Halong Bay Cruise

Bebinca, the second tropical storm in Vietnam in 2013, is expected to arrive on 23June2013. From 22June2013, junks and boats are suspended from cruising on Halong Bay, the most popular tourist attractions in the country.

Halong Bay Authority has stopped granting permits to boats and overnight cruise junks to make tours on the bay from 10 A.M on 1-August-2019 due to the expected strike of the Wipha Typoon (No.3 Typhoon in the East Sea of Vietnam in 2019).

Halong Bay is located in Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin, 165km north-east of Hanoi. The bay is endowed with over 3,000 limestones islands jutting out of the emerald sea water. Every day, luxurious junk-styled wooden boats ply the heavenly beauty carrying tourists to visit different islands with breathtaking caves inside.

3-July-2019 Overnight cruises on Halong Bay are halted. Day-cruises are allowed till 11:00 A.M. Typhoon Mun is forecast to make landfall in Hai Phong in the early morning of 4-July-2019.

In support of more flights to the Van Don Airport in Quang Ninh Province (Vietnam) and according to news from Quang Ninh Tourism Department that passengers on a flight to the Van Don Airport are to benefit from:

All cruises on Halong Bay follow pretty fixed itineraries which are permitted by the authority. This is to ensure safety to the travelers visiting the bay. The rule also applies to the sites that the cruise boats have to anchor for the night.

Littered on the emerald water of Halong Bay in the gulf of Tonkin of Vietnam, the 3,000 islands and islets were believed to be dragons sent down from Heaven to help the Vietnamese protecting their country from foreign invasions. In fact, there were many fierce battles in the ancient times and recent times on the bay that helped to bring victory to Vietnam and the Vietnamese people.

Halong Bay Vietnam was named among the Provisional Seven Wonders of Nature after the first count of vote results on 11/11/11.The bay stretches in an area of 1553 square kilometers in the north-east of Vietnam, 165km from Hanoi. Halong Bay includes 1,969 rocky islands and islets jutting out of the emerald water of the East Vietnam Sea.

Halong Bay Vietnam has a tropical monsoon climate: summer from May through July, autumn from late August through October, winter from November through February, spring from February through April.

Halong Bay offers some 3,000 green limestone islands jutting out of the emerald sea waters of the East Vietnam Sea. Halong has long been among the must-sees on a trip to Vietnam. The bay has been inscribed to the UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. Visiting Halong Bay, you can either go onto a day-cruise boat and stay at the many luxurious hotels in Halong City or Tuan Chau Island or you can go on luxury boat cruises for 2 days/1 night or 3 days/2 nights with overnight on board the junk. Halong Bay is 150km east of Hanoi and traveling from Hanoi to Halong Bay is convenient.

A guide to the best of luxury travel in Halong Bay Vietnam from the high-end luxury cruises to the quiet hotels and beach resorts in this booming destination.

By Lang Thang.

26April2012 Phuc Thinh Company started the commuting speedboats between Halong Bay (Quang Ninh Province) and Cat Ba Island (Hai Phong Province). The piers at Ha Long City are Hon Gai and Tuan Chau Island; those on Cat Ba Island are Gia Luan and Ben Beo.

Sunset on Halong Bay Vietnam

Halong Bay is certainly the most famed tourist attraction in Vietnam and among the top must-sees of for all foreign visitors to the country.

Van Don Airport in Halong Bay starts coming into operation from 30December 2018. This is the first privately owned airport in Vietnam. The airport is planned for Vietnam domestic flights and international flights which faciliate travel to Halong Bay, a world-famed tourist attraction in Vietnam.