Grayline Cruise
Gray Line Cruise, with fourteen cabins, is extremely small compared to other relevant cruises that launched coincidentally in Halong Bay but big enough to accommodate thirty clients whilst matching their different needs of room sizes, privacy and routes.
With extensive cabin area and decks, huge windows either of rooms or restaurant, pretty balconies, some suites connected to nearby cabins to make a “private suite for Seven” with personal access within a cruise for different groups of budget passengers, Gray Line Cruise of 14-cabins has become a hot vessel right after its debut in August 2013. Families with children may prefer the forepart where two suites and a connecting cabin can be combined closely, youngsters or students can feel comfortable with the budget-friendly deluxe downstairs cabins, whilst honeymooners may love the balcony cabins. It is an over-expectation provision, as commented by some of its very first guests.
Exploring the centrally protected heritage site, Gray Line Cruise not only offer watching the bay, kayaking, visiting pearl farms and caving walks at top-rated attractions, but also offers the best conditions for its clients to hang around, get a short climb up a cute island to take the bird eyes’ view of Halong Bay, or just offers drinks so that the clients can refuse activities & have their own leisure time.
The holiday spirit of clients is most important for the crew, so activities on Gray Line Cruise are being organized to match the least-crowded hours, to visit the most beautiful routes, or to bring special experience to its guests. Visits and talks to the farmers, or boat-rowing people are considered more important than seeing popular places where every tourist can reach.
- A member of Gray Line International.
- Boutique design – family-focused.
- A wide range of cabins that fits families & couples.
- Explore the centrally protected heritage site.
- Strive for the difference in fine-tuning of activity timing comfortably.
Itinerary:
- Day 1: Hanoi – Halong Bay.
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware and “Rolling in the Deep” program held in 3 days 2 nights sounds long enough to explore a little-known part of Halong Bay that hardly go there in others itinerary. Let us explore more and more!
It takes only about 2.5 hours from Hanoi’s Old Quarter to Tuan Chau Pier where the Gray Line Cruise awaits you. Round-trip transportation is on request with additional surcharge.
12:00: On arrival at Gray Line Lobby, enjoy fresh tea before checking-in.
12:30: Enter Gray Line Cruise via a private pier and being warmly welcomed by the crew. Enjoy welcome drinks whilst listening to the briefing of the tour guide and check-in.
13:30: Savor a delicious lunch while the cruise goes ahead to the bay. At your leisure after lunch to enjoy hundreds of limestone islands with various shapes. This is the best time to watch unparalleled scenery of Halong in a slow motion.
15:00: Arrive at Luon Cave by tender boat. You will discover the area’s tranquility by kayaks or rowing boats. Relaxing on the kayaks and boats is a more brilliant way to really experience the special view of this sea.
16:00: Stop over at Titov Island. You will have various choices to be by your own, having sunbath, swimming or conquering the peak of the Titov to admire the bay’s panorama (strongly recommended).
17:30: Go back to the boat for relaxation at the dusk. Enjoy free seasonal fruits on the sundeck. Other drinks will be subject to special rates or seasonal promotions.
18:30: Join a cooking demonstration on the sundeck. Try to make it well and check how well you can cook or prepare for Vietnamese foods.
19:30: An elegant dinner with local gourmet will be served.
After dinner: Free choice of evening activities (movie watching, fishing tools and guitars, cards, etc. are all available). Some activities are to be ordered in advance. - Day 2: Halong Bay Discovery.
06:00: Wake up early for the morning exercise (Tai Chi Quan) or greeting the dawn on the ocean (exercises are upon desire).
07:00: Light breakfast will be ready with cakes, bread, tea and coffee, noodle soup, etc.
08:30 – 16:00: A sightseeing boat (without cabins) will pick you up to another part of Halong Bay. It will be the real time to watch Halong scenery in vaster area. Below are all activities you can join:
– Discovery at Ho Dong Tien (Fairy Lake), one of symbolized images of the bay, thanks to its beauty and rich value of geology, geomorphology and history.
– Kayaking or swimming (depending on the tide & weather) around Trong (Drum) cave area, which are beyond expectation of those who love kayaking.
– Or just lay down at the beach and enjoy the seascape and your absolute leisure time.
Finish your visit of the day at one of the famous pearl farms in Halong, where you can see and learn an entire process of making pearl and expensive jewelry, from the first steps of feeding to harvesting.
– Have a rest with tea break on the way back to the main boat.
– Any activities can be skipped if you just wanna leisure time.
