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Halong Bay Slideshow
Top Hotels in Halong Bay
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Halong Plaza Hotel Halong Bay
53 reviews -
Mithrin Hotel Halong Halong Bay
15 reviews -
Novotel Ha Long Bay Halong Bay
154 reviews
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Saigon Halong Hotel Halong Bay
36 reviews
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Halong Dream Hotel Halong Bay
9 reviews
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Heritage Halong Hotel Halong Bay
11 reviews
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Sunlight Hotel Halong Bay
1 review
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Halong Hidden Charm Halong Bay
6 reviews
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Asean Halong Hotel Halong Bay
15 reviews
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The Congdoan Hotel Halong Bay
2 reviews
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Au Lac Resort Halong Bay
2 reviews
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Ha Long Pearl Hotel Halong Bay
13 reviews
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Bach Dang Hotel Halong Halong Bay
1 review
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Bien Dong Hotel Halong Bay
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Halong 1 Hotel Halong Bay
7 reviews -
Van Hai Hotel Halong Bay
14 reviews -
Ha Long Bay Hotel Halong Bay
19 reviews
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Vuon Dao Halong Bay
1 review
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Ha Long 3 Hotel Halong Bay
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Asean Hai Ngoc Hotel Halong Bay
2 reviews
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Halong Spring Hotel Halong Bay
8 reviews
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Ocean Beach Resort Halong Bay
15 reviews
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Royal International Hotel & Villas Halong Bay
6 reviews
Halong Bay
Travel Blogs from Halong Bay, Vietnam
Beautiful Halong Bay
This is a top pick! My watch has died. This is a sign. The rest of the trip needs to be more relaxed. Yesterday, we headed for Halong Bay, about three hours outside of Hanoi. A private car out was included in our tour, but were we to do it again, we would forgo the car, save ...
So cold...
This is a top pick! ... , no one fell in the water. On our second day we were dropped off very early at Cat Ba island, the largest island in Halong Bay. Our mission- a 6km trek through the interior. It started out a bit rough, and then got like a Vietnam war movie. Mud, dense ...
Two day trip to Halong Bay
This is a top pick! ... ; There was only about 15 of us on the boat so it felt quite intimate even though we were surrounded by dozens of other tourist boats. Halong Bay is very touristy and it is easy to see why - it is stunning. We set off sailing and soon got to see ...
The international stylings of the Karaoke Queen
This is a top pick! ... traveller, was also involved in our conversation. We got on the boat that was to be our home for 2 days while we toured around Halong Bay and got to introducing and eating. It was a small group of only 12 which was perfect because we all got to ...
Beauteous Bay
This is a top pick! ... Once the trees finish blooming, they are cut off and the roots are once again planted in the ground to grow a new tree. Halong Bay is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It means "dragon descending into the sea". Huge limestone cliffs jut sharply out of ...
Halong Bay and the wine tax!!!
This is a top pick! ... for another free breako of eggs on french bread with chilli sauce and some noodles. The bus arrived to collect us and take us to Halong Bay to go for a cruise around the Archipelago. After about a 3 hour bus ride we arrived in Ha Long City and waited ...
Bay of the Descending Dragon
This is a top pick! From almost the beginning of Vietnamese time, Halong Bay protected Vietnam from invaders. Originally, the bay was vulnerable to invading naval ships, which allowed easy access to the Red River Delta in the heart of Nam Viet. The gods saw this ...
Halong Gay
This is a top pick! ... for the rest of the journey. We arrive to the hotel, and after a couple of hours we leave for our 6 hour boat trip of Halong Bay. We have a whole boat to ourselves, with two stories, a covered restaurant with sun bathing deck above. It is plush and lunch ...
Bay Of the Dragons
This is a top pick! ... here, checked out of my hotel, where they sneakily added 10% "government tax" to the bill, probably as I hadnt booked my Halong Bay trip with them - didnt have time to argue, but realised later that nobody else in Vietnam was charging me this tax. ...
Tours can be fun...Really.
This is a top pick! ... Thailand, even one can spoil a group. Like ebola. This in mind, it was with some concern that we boarded the bus to Halong Bay, a coastline of karst limestone formations similar to the ones we saw at Tam Coc, except on a much larger scale. I'm still ...
Halong Bay
This is a top pick! Happy New Year Halong Bay is one of the natural beauties of the world and we were fortunate enough to spend New Years Eve floating around it. It was touch and go as to whether or not we would have a boat or not but after climbing over three we got to ...
