How long to spend on the water
Roughly seven of the hours in any Ha Long trip are spent in a vehicle. That figure does not change whether you stay one night or two, which is the single most useful thing to know when you are choosing between them.
Three lengths
Ha Long Bay cruises, 2 days and 1 night
The standard trip, and the right one for most people. Roughly twenty-four hours from pier to pier, of which about six are genuinely on open water.
91 publishedHa Long Bay cruises, 3 days and 2 nights
The second night is where the bay stops being a day trip. It also doubles the road time you have already paid for, which is the real argument in its favour.
87 publishedHa Long Bay day trips from Hanoi
Out and back in one day. Pickup in Hanoi between seven and eight, back between half past seven and nine in the evening, with five and a half to eight hours on most shared boats and about seven in a vehicle. The day boats are their own fleet, run by the same companies that sell the overnight cruises.
0 publishedStill deciding how many days to book? Our guide tohow many days to spend on Ha Long Baysets two days against three.