Cruising Ha Long Bay.......Day 6

We left Hanoi and headed East on a three hour bus trip to the port of Ha Long. We then joined the Royal palace cruise boat for our overnight tour of the World famous Ha Long bay. On boarding the boat we had a lovely surprise by being told that we had been upgraded to a Deluxe suite of which there were only two on board.

 Leaving port we cruised out into the bay and soon found ourselves surrounded by the famous, huge limestone rock formations that seemed to grow out of the sea. Our first stop was To Top island where a fairly steep climb brought you to a viewing point that showed dramatic views of Ha Long bay. Returning to the boat we went on the sundeck to watch a glorious sunset between the rocks. 

On the second day we cruised further into the Ha long bay sailing between the 1900 islands, we stopped off at “ Surprising cave” an impressive three chamber complex of caves and took an interesting tour with Tony. 

We returned aboard to watch a Vietnamese cookery lesson before heading back to the pier and catching our next flight to the City of Hue.