
Another question.. if you do the cruise .. is it still worth going to Ning binh for a couple of days ?
Lan ha – 90 pc less people / no party boats / less litter
Stay on Cat Ba and do a day cruise or overnight from there. Lan Ha Bay is right next door. You’ll see and do the same things but with fewer boats and people around. Then you can explore Cat Ba afterward. We saw the Tulip ship today in Lan Ha. Very nice boat but expensive and on the same water as us.
Lan ha Bay is more quiet, less people. And BEATIFULL 😍
Lan Ha bay is less touristy when joining activities
I’ve done both. Honestly really couldn’t see much difference.
So I had this problem of which to book so we’re booked now with Grand pioneer as they go deeper into other bays have a look at where they go
We took an 8 hour tour through Halong Bay to Lan Ha bay. We passed by plenty of boats in the water, but most of them were overnight boats floating peacefully in the various bays. We never heard any noise coming from any of them, and they did not detract from our trip at all. We were basically all alone when we did stop for activities. I recommend paying a little extra for a more exclusive experience. We booked Jade Sails for $100/pp, and there were only 19 people on the boat, with excellent service and a great lunch buffet.
Any recommendations for trip that picks you up from hanoi and drops you to ninh binh?