Two days exploring Halong Bay & Catba island

Tour code: EHH02.02 Daparture: Hà Nội Duration: 2 jours

Overview

Cruise amongst the thousands of islands of Halong Bay, walk Cat Ba Island's nature trails, enjoy the fresh seafood of the area, see the local floating villages, relax on one of the many beaches, explore old villages or simply swim to your heart's content.

Tour

Highlights:

Itinerary summary

Day 1: HANOI - HALONG - CATBA
Day 2: CATBA - HAIPHONG - HANOI

Price

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Itinerary

Day 1: HANOI - HALONG - CATBA

08.00 Departure. Hanoi for the 3-hour drive to Halong City, on arrival board your boat.

Cruise the emerald waters of the bay and marvel at the extraordinary rock formations.

On your journey to Cat Ba Island visit Sung Sot Cave, one of the largest and most beautiful caves in Ha Long Bay, inside there are three chambers of typical limestone karst with and impressive variation of stalagmites and stalactites. As you go deeper into the bay cruise by Toi, Doi Caves and Cua Van Fishing Village.

If the weather is fine, stop at Ba Trai Dao Beach for a swim. Enjoy a seafood lunch en route before arriving on Cat Ba Island in the afternoon.

In Cat Ba's harbour there is an interesting floating fishing village where there is everything from floating bars to traditional Pho noodles being sold from passing sampans.

Overnight in your hotel on Cat Ba Island.

Day 2: CATBA - HAIPHONG - HANOI

Breakfast at your hotel. Speak to your guide if you are interested in seeing the endangered endemic Cat Ba Langur (only 60 individuals are left), (they are only seen at certain times of the day in a few particular areas so see if you have enough time).

In the morning either relax on the beach (the 'second beach' is recommended which is a lovely twenty minute walk away around a path Cat Ba National Park beside the cliffs) or take a drive to for half days trek, the park is home to some rare flora and fauna.

In the afternoon depart on the express boat to Haiphong City (1 hour) where your private car will be waiting for you.Arrival in Hanoi in the late afternoon.

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Notes

Our service includes

- accommodations (double/twin sharing)

- private pick up and transfer (A/C van)

- English/French speaking tour guide

- Meals indicated in tour program

- All Internal/domestic air tickets per program

- Boat trips specified the tour program

- All entrance, permission and visiting fees

OUr service does not include

- Visa to Vietnam

- Departure airport tax

- Meals not indicated in the program

- Personal travel insurance

- All other international fights

- All personal expenses

- All gratuities and tips to local guide and driver

Remark:

Please do not forget that all our holiday are private so we can customize them for you. These are just ideas to get you started! Enquire now for your own itinerary and quote based on what you want to do!

What our customers are saying

WILL BE AGAIN IN VIETNAM

Good morning dear Huong Lien.

I wish you and your family a Happy New Year 2009, all the best for you.
Also to your team.

Sorry for my late reply, but I only came back yesterday, as I went to Thailand after Vietnam.

I would have also written you, and wanted to say THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!!
The trip was soooo gorgeous. Honestly, I did not want to leave Vietnam, when the guider brought us to the airport.
Your Service was really perfect, every driver was in time at the airport, ALL of the drivers and GUIDERS were really really friendly, polite and nice, helped us with everything and took care of us. It was amazing. I think, also because of them, the trip was "breathtaking" / wonderful.

The food and meals, which you choosen for us were super. I must honestly say, that I had my best asian food in your country. I have never eaten so delicious food here in Singpaore. I add weight hhihihihi.
The hotels had been also good. I was really suprised about the high standard about a 3star hotel. In every hotel you had free computers with internetaccess and the rooms looked very nice.

100 % I will recommend all of my family and friends your beautiful country and your gorgeous company and great service!!! If anybody of them should go, they must book the trip with you!!!
I hope that some of my friends will decide to go to Vietnam, and bring more and more tourists to your country and can feel the beauty and love from this special country.

Please, give all drivers and guiders and Ms. Pham all my regards and again: Thank you very much. I so often wrote to Ms. Pham, and she changed so often the tour until it was perfect.

Especially, I want to thanks again our last guider at Hanoi. As our flight was changed, I had the chance to meet my friend Hai Ha , who arranged the contact between your company and me.
Our guider called her several times from his own phone and arranged the meeting. Without him, it would had been very difficult to meet her. This meeting meant a lot for me. So thank you so much again.

