Halong Bay Resorts - Reviews and Rates

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Revelation--what makes this area even more awesome is that there are
no mosquitoes! Yea! So at the end of the night yesterday, totally
exhausted, we lie on the chaise lounges on the upper deck and
promptly fall asleep surrounded by limestone cliffs and lulled by a
warm gentle breeze. The best nap spot we've had so far!...

Bonjour a tous,
apres avoir ete cherche Sylvie a Hanoi, nous sommes repartis le lendemain pour Halong Bay avec Mat et Jason. On n avait pas pris de tour organise, preferant essayer d organiser qqch de notre cote comme on l avait fait a Sapa. On a trouve un bateau qui nous a amene jusqu a Cat Ba Harbour, une ile se situant au sud de la baie, e...

As I mentioned in the last post, Cory and I opted to spend 2 days and 1 night in Halong Bay, which is 150 - 200 km from Hanoi and is part of the Gulf of Tonkin. We booked at our hostel the night before in Hanoi for $30, though since we were a bit skeptical, the manager agreed that we could pay upon our return.

So at around 6:45 in the mo...

Ok, So once we were out of the mentalness of Hanoi, the four of us (Brad is still with us) had an early start and headed off to Halong Bay in the east of Vietnam. The easiest and cheapest way to see the place is to go as part of a tour which is something we usually try to avoid but seems as it was only 40 dollars it was perfect. We didn't get th...

You know that feeling when you're like, errr, I think there's been a mistake........ So I get on the minibus for my trip to Halong Bay and there's 2 couples in there already. Thats cool, off we go to collect more people. Hmmm, this is odd. The van is full with 6 couples and me. Have I been put on the honeymoon boat or something by mistake? But n...

We chose the Columbus Adventure Travel tour for 2 days/1 night on the "Pinta", largely because someone we bumped into at the hotel had just come back from a similar tour and recommended it. It was US $97 per person - certainly not the cheapest by some way, but you can spend a lot more. (We were told that the main differences with a cheaper tour ...

Last summer (2008) Paul booked a surprise for my birthday as we knew we would be in Hanoi, for all these months he has kept it a secret and only told his mum. That in itself is amazing! After opening cards from Mum and Dad, my Gran and Paul's parents (who had made me a brilliant little book of photos of my family to carry around!), we had breakf...

Left hotel at 7:30am with overnight bags for Ha Long Bay. Had breakfast at the Blue Dragon (charity organisation for disadvantaged kids), then bus to Ha Long Bay. Stopped at another charity shop along the way. We boarded our boat at lunch time. The weather was overcast so not ideal for viewing the bay unfortunately, but not raining and still imp...

We did a tour to Ha Long Bay for a couple of days. At first we didn't want to do the tour, but it does turn out cheaper so we thought we'd give it a try. We woke up to a misty grim morning and by the time we were half way there it had started spitting. Great... I was very happy to get off the mini bus after four hours of being crammed into a tin...

Sam: What a christmas this has been! So on christmas eve we got picked up from our hotel along with others and driven 3 hours away to the amazingly beautiful Halong bay. Got on the boat and we sailed around islands, explored caves, kayaked to other nearby islands swamin the clear ocean. It looked like something straight out of lord of the rings,...