18 Aug 2024
I went on the Ha Long Bay 1 night 2 day cruise. I personally don't think it's worth doing the 2days, a whole day is wasted and for travelers this is a big deal as we could be doing something else on that day.
The second day lunch was served on the boat at 10.30am, to then get back to the harbour by 12, get the bus and be back in town around 4.30pm/5pm. A whole day wasted! All because they are using one bus, we had to wait for this one bus to pick up ppl who were starting the cruise when they got dropped off then we jumped on to that bus to start our commute back. and because the driver has been driving all these hours on our way back we had to stop for his lunch break / toilet break, they took a different route back (a longer way) to fit in another tourist trap stop in the massive souvenir shop - which made our trip back even longer. The beach we had stopped at in the morning of the second day was not a clear and nice beach to swim in, in my opinion.
It was nice to see Ha Long Bay, but honestly 1 day will suffice, because you can't really swim in these waters !