16:30: It is time to get back to Gray Line Cruise and recapture your energy.
17:30: Relax and enjoy sunset with free fresh fruits on the sundeck.
19:30: Have dinner in mellow sound of sea and music.
22:00: Overnight on the bay. - Day 3: Halong Bay – Hanoi.
06:00: Wake up at dawn for morning exercise (Tai Chi Quan) or enjoy beautiful moments when a blazing sunrise breaks the clouds of the island on the bay (exercises are upon desire).
07:00: Light breakfast will be ready with cakes, bread, tea and coffee, noodle soup, etc.
07:45: Tender boat will pick you up to visit the Surprising Cave (Sung Sot), discovered in 1901, and now being a must-to-see tourist attraction for its extensive space. After the rock formation and millions years of water erosion, the cave is now featured by hundreds of marvelous stalactites, stalagmites and grandeur stone chambers which are incomparable with any cave in Gulf of Tonkin (Shoes, sandals and convenient clothes are recommended to visit the cave).
09:15: Come back to the cruise for freshening check-out. Cabins will be cleaned up soon whilst you can enjoy drink and sunbath on the half-open-air sundeck of the Gray Line.
10:30: Enjoy a tasty farewell buffet lunch while the boat continuously cruises back.
11:30: Time to say good bye with the crew, and give them feedback about the trip.
Have some tea or other drinks at Gray Line Lobby and wait for your shuttle bus (or private car) to return to Hanoi or the next destination.
2 days 1 night:
- Day 1: Hanoi – Halong Bay.
A fantastic journey covers most of attractions in Halong Bay and well-organized in 2 days 1 night. The tour takes you to explore beautifully famous sights in a comfort way. Gray Line Halong does ordinary things extraordinarily.
It takes only about 2.5 hours from Hanoi’s Old Quarter to Tuan Chau Pier where the Gray Line Cruise awaits you. Round-trip transportation is on request with additional surcharge.
12:00: On arrival at Gray Line Lobby, enjoy fresh tea before checking-in.
12:30: Enter Gray Line Cruise via a private pier and being warmly welcomed by the crew. Enjoy welcome drinks whilst listening to the briefing of the tour guide and check-in.
13:30: Savor a delicious lunch while the cruise goes ahead to the bay. At your leisure after lunch to enjoy hundreds of limestone islands with various shapes. This is the best time to watch unparalleled scenery of Halong in a slow motion.
15:00: Arrive at Luon Cave by tender boat. You will discover the area’s tranquility by kayaks or rowing boats. Relaxing on the kayaks and boats is a more brilliant way to really experience the special view of this sea.
16:00: Stop over at Titov Island. You will have various choices to be by your own, having sunbath, swimming or conquering the peak of the Titov to admire the bay’s panorama (strongly recommended).
17:30: Go back to the boat for relaxation at the dusk. Enjoy free seasonal fruits on the sundeck. Other drinks will be subject to special rates or seasonal promotions.
18:30: Join a cooking demonstration on the sundeck. Try to make it well and check how well you can cook or prepare for Vietnamese foods.
19:30: An elegant dinner with local gourmet will be served.
After dinner: Free choice of evening activities (movie watching, fishing tools and guitars, cards, etc. are all available). Some activities are to be ordered in advance. - Day 2: Halong Bay – Hanoi.
06:00: Wake up at dawn for morning exercise (Tai Chi Quan) or enjoy beautiful moments when a blazing sunrise breaks the clouds of the island on the bay (exercises are upon desire).
07:00: Light breakfast will be ready with cakes, bread, tea and coffee, noodle soup, etc.
07:45: Tender boat will pick you up to visit the Surprising Cave (Sung Sot), discovered in 1901, and now being a must-to-see tourist attraction for its extensive space. After the rock formation and millions years of water erosion, the cave is now featured by hundreds of marvelous stalactites, stalagmites and grandeur stone chambers which are incomparable with any cave in Gulf of Tonkin (Shoes, sandals and convenient clothes are recommended to visit the cave).
09:15: Come back to the cruise for freshening check-out. Cabins will be cleaned up soon whilst you can enjoy drink and sunbath on the half-open-air sundeck of the Gray Line.
10:30: Enjoy a tasty farewell buffet lunch while the boat continuously cruises back.
11:30: Time to say good bye with the crew, and give them feedback about the trip.
Have some tea or other drinks at Gray Line Lobby and wait for your shuttle bus (or private car) to return to Hanoi or the next destination.