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Next week, my work here in Singapore is over and I will go to London. From Europe, it is too expensive for me to travel to Vietnam, but I promise you, if I go back to Asia for work, my next holiday WILL BE AGAIN IN VIETNAM !

Thank you very much again for your wonderful help and service.
Take care and all the best for you.

Monika Appel, Brigachtal, Germany, Travel in Vietnam from 19 december to 25 december 2008

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Outstanding !

Mss. Nguyen Huong Lien,

Thank you for asking. I have had a very pleasent trip. You effort resulted for me in having a very pleasent and succesfull visit to some of the most beautifull parts of Viet Nam. I would like to thank you for that. It was a pleasure to have you organize the trip for me.Your warm welcome in Hanoi and also being very thrustfull in having me already travel before all financial matters were taken care of. Outstanding! I very much appreciated Hanoi and the Halong bay area. On a next trip i probably will stay 2 nights on a Junk. It was very nice being out there and the weather was super. Of course I also enjoyed all the other places as well!

The arrangements you have made suited me in all very good. Thank you for that.

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I gave the tea mugs to the Limburg family which appreciated this very much (my suitcases were already to heavy ;-) ).

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I will send some pictures in a second mail.

Sincerely,

Peter Vlemmix, Bilthoven, Netherlands, Travel in Vietnam from 20 november to 28 november 2008

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Everything was perfect 100%

Dear Amicatravels Team,

We would like to send you our best regards and express our gratitude for a well organized trip through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Everything worked out according to the plan, the hotels were good and the food we had was excellent. We lack words to express the whole experience of this journey through this beautiful area, the hospitality of the locals, the politeness, honesty and professionalism of it all. This made our holiday special and absolutely unforgettable in a very positive way.

Everything was perfect 100%. The guides, cars and hotel very good.

Our best thanks to Amica-Travel for creating this special experience for us.

E.Axelsson, GARDABÆR, Iceland, Travel in Vietnam from 15 october to 07 november 2008

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You have a beautiful country

Hi Manh,

Sorry it has taken so long for us to respond to your email. Since our return home we have had a constant stream of interstate and overseas visitors. The last of them leave tomorrow but I thought that I would drop you a quick line before I retire for the evening.
Thank you for everything you did for us in Vietnam. We all had the time of our lives and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. You have a beautiful country. We could not fault your tour guides who were all very informative and friendly and had a great knowledge of the area. We were particularly impressed with how good their English skills were. Thank you again for our beautiful presents, we are very much enjoying the Vietnamese coffee – we actually brought some back for some of our friends also.
We loved the balance between being very busy and having some relaxation time. We particularly enjoyed the walk out to the typical Vietnamese village in Ha long Bay, something that a lot of tourists to the area do not experience. We also loved the resort at the Golden Sand, a very beautiful place. In fact our experience was quite diverse, each location having something different to offer.
We will certainly recommend your company to any of our friends contemplating a trip to Vietnam .
Thank you once again for a wonderful experience, we will remember our trip to Vietnam for a long time and hope to come back to your beautiful country again one day.
We cannot fault the service offered by Amica Travel – it was top class.

Thanks again on behalf of all our traveling group,

Kind regards

Debra & Graham Cassidy and party from Melbourne, Australia, Travel in Vietnam from 25 June to 12 July 2008

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I do miss Vietnam

Thank you Amica Travel for a wonderful holiday in your beautiful country! I had a wonderful visit over there. My trip was very special to me. The scenery was beautiful, the food delicious, but the best part of my trip was meeting all the gracious people in Vietnam. Many of my family and friends are pleasantly surprised at how beautiful your country is and the excellent time I had over there.
I made it back to America without incident and am getting back into the routine of life here. I do miss Vietnam. It will always have a special place in my heart.
I truly appreciate all the hard work performed by you and Amica Travel to make my trip so memorable. The hotels were very nice, the tour guides very familiar with the country & spoke good English, the cars were in good condition, and all went as planned per the itinerary. I would be proud to recommend Amica Travel to other travelers; you are a professional and quality organization with very reasonable prices for services provided. You are also a very fun group of people to meet and talk to!

Tim Ravine, Cox.net, Arizona, USA, travel in Vietnam from 6 to 24 April 2008

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An excellent memory

Dear Sir,

Just a word to say to you that we returned well.

We keep of our journey that you and your team had organized, an excellent souvenir. To yourself and to your team all our thanks, profoundly sincere.

We shall keep of your magnificent country an excellent memory. And which damage not to have had more time to know better the various regions and the various constituents of the Vietnamese.

