Royal Flamingo Cruise 3 Days 2 Nights

7.30 – 8.00: Our tour guide and bus will pick you up at your hotel in the Old quarter area and start two-hour driving to embarking point via expressway

11.30 Check-in at Hermes Group Lounge – Tuan Chau Marina

Your first stop on arrival at Tuan Chau Island is the Hermes Group check-in lounge. You will have time to refresh yourself after driving from Hanoi.

12.30 Embark on Royal Flamingo Cruise

After transfer to the cruise by tender, you will be checked-in, then taken to the restaurant, where you will be briefed about your excursion while enjoying your welcome drink.

13:00 Lunch in the restaurant

As Royal Flamingo Cruise makes its way to Halong Bay, you will have time to savor your delicious lunch while enjoying the stunning views – your first introduction to this majestic landscape.

After lunch, you will have time to be enchanted by the stunning landscape of Halong Bay, passing the most beautiful and quiet areas including Incense Burner, Dog Stone Islet, Fighting Cock, Thumb Islet…

14:30 Visit Virgin cave

Your first excursion is a visit to Virgin Cave, one of the finest sunlight-filled cave in Halong Bay, covering an area of 2,000m2 with a stunning assortment of stalactites and stalagmites.

Visitors will have the chance to take part in two exciting activities: Kayaking and Swimming in the jade-colored water behind the cave. This is when you can munch in the stunning views while indulging in the pristine water, especially enjoying the most idyllic Virgin cave scene.

16.00 Back onboard – Visit Titov Island

Hike to the top of Ti Top Island for stunning panoramic views of the Bay, it’s an optional activity and kindly inform our tour guide about your preference but pleased be advised that will have too many visitors from other cruises and also day boats trip to be there in the same time.

17:45 Sunset party and Cooking Demonstration

Royal Flamingo Cruise will anchor at the overnight area. This is the perfect time for you to enjoy the Sunset party, Happy hour or take part in Vietnamese cooking demonstration before dinner.

19:30 Dinner

Dinner is served at the restaurant. The rest of the evening is free for you to relax or experience Spa treatment and also, everyone can try their luck at squid fishing on the boat with help from the crew.

Overnight on cruise

06:30 Tai Chi on Sundeck

Welcome your second day on board Royal Flamingo Cruise with a Tai Chi session on the sundeck as the sun rises, followed by a light breakfast in the restaurant.

9:00 Visiting Three Tunnel Lake (Ho Ba Ham)

Guests are transferred to the Royal Flamingo Cruise day boat, a spacious and comfortable wooden junk with lounge, dining room and sundeck. Daytime activities include cruising to less trafficked areas of the Bay

Kayak in the tranquil Three Tunnel Lake: Soaking in the incredibly pristine water of this lake, you can sense peaceful moments as time seems to stop. The beach is a hidden gem with the picturesque appearance of the tall sea-almond tree pair, especially during the autumn.

12:00-12:30 Lunch is served on board mid-day

After lunch, you will pay a visit to Cua Van Fisherman Village – The largest of five remaining floating fishing villages in the Bay

You will have chance to see the locals as they go about their daily lives, which have remained largely unchanged for centuries. You can choose between kayaking through the village or visiting on small bamboo boats rowed by villagers or kayakers will depart from the boat in two-seater, self-rowed kayaks, kayaking through the village and back to the boat. A kayaking tour guide will lead the way.

15.30 Return to the Royal Flamingo Cruise to rejoin the cruise and relax onboard as we sail to the overnight anchorage.

19:30 Dinner time

Savour your last dinner in the restaurant. After dinner, if you haven’t tried squid fishing, this is your last chance or you may just want to wind down with a movie in the restaurant.

Overnight on cruise

06:30 Tai Chi on Sundeck

Welcome your second day on board Royal Flamingo Cruise with a Tai Chi session on the sundeck as the sun rises, followed by a light breakfast in the restaurant.

07:30 Visit Sung Sot Cave

Your next stop is the magnificent Sung Sot Cave, it’s reached by ascending about a hundred stone steps where you will be surprised by the breathtaking panoramic view across the bay once you exit the cave. This is the largest cave in Halong Bay, and the stalactites and stalagmites formed over millions of years have taken on fascinating shapes.

09:00 Breakfast at the restaurant

Back on board, guests will have 30 minutes to freshen up and finish packing. Please collect all of your belongings from the cabins and leave heavy luggage outside the cabins, staff will transfer directly to the pier.

Enjoy a full breakfast in the dining room, relax on the sundeck or in the dining room enjoying the bay scenery as we approach the pier through Thien Cung and Dau Go Caves and Fighting Cocks Islet before return to the pier.

11:00 Disembark at Tuan Chau Marina

After disembarking from Royal Flamingo Cruise, relax inside the lounge while waiting for return transportation.

15:00 Arrive back to Hanoi

Notes: Due to cruising conditions, itineraries may change without prior notice. Wi-Fi is available in the restaurant/bar area, but internet connectivity is limited due to the geography of Halon bay. Thank you for sharing understanding.