07:45 - 08:15 Bus pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi (on request). After that we leave Hanoi for a 3.5 hour drive to Halong (book transfer in next step). Arrive in Halong City around noon, we board a traditional wooden junk and start the cruising trip to the core area of the bay. Fresh seafood lunch (vegetable menu available) is served while the boat is gliding out. Get ready for exotic photos and absorbing the most magnificent natural splendors, limestone bedrocks and sheer cliffs of tiny islands highlighted with fanciful names: Fighting Cocks (symbol of Halong Bay), Duck, Swan, Incense Burner, and Stone Dogs. Stop for a rowing boat trip in the area of Ba Hang Village then keep cruising to beautiful Thien Cung cave (Heaven Palace Cave) and explore huge chambers adorned with stalactites and stalagmites of all kinds. Continue to enjoy this relaxing cruise on the way back to Ha Long harbor, our waiting vehicle transfers you back to Hanoi. Trip ends at your hotel around 20:00- 20:30.