My wife and myself send you our sincere and respectful greetings.

The couple Frederic Dubly, DG Industries, France, travel in Vietnam from 9 to 24 April 2008

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Such a wonderful time in Vietnam

Dear Amica's Team,

We have had such a wonderful time in Vietnam. I have recommended your tour to 4 of my friends and they are going to come down in 2008. We had the best time and both me and my husband find this to be the most memorable holiday of our lifetime. Our guide Ha was WONDERFUL. He brought the whole group alive and kept us laughing and amused. His knowledge is very vast and could answer all our questions. We also saw that he is proud of his country and was very happy whenever we asked him anything about Vietnam. Our best stay was of course at the Halong bay....where we never for once felt uncomfortable. When we went down for breakfast at the restaurant, the staff were very very efficient, prompt and friendly. We loved every single day and thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the hotel.
Or stay in Hoi An was also very very enjoyable and the place was also very interesting. Our guide was young and had good knowledge. She did not have the same jovial nature like Ha but she was always smiling and friendly. She also had good knowledge of the places she took us to and the best part about her was the way she selected the food for us at all the restaurants in Hoi An. The hotel in was good but not the service. When we went down for breakfast the staff were not attentive and gave us the impression that they could not be bothered if we ate or not. While at holtel in Hanoi the staff came to ask if we wanted tea or coffee or anything more than twice. We felt like strangers at the hotel in Hoi An.
My husband, me and 4 of our good friends are going to do this tour ONCE AGAIN but will also include the other places like Dien Bien Phu, Cao Ban, Lai chau. If you have a trip that includes all these places plus Cuc phuong. Please forward the information to me.

Thank you very much.
Regards

Mrs Silva Pellarina, Sydney, Australia, Travel in Vietnam from 20 march to 09 april 2008

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The supplied services were at the top

Hello to all the team of AMICA TRAVEL Hanoi,

In the name of all the group, we are anxious to thank you for our unforgettable stay, the group was enchanted with your reception and the reception of Vietnamese, the human heat and they so well ate that it was necessary to redo the clothing dresses, the services supplied by your agency AMICA TRAVEL were at the top, whether it is the choice of hotels, guides, everything was completed.

We made an excellent journey in Vietnam and can assure you that it is towards you that we shall return during a next project of journey. We shall not miss to recommend you to all our friends and knowledge.

THANKS to you all !!!

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Robert Rosalie's group, AXA France, Travel in Vietnam from 6 to 17 April 2008

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The organization was perfect

Thank you very much for the wonderful time in Vietnam. We enjoyed the trip and and like your country and your people. The organization was perfect, so everything worked excellent. All accommodation in Vietnam were superb, especially the Nam Hai Resort in Hoi An. Thank you again for the great experience on the Jasmine Junk in Halong Bay and your great support for having an upgrade. The guides and drivers in the different places we visited were extremely kind and very helpful. Thank you also for arranging german speaking guides. We will definitely recommend you and your company to our friends and everyone else. I hope that we’ll come back in the next years.

Best regards and all the best to you,

Helmut and Beate Zahn, Schießstättstr. 22, 82319 Starnberg, Travel in Vietnam from 5 to 15 April 2008

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16 days of the VIP in journey

We thank all the team of AMICA TRAVEL of Hanoi for the organization of our circuit in your so beautiful country. We are particularly satisfied by the customization of the served services and of the efforts displayed to satisfy our mini-group, consisted of my wife and myself, who made of us the space of 16 days of the VIP in journey.

The selected hotels were comfortable or very comfortable; the tandems of French-speaking guides and drivers who made us discover the country competent and devoted.

This type of personalized stay, indeed far from the mass tourism, the kind summer camps proposed by certain tour operators, enchanted us.

Finally the value for money is excellent.

The couple Bouchet Alain, France, Travel in Vietnam from 3 to 18 April 2008

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A journey of sharing

It is with regret that we left your beautiful country. The images crowd, quite more beautiful and more moving the some than the others. Our journey did not come to an end, we are always among all these persons met in the course of our trip.

The smile and the kindness of people touched us a lot, especially in the rustic regions. A brave, laborious population, always in movement, opened to the contact, always smiling and which inspires the respect.

We are filled with this journey and for a long time!

You have a young and dynamic team mastering very well its subject. We send you our thanks for the organization and the coordination of this very beautiful journey.