Beautiful but busy bay of islands
This is a top pick! ... for mooring space on the quay. And so, back on the bus for the journey to Hanoi. Though I am pleased we visited Halong Bay, and found the scenery really awe-inspiring, I must say that the scale of tourism detracted from the experience somewhat. And ...
Why is it called a "JUNK" ???
This is a top pick! ... after Easter. I've been waiting for this exact moment to book a two day cruise of Vietnam's premier natural wonder and Unesco World Heritage site... Halong Bay. The bay and it's magnificent 3000 islands were formed thousands of years ago when ...
Vodka, Rocks and Monkeys
This is a top pick! ... was expecting for our 30 pounds, and I had heard that Halong Bay was beautiful, but the trip far exceeded my expectations. Halong Bay has over 3000 islands, which have caves, beaches and various grottos caused by nature over thousands of years. Legend ...
Boat Tour
This is a top pick! ... can't feel what joy I took in all of it. So I'll just have to remember, as best I can. With that said, it is Halong Bay and I still managed to take a fair number of photos. On the second morning we had some nice light for an hour or ...
Ha Long Bay
This is a top pick! We got picked up by the mini bus early from our hotel for the two day trip to the beautiful world heritage listed Ha Long Bay. Luckily we were first on the bus so bagged the good seats again (we are becoming very knowledgeable on which seats are good ...
A dog is for dinner not just for Christmas!
This is a top pick! ... means "Dragon Descending" and the Vietnamese believe that a Dragon landed in the bay to protect Vietnam, from the invading Chinese fleets. The route to Halong Bay takes you through Northern Hanoi and many towns which are famous for dog and I am not ...
Got Milk?
This is a top pick! ... being put on some scales just outside of Halong City which surely can never be a good thing for the dog in a country such as Vietnam. Back in Hanoi I had just a few hours till the bus left to Hue but unfortunately there was a power cut in the hotel so ...
A Night in a Junk on Halong Bay
This is a top pick! More pics here We booked an overnight trip to Halong Bay, one of the top 10 attractions in Vietnam and a UNESCO World Heritage site. We were surprised to discover that we were the only guests on our boat, the Bai Tu Long Junk. The ...
Pretty even on a bad weather day
This is a top pick! ... cave would make for a fabulous venue for a night club. Maybe that's what prompted the guy to say hello:) Ha Long Bay is beautiful. More beautiful than Milford Sound. Even though the weather was crappy. Even though it was steaming hot when it ...
Canoeing in Halong Bay
This is a top pick! Jan 28, Canoeing in Halong bay The kids had a great time in along bay even if they had to fight at times for boat rides, getting what they paid for and so forth. The weather was not great, but it was not bad either and they loved the canoeing among the ...
Hanging out in Halong Bay
This is a top pick! This morning we got a bus to the docks so that we could board our boat for our trip around Halong Bay. The boat was pretty cool. There was only our group on there which was good, but there were absolutely loads of other boats which took away a little of ...
How Long is Halong???
This is a top pick! ... little room with private en-suite and that all important air-con, even though this wasn't exactly needed as the average temperature at Halong Bay is a mere 25 degrees. For those that don't know what Halong Bay is obviously do not watch Top Gear and ...
Hanoi and the continued rain...
This is a top pick! ... forecast for the next week and there was only one nice day, the following day, so went round several places enquiring about tours to Halong Bay (karst (limestone) islands in the sea similar to those we'd seen in China). We would have preferrd to have gone ...
Halong Bay & Monkey Island
This is a top pick! ... the room then it was time for lunch which was not the best (not off to a good start here are we!!) the boat set said and Halong Bay is without a doubt a beautiful place. Then it was time for our cave walk – we went off to get our geek walking ...
Halong Bay and the Emeraude
This is a top pick! ... and drizzly morning, our tour bus pulls out of Hanoi and heads north for the 2-hour drive to Halong Bay, the best known natural wonder of Vietnam. The drive through this fast-changing agricultural and industrial region is a study of Vietnam life. Out ...
Never a Dull Moment
This is a top pick! ... my whirlwind Asia tour would be a 3-day, 2-night trip to Halong Bay. I had heard enough great things from fellow travelers about Halong Bay, and Lonely Planet -- the bible -- had deemed it one of the great natural beauties in all of SE Asia, so I gladly ...
This is a top pick! 
Rock the Cat Ba
This is a top pick! ... they meant. It was the first time the war had been in my face. I bought some pho (noodles) and left. Ha Long Bay was recently designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a title also given to places such as Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, and Kebabies in ...
