DAY 1 – HANOI | HA LONG BAY | SUNG SOT CAVE | TITOP ISLAND
07:30 — Hanoi Departure Private limousine or shuttle bus transfer from your hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to Tuan Chau Marina — approximately 3.5 hours.
11:30 — Welcome & Check-in at Tuan Chau Marina Warm welcome from the Amanda team in the port lounge. Complete check-in before boarding.
12:00 — Embarkation A chilled towel and welcome drink as you board and find your ocean-view cabin. The vessel casts off from Tuan Chau and moves into the main Ha Long Bay channel as lunch is served on board — the karst landscape assembling itself around the ship with every nautical mile.
14:30 — Titop Island | Summit & Swimming Transfer to Titop Island for the afternoon’s first stop: the 400-step climb to the summit terrace and the bay view that made a Soviet cosmonaut reach for superlatives. Or swim at the curved beach below the island, the water shallow and clear over white sand. Both options. Neither requires choosing immediately.
16:00 — Sung Sot Cave Amanda Cruise delivers you to Sung Sot — the cave that justified the name Surprise. Two chambers of cumulative scale: the first is impressive; the second, measuring 12,000 square metres with a ceiling 30 metres above the walkway, is astonishing. The guide explains the formation of each named stalactite and the ecology of the cave system that has been developing since the limestone was laid down 300 million years ago.
17:30 — Sunset Party & Cooking Class Back on board for the sundeck ritual: Vietnamese tea, a golden bay, Happy Hour (buy 2, get 1 free), and the chef’s instruction in Bánh trôi nước — traditional Vietnamese floating rice cakes made from glutinous rice flour, filled with palm sugar, and finished with sesame and grated coconut.
19:30 — Outdoor Dinner Dinner on the sundeck or in the restaurant, the vessel anchored in a quiet section of the bay, the night settling around the limestone karsts.
21:30 — Evening at Anchor Herbal foot bath in your cabin (complimentary), bamboo dancing, Footsteps of Heritage fashion show of traditional costumes, the Sky Bar, and squid fishing — the crew supplies the lines and the patience.
DAY 2 – TRINH NU CAVE | BA TRAI DAO BEACH | PEARL FARM
06:15 — Tai Chi on the Sundeck The bay before the rest of the world wakes up: mist, stillness, and the Tai Chi instructor’s measured movements against a backdrop of limestone and early light.
06:30 — Light Breakfast Tea, coffee, pastries, and fresh fruit to sustain the morning ahead.
08:30 — Day Boat Transfer A dedicated day boat picks up guests from the main vessel for the Lan Ha Bay excursion — a smaller, more maneuverable craft suited to the shallower channels and narrower passages of the southern bay.
08:45 — Trinh Nu Cave One of Ha Long Bay’s most storied sites: a cave whose name — Trinh Nu, the Virgin — comes from a legend of a young woman abandoned here by a cruel husband and transformed by grief into the cave’s most recognizable formation, a stone figure still visible near the entrance. The geology is extraordinary regardless of the legend: sunlight enters through the cave mouth at an angle that illuminates the interior in a quality of natural light found in no other cave in the bay. Kayak or swim in the jade-colored water outside the cave entrance.
10:30 — Ba Trai Dao Beach Continue to Ba Trai Dao — Three Peaches Beach — a secluded cove of white sand and turquoise water named for the three rounded limestone hills that rise from the water behind it. One of Lan Ha Bay’s most beautiful swimming beaches and one of its most quietly situated: the karst walls around the cove create a natural enclosure that blocks both wind and sound, and the beach sees only the guests of boats that know where to find it. Swim, sunbathe, or simply exist here for ninety minutes.
12:00 — Lunch on the Day Boat A fresh Vietnamese lunch served on board the day boat, anchored in the bay.
14:00 — Pearl Farm Transfer to Amanda’s partner Pearl Farm: a working cultivation facility where Ha Long Bay’s pearl oysters are raised from spat to harvest in cages suspended in the bay’s mineral-rich water. The exhibition center covers the entire process — from the technique of nucleating an oyster with a foreign particle to provoke pearl production, through the two-to-five-year growth period, to the harvest, grading, and setting of the finished pearls. The Pearl Museum contains examples of Ha Long pearls across the color spectrum from white through cream to the rare peacock dark green-black that commands the highest prices in international markets.
15:30 — Return to Amanda Cruise Transfer back to the main vessel. The sundeck, the sauna room (complimentary), the foot bath basin in your cabin, or a massage (supplement) as the afternoon light shifts over the bay.
17:30 — Second Sunset Party & Cooking Class The evening ritual, second night. The chef teaches Bánh trôi — traditional Vietnamese drift cakes — as the bay turns gold around the vessel for the second and final time.
19:30 — Gala Dinner The main event of the second evening: the Gala Dinner on the sundeck, the full menu, the full bay, the full silence of Ha Long Bay at anchor on a clear night.
21:30 — Final Evening The Sky Bar, the night view over the water, and the particular mood of the last night on a bay that has earned its UNESCO designation.
DAY 3 – LUON CAVE | HA LONG BAY | RETURN
06:15 — Tai Chi on the Sundeck The final dawn on the bay. Three mornings of the same light, the same karsts, the same quality of silence — and it never becomes routine.
06:30 — Light Breakfast Tea, coffee, pastries, and fruit.
07:30 — Luon Cave | Bamboo Boat or Kayak The morning’s final excursion: Luon Cave — a low-arched water cave whose entrance requires crouching in the boat as the guide poles through into the hidden lagoon beyond. A circular route through the cave’s interior by bamboo boat or kayak, the limestone walls close on both sides, the water reflecting the formations above. This is the most intimate of Ha Long Bay’s accessible caves: small, quiet, and best experienced in the early morning before the day boats arrive.
09:30 — Check-out Return to the vessel, settle any additional charges, leave your luggage with the crew.
10:00 — Early Lunch Buffet A final meal on board before disembarkation.
11:00 — Tuan Chau Marina | Disembarkation Arrive at Tuan Chau Marina. Transfer back to Hanoi or onward to your next destination. Optional bicycle circuit of Tuan Chau Island for guests using the shuttle bus transfer.
Tour Inclusions
- 2 nights accommodation on board Amanda Cruise (5-star, ocean-view cabin, daily breakfast)
- Welcome drink and cold towel on embarkation
- 7 meals as per itinerary across 3 days
- 2 Gala Dinners on the sundeck (weather permitting)
- Herbal foot bath basin and herbal bags in cabin (complimentary)
- Fresh fruit in all cabins throughout
- Afternoon tea service and late-night complimentary menu
- Sung Sot Cave guided visit
- Titop Island summit hike and swimming
- Trinh Nu Cave kayak and swimming
- Ba Trai Dao Beach swimming and sunbathing
- Pearl Farm guided visit with museum
- Luon Cave bamboo boat or kayak excursion
- 2 sunset cooking classes: floating rice cakes and drift cakes
- Footsteps of Heritagetraditional costume fashion show
- Bamboo dancing activity
- Squid fishing experience
- WiFi on board
- Complimentary cabin decoration for special occasions
Tour Exclusions
- Transfers Hanoi–Ha Long (available separately)
- Beverages beyond complimentary menu
- Massage services (additional charge)
- Personal expenses and gratuities
Practical Information
Vessel: Amanda Cruise — 5-star, 25 ocean-view cabins, sundeck, Sky Bar, spa, Jacuzzi
Best Time to Travel: April – October (optimal visibility and swimming conditions)
Sun DMC Contact: For NET rates and B2B booking, contact your Sun DMC account manager.
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