About Ha Long Cruise Tickets
An independent guide to Ha Long Bay: which cruises are worth booking, and how to plan the trip around them.
What this is
Ha Long Bay, in north-east Vietnam, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of limestone islands and caves in the Gulf of Tonkin. Lan Ha Bay continues it to the south, beside Cat Ba Island. Most visitors see them from a boat: a day cruise from Hanoi, or one or two nights on board. This guide covers the cruises worth booking, what each is like on board, and how to plan the trip: getting there from Hanoi, when to go, and which bay to choose.
Chosen, not ranked
The cruise list is curated: each page says what the trip is like, who it suits and, where a primary source supports it, the catch. The order of a list is never a ranking.
Independent
Ha Long Cruise Tickets is not connected with the Ha Long Bay management board, the port authority, any cruise line or tour operator. Nobody can pay to be included or to change what is said about them.
How the site is paid for
Cruises and tours link to GetYourGuide, which pays this site a commission on completed bookings. The price you pay is GetYourGuide’s and is not changed by the link.