Luc SAROLEA's family, Belgium, travel in Vietnam from 22 march to 5 April 2008

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A true wealth of flavours

We are anxious to thank all the team of the agency Amicatravel for the personalized program which you reserved us. With the children we estimated your flexibility in the choice of our itinerary. We keep an excellent souvenir of your welcome at the agency as well as that of the differents guides for their professionalism.

The stay in the Halong Bay was really paradisiac with a junk and a crew beyond our esperances. The centre of Vietnam was very rich in culture with the imperiale city and Hoi-an city very warm.

Four days in Nha-Trang (city where was born our son) were full of emotion, town very welcoming with its unforgettables beaches. Ho-Chi-Minh, Can-Tho, My-Tho ... a true wealth of flavours with its fruits, vegetables, fishes and radiant faces as the sun of the South.

We have already advised your agency to friends who have the project to visit Vietnam and we shall still speak about it...

COULLERAY Family, France, Travel in Vietnam from 19 February to 5 March 2008

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We had an amazing holiday

The biggest of thank you to you. We had an amazing holiday, Vietnam was a wonderful surprise, much more than we expected, a beautiful country with beautiful people. We had a terrific time. I have to say we were a bit unsure as we had only dealt with you over the Internet, so we were very pleased to see Hai when arriving at Hanoi. Everything was so organized, we did not have to think about a thing it had all been done for us. All three of our guides were exceptional, all very knowledgeable and extremely friendly and helpful, they all went out of their way, and I am sure further than their job required, to ensure our Vietnam experience was safe, informative and fun. Special mention must be made of Tam in Ho Chi Minh City, she was such a happy, beautiful young lady I am sure we have made a friend for life. Hie and Tam's English language is excellent. All three had a great pride in their country and a wealth of knowledge of Vietnams' history, a history that we did not know about. Our accommodation and itinerary were perfect.
After a long day travelling home to Sydney onto Newcastle it is all sadly over. We will all be recommending you and your company to others, as we could not fault your service. Once again Thank You, I wish you, your guides and company the best for the future.

Pauline & Keith Deas & Mr and Mrs. Sharon Henley from Sydney, Australia, Travel in Vietnam from 05 February to 21 February 2008

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A discovery with our rhythm

The formula of journey with private guide was so perfectly convenient for us.

The services of Amical Travel and his agents were good quality; our only change to the program was thus the Moon River hotel which did not correspond to our standards. This problem was quickly corrected and with kindness.

We appreciated a lot the contact with three of our guides: Dung to Saigon, Giao then from Dalat to Nha Trang and finally Tung in Hanoi. We taught a lot their contact and we recommend them without reserve...

We shall recommend your services in our knowledge without any reserve. Thank you for having accompanied us with so much kindness and professionalism throughout this stay.

Monique & Alain Philippe, Canada, travel in Vietnam from 16 February to 9 March 2008

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We returned enchanted

We do not forget you... It is not a day that we speak about your country and we give envy to friends to go there because we returned enchanted.

We re-bend only over our notes and we shall say to you our opinion on some points. These last weeks were very busy.

I send you two photos promised by our first stay at the inhabitant. Thank you again and our house is opened.

All our best regards to the team.

Jacques & Martine Dardeau, France, Travel in Vietnam from 2 February to 1 March 2008

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Your travel service surpassed our expectations

Hello Amica Travel.

I can't possibly say enough good things about the tour service you provided for our group in last month from Hanoi to Phu Quoc. Without a doubt, your tour guides were truly professionals in making our 17 day trip to Vietnam one to be long remembered. Absolutely nothing went wrong! As an American war veteran, I returned to Ha noi after 6 years and found the capital more developed, but a little noisy and polluted. My travel companions agree, your travel service is very good notch and surpassed our expectations. I agree the local tour operators become professional and I will suggest our friends change their way of traveling. Like your slogan, contact direct and find an optimized and economic trips.

Marylin Fort, NY 26 July 2007

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Such a good holiday

Hi Amica Team,

Many thanks to your company providing us with such a good holiday.

Our guides (Tuan - North, Hoang - Central and Nam - South) and drivers were excellent. We were always met on time, arrived at locations often ahead of the busy times, with such hot weather the cars were well cooled and carefully driven. Each guide had extensive historical and cultural knowledge and they were always looking for ways to help.

The 3 start hotels we used were of a very good standard. In our opinion the Heritage in Hue could be at least 4 star! We were also very satisfied with all the meals which were always beautifully and so quickly presented by attentive restaurant staff

One thing may be worth mentioning. We needed passport style photos for the Visas we picked up on arrival at Ho Chi Minh Airport - It may be worth reminding visitors of this.

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