Oriental Sails Cruise

The Cruise

3 Days / 2 Nights aboard the Oriental Sails Cruise.

One of the last traditional wooden junks working Ha Long - built in 2009, renovated in 2014, forty metres and eighteen cabins over three decks. Small, unpretentious, and a different thing entirely from the steel hotels moored alongside it.

Highlights

What makes it special.

18 cabins · one grade, around 14.5m², double or twin
A genuine wooden junk, not a steel hull dressed as one
Restaurant for forty, an upper-deck bar and an open sundeck
Sung Sot, Ti Top, Luon Cave - and Lan Ha by day boat on the 3-day

Cabins & Suites

Where you'll stay aboard.

Deluxe Double

14m² · 1 Double bed · Sea view

A 14m² cabin with wooden interiors, rattan furnishings, panoramic windows and an en-suite bathroom with a standing shower.

Deluxe Twin

14m² · 2 Single beds · Sea view

A 14m² twin cabin with wooden interiors, panoramic windows, a stocked mini-bar and an en-suite bathroom with shower.

The Itinerary

3 Days / 2 Nights, hour by hour.

Day 1

Ha Long International Port - Sung Sot Cave - Titop Island

12:00-12:30Arrive at Ha Long International Cruise Port, Bai Chay; board, take a welcome drink and the safety briefing, and check into your cabin.

13:15Lunch as the ship cruises out to anchor near Titop Island.

15:00-16:00Sung Sot Cave, the Surprise Cave, with a guide.

16:00-17:00Titop Island - the climb to the summit, or the beach.

17:20Back onboard for the sunset and happy hour.

18:00A cooking demonstration with the chef.

19:00-21:00Dinner is served.

21:00-22:00Squid fishing, karaoke, or the quiet of the deck.

Day 2

Lan Ha Bay - Dark & Bright Cave - Ba Trai Dao - Pearl Farm

06:30-07:00Tai Chi on the sundeck.

07:00-08:00Breakfast onboard.

08:00Step across to a small day boat and leave the Titop anchorage for Lan Ha Bay.

10:30An hour and a half at the Dark & Bright Cave, by kayak or bamboo boat.

11:30Lunch onboard.

12:30-13:45Swimming at Ba Trai Dao, the Three Peaches.

14:45-15:25The pearl farm exhibition centre and museum on the way back.

17:00-19:00Happy hour on the sundeck.

19:00Dinner onboard.

21:00Squid fishing, a film, or a book.

Day 3

Ha Long Bay - Luon Cave - Bai Chay

06:30Tai Chi on the sundeck.

07:00-08:00Breakfast onboard.

08:00-09:00Luon Cave, by sampan or by kayak - your choice.

09:00Back onboard to shower and pack.

09:30Check out; the ship turns for the Bai Chay Bridge.

10:50A late brunch as the bridge goes by.

11:30-11:45Disembark and conclude the cruise.

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The Cruise

Highlights

Cabins & Suites

The Itinerary

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