DAILY TRIP FROM CAT BA ISLAND & LAN HA BAY
OP1: A HALF DAY TOUR TO CAT BA NATIONAL PARK: Trekking
Depart : 8.00 am or 1.00 pm - Return: 12.00 am or 5.00 pm. Pick up/ Drop off from your Hotels in Cat Ba town.
8.00: Take a minibus or motorbike to the Cat Ba national park. Then enjoy 2 or 3 hours trekking through the Kim Giao forest (which provides the
wood for chopsticks) to the top of the mountain where you can see a breath taking view of valleys. Bird watching and if you are lucky, you will see some wild animals: Squirrels, snakes, frogs, thousands of butterflies…
11.00: Come down, on the way come back to visit the hospital cave, where there’s a lot of historical secrets from the American war. Then return Cat Ba town.
INCLUDED: Minibus or motorbike & driver, entrance fees, drinking water, swimming and English speaking local guide
Price: 20 US$ per person.
For a private group, please contact us directly via email: vietnamtonkintravel@gmail.com or hotline: +84.936.395.586
OP2: FULL DAY CAT BA NATIONAL PARK: HIKING & CYCLING
Depart: 8.00 am - Return: 5.00 pm
8.00: Take a car or bus to the National Park, stop to visit the Hospital cave.
9.15: 4-5 hours hiking through the mountain rainforests, enjoy birth watching, sightseeing in the pristine forest and Frog Lake. Along the way you have a chance to see native cats, squirrels, spotted dear, snakes, thousands of butterflies...
13.15 Arrive at remote Viet Hai village.
13.30 Lunch at a local house with home cooked food then walk around and meet the friendly local people who live within the National Park.
15.30: Ride bicycle pass the rice field and valleys to the dock then take a boat to visit Lan Ha Bay.
Optional swim at a secluded beach.
17.00 Return to Cat Ba Town.
INCLUDING: All transport (bus to the Park and boat back to Cat Ba Town). Entrance fees, lunch at Viet Hai village, drinking water, bicycle, and English speaking local guide.
Price: 35US$ per person.
For a private group, please contact us directly via email: vietnamtonkintravel@gmail.com or hotline: +84.936.395.586
OP3: HALF DAY VISIT MANGROVE FOREST & THIEN LONG CAVE
Departure: 8.00 am - Return: 12.00 noon
8.00: Take a car to Phu Long village ( Where is the Land of Dragon on the South west of Cat Ba island ) . Following the trans-islet road tourist can see the wonderful landscapes of the island .
9.00: Visit Cai Vieng pier, transfer to boat to visit Mangrove Forest , fish farm and Thien Long cave ( Thien Long means Heaven Dragon – the biggest cave on the island was newly found in 1998), here you can see beautiful stalactites and stalagmites in the cave and visit some graves of ancient Viet people who died thousands year ago.
10:30: Return to the Pier
12:00: Come back to Cat Ba town
Included: Bus or motor driver, entrance fees, boat, local guide
We only organize a private group, so the price depends on number of group size - please contact us directly via email: vietnamtonkintravel@gmail.com or hotline: +84.936.395.586
OP4: FULL DAY KAYAKING & FISHING IN LAN HA BAY - CAT BA ISLAND
Departure: 8.00 AM - Return: 5.00 PM
8.00 Pick up from your Hotels in Cat Ba town. Get on the boat to Lan Ha Bay – one of the most beautiful Bay in Ha Long community with hundreds of small and big islands where various charming mini deserted beaches and lagoons. Boat stops for you kayaking to discover the Lan Ha bay, swimming, snorkeling to see corals and visit the floating village. A professional fisherman will show and teach you the local way to fish.
12.00: Have lunch, some fishes which were catched will be served on boat.
After Lunch the boat continue the trip to Tung Gau, a beautiful lagoon, you can kayaking through the rock arch to lagoon, relaxing yourself with wonderful lanscapes.
17.00: Return to Cat Ba town.
INCLUDED: Private boat, kayak, snorkeling, fishing rod and bait, lunch, entrance fees, English speaking local guide.
EXCLUDING: Drinks and Tips
Price depends on number of group size. Please contact us directly via email: vietnamtonkintravel@gmail.com or hotline: +84.936.395.586
OP5: HALF DAY KAYAKING & FISHING IN LAN HA BAY - CAT BA ISLAND
Departure: 8.00 am/2.00pm - Return: 12.00 noon/ 6.00 pm
Pick up from hotel in Cat ba town. Transfer to Beo Habour, Get on Day boat to visit Lan Ha Bay. Stop at floating house - the most beautiful place in the middle of Lan Ha Bay, our guide will give you kayak, life jackets, pedal. With a new-comers, we will take a quick course and soon you will know how to use kayak.
Start kayaking around Lan Ha bay to discover the bay's marine ecosys-term, the life of fishery and their fish farms on the sea. Tour guide will lead you to coral reef area where you use our mask to see coral & many different kinds of colourful fishes.
Continue kayaking to visit the beautiful beaches & small cave on the bay. Come back floating house, take a rest, get boat to monkey island where you can play with monkey, swimming, and trekking up to a high peak to see Panorama view.
Boat pick you up at monkey island, come back to Beo habour & transfer back to hotel in Cat ba town. Finish!
INCLUDED: Group boat, kayak, snorkeling, mask, dry bag, entrance fees, English speaking local guide.
EXCLUDING: Drinks and Tips.
Price: 25US$ per person.
For a private group, please contact us directly via email: vietnamtonkintravel@gmail.com or hotline: +84.936.395.586
Vietnam Tonkin Travel offers some daily option tours in Cat ba island & Lan Ha Bay which you can go kayaking, cruising & Swimming in Lan Ha bay or trekking & biking through National park, caves & around Cat Ba island....
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