15 Jan 2020
Our tour guide was Huan and the driver was Ha.
We had a beautiful day on the water. The weather wasn’t too hot and it was slightly overcast, but the perfect temperature for all the walking within the tour. We were picked up from our hotel and later dropped off, and there was a full 12 hours of exploring. We had a 3 hour drive to get to Ha Long Bay with a stop part way at a Pearl Museum. We then took a one hour boat cruise on a very comfortable boat to the “Amazing Caves” Huan kept everyone on track for timing and did a great job at giving us some history on the caves. After that it was Titov Mountain where we walked up 420 steps for the beautiful views of Ha Long Bay! (Best part!) our final stop was a bamboo boat ride around the caves where we saw some monkeys! It was really jam packed, but felt relaxing. I would highly recommend Huan and the tour company. If you have more time, take a longer cruise, but we only had one day so this was perfect. The food was also amazing on the boat!