Halong Bay Full Day Trip with Fast Expressway Transfer Round Trip

Ha Long Bay is a stunning destination, lush, magical and peaceful. We spent a really fun day with a very friendly guide and group of other tourists. Our guide, Toan, facilitated the trip and ensured we had a very nice atmosphere and enjoyed the day. As we were ahead of time, he even improvised a stop in the nearby pearl museum, which was very interesting. I will recommend to my friends and repeat myself when i return in Hanoi.

For me its a memorable trip. Toan our tour guide was really nice, funny and kept the trip exciting. Most importantly as i was a solo traveller, he made us introduce each other, which actually helped in more interaction and fun. Even the organizer and staff was really nice and organized. They kept you updated and their service was transparent. Overall i loved the trip though vegetarian food was okay. I will totally recommend this trip.❤️

I'm very disappointed. And I'm not quite sure how to express this, because I feel like I read similar reviews that complained about Ha Long Bay being too touristy and brushed them off, thinking to myself "Well, of course it is! What do they expect?" But no. This place has gotten so touristy that it almost ruins the entire experience. You barely have a second to stop, breathe, and stare at your surroundings. The cave is fake, with lighting everywhere, a fully cleared walkway, a fake fountain, and constant - not periodic, but absolutely constant - references to pop culture by the guides in an effort to be entertaining. The guides were nice, and I know it's a script they're given, but it kind of ruined things. No matter where you look there are laser pointers on the rocks with a guide saying "look!! It looks like Beauty and the Beast!", and people half-heartedly murmuring in agreement. After about the 10th reference, my girlfriend summed it up to me by leaning over and whispering, "Look. I love Disney, but this is getting really annoying. Can we just look at the rocks?" After all, the cave was beautiful! So, I didn't really understand the need to point out dumbo and lion king in the rocks as if that was the only way we would find it interesting. Also, expanding on the real history and culture of the area would have been nice. I recommend taking a kayak rather than the bamboo boat, because on the bamboo boat your guide will be grouping everyone together for selfies so often that you will feel like you don't remember what anything looked like. You just don't have any time to look around and enjoy the view. There were also so many stations with souvenirs that it just didn't feel like you were in nature. They even brought out souvenirs on our boat. It was just constant. All in all, I'd say these tours have been made very un-enjoyable because of the way the tours are run. Our tour guides were nice and hospitable, and we appreciated the majesty of Ha Long Bay. But the scripts should be more authentic to the region, and the souvenir stations should be reigned in a lot.

I had a great time visiting Halong Bay on this trip, but it moved very quickly. I think in hindsight I would have enjoyed a two day excursion a little bit more. If you think you want to spend a lot of time exploring the bay I would definitely consider the longer trip. This trip definitely includes the highlights and I got to see a lot; it was just very fast.

The bus to take us to the boat tour was small and crammed with minimal leg room, which made the ride rather uncomfortable. We asked for a vegetarian meal and not only was it minimal, but the items were also made available to the others at the same table (they weren't identified for us specifically) so we didn't get enough to eat and they insisted it was our fault for allowing the others at the table to eat those items. The tour itself was nice, but the company left a lot to be desired. The other tour guide on our boat who had brought other passengers was a complete prick and ridiculously condescending and rude to the guests. Though he wasn't our guide, he was part of the experience and unpleasant to be around.

We really had an awesome trip to Halong Bay. The weather was fantastic and Toan, our tour guide really great! Gave us so many local knowledge. At the end of the tour heavy rain poured seems like never going to stop. At the end we walked to the boat. Can’t wait but seems like everybody was happy. Thank you

It was wonderfull and great, the scenic beauty along the way and the activities on Halong bay as well as the UNESCO heritage caves everything is a must to see. On the way there's stop over for restroom, that's a good place to do some good shopping. Over there is a good traditional food they served on the boat. We enjoyed the trip.

The pick up and the transportation arrangement is ok, though a bit crowded on the way to Halong Bay because 11 passengers have to squeeze in a small van for 4 hours drive. Lunch was just average but could not demand too much given the costs they charged. But Halong Bay is worth to go and joining the 1-day tour is a easy way for first time visitors like us.

This trip was quite long on the bus there (about 4 hrs) however it was well worth it as the views were just amazing !!! Our tour guide “Eric” was super funny and kept the trip interesting. The boat ride had a lot of different foods for lunch so there was a variety of things to try. Have cash on hand if you would like to buy anything as cards are not accepted in most places.

Bus drive took almost twice as long as advertised because our driver got in a streetfight (??) and then we stopped for 45 min when we were only supposed to stop for a few minutes. Driver and guide shouted at each other for the entire 4 hour drive-I was sitting at the front and it was terrible. Tour was disappointing, we didn’t go to all of the places listed. I want to be refunded for this-totally overpriced and not worth it, book a different tour!