Day 1
Excursions: Tuan Chau Island, Tung Sau Pearl Farm, Titop Island
Things to do: Kayaking, swimming, romantic dining, Canapé party
12:00 12:15 |
Arrival in Tuan Chau Island and check-in at Paradise Suites Hotel. Transfer to Paradise Elegance cruise by Electric cart. |
12:30 |
You will be given a short briefing about your cruise itinerary and safety regulations while sipping your welcome drink aboard the Paradise Elegance. |
13:00 – 14:30 |
Time to enjoy your lunch at Le Marin Restaurant while Paradise Elegance passes by beautiful islets of Halong Bay. |
15:45 – 16:45 |
Visit Tung Sau pearl farm. You will have the chance to explore the process of pearl cultivation or experience kayaking*. |
14:30 – 15:30 |
Visit Titop island – the island is named after the Russian cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov. You can either choose to hike the mountain to get an overview of Halong Bay or swim at the beach on the island. |
17:30 – 18:30 |
At sunset, Paradise Elegance will anchor overnight. Don’t miss the Happy Hour (buy 1 get 1 free) and Canapé at L’Odyssée Sundeck or Piano Lounge. This is also the perfect time to enjoy a live music performance by a Philippine band (if the weather allows). |
19:00 – 22:00 |
Savor your Western set Dinner, which is prepared by our talented chef, at Le Marin Restaurant. |
21:00 – 23:00 |
After dinner, indulge in drinks* at Piano Lounge, join the squid fishing at the back of the boat or enjoy fantastic movies in your cabin. |
Day 2
Excursions: Luon cave, Cua Van floating fishing village
Things to do:
06:30 |
Boost the energy for the new day with a Tai Chi session at L’Odyssée Sundeck. |
07:00–8:30 |
Enjoy a light breakfast with some freshly baked pastries, coffee, and tea at Le Marin Restaurant. |
09:00 |
Transfer to Paradise Explorer cruise to immerse yourself in the magnificent excursion in Ha Long Bay. |
10:00 – 11:00 | Visit Luon Cave boasting many exciting things, with a system of magnificent caves, a diverse ecosystem, and impressive scenery. Enjoy kayaking or bamboo boat here. |
11:00 – 12:00 | Enjoy the marvellous view on our sundeck whilst sipping some of the best cocktails* prepared by our talented bartenders. |
12:30 |
Time to enjoy your lunch onboard Paradise Explorer when the cruise passes by splendid scenic spots of Ha Long Bay such as Ho Dong Tien cave, Trong cave, Trinh Nu cave, Tien Ong grotto, Hang Dau islet, Hang Than islet, etc. |
14:00 | Visit Cua Van fishing village – the first floating cultural village model for fishers of the sea in Vietnam. |
15:30 – 16:00 | Back to Paradise Elegance cruise and enjoy the incredible voyage with our masterpiece cruise. |
17:00 | At sunset, Paradise Elegance will anchor overnight. |
17:15 – 19:00 |
Experience one of our two engaging activities: a cooking class on the nota- |
19:00 | Savour your Western set dinner featuring delightful dishes prepared by the talented chef. |
20:30 – 23:00 | After dinner, indulge in drinks* and a live music performance** at Piano Lounge, join the squid fishing at the back of the cruise, enjoy fantastic movies at Piano Lounge, and enjoy natural relaxing treatments at Le Parfum Spa*. |
Day 3
Excursions: Sung Sot Cave, Tuan Chau Island
Things to do: Practice Tai chi, explore cave
06:30 |
Boost the energy for the new day with a Tai Chi session at L’Odyssée Sundeck. |
07:00 |
Enjoy a light breakfast with some freshly baked pastries, coffee, and tea at Le Marin Restaurant. |
07:45 – 08:45 |
Visit Sung Sot cave – The most beautiful and largest cave in Halong Bay. Let your imagination run wide with stalactites and stalagmites at various shapes and sizes. At the end of the way out, you can have an amazing panoramic view from the viewpoint. |
08:50 |
Breakfast will be served at Le Marin Restaurant while the cruise passes by Thien Cung and Dau Go Cave and the Fighting Cock Islet. |
09:40 – 10:15 |
After breakfast, you may settle your bills and return the room keys at the reception area. Then you may enjoy your remaining moments at Piano Lounge or on the sundeck looking at the astonishing view of Halong Bay. |
10:15 – 10:30 |
Paradise Elegance returns to Tuan Chau Marina. You will disembark and finish your journey here. |
INCLUSIONS
• 3-day cruise itinerary and program
• 02 night in luxury cabin/suite with en-suite bathroom, air conditioning
• 02 breakfast/ 02 lunch/ 02 dinner and 01 light breakfast
• Two bottles of water in cabin daily
• Canapé
• Tai Chi session
• Onboard insurance, tax, and service charges
• Entrance and sightseeing fees
EXCLUSIONS
• Airfare & airport transfers
• Kayak services
• Visa arrangements
• Accommodation
• Transportation
• Beverages
• Massage, spa treatments
• Tips and other expenses not mentioned in inclusions
Our Paradise Cruise during our honeymoon was wonderful. In particular, Jade and Marion were very friendly and accommodating, responding to any questions we had about our room, meals and tours. They made our stay on the cruise all the more comfortable. Every excursion we did was enjoyable.
A wonderful experience on the Paradise Peak. Excellent accommodation and food. We booked a premium cabin which had its own private balcony, which was really good. Our butler Hayden was so friendly and helpful, making sure we had everything we needed for our time on the boat and for the excursions. He remembered our food and drink choices and anticipated our needs before we asked.
Would highly recommend. If you can spare the time do the 3 days, 2 nights. We got to see so much more of the bay with fewer boats.
The back massages were excellent.
We went on the 3 day 2 nights Halong Bay cruise with Paradise Elegance and it was amazing experience
Met wonderful crew – Marion (manager), Chad,(asst mgr) July (singer) and Andith (butler)
What a great experience. Highly recommended!
Such an unforgettable memory in Elegance 1. When i started to prepare for going to Ha Long Bay by Elegance 1, i admit that i dont have too much praise because i have gone there before. Mr Adonis such a helpful people as always talk and share everything with me. When i have fever, he brought medicine and water for me even that time is midnight. I want to send my thanksgiving from my bottom of my heart to him. Hope him always have life full of joys, love and successes. I will miss him so much, exactly!!!
We took a 2-night Luxury cruise as part of a Virgin Holidays Tour. The whole experience was fantastic. The scenery is amazing making every moment worthwhile. The food was fantastic at every meal, with great quality and good portions. The activities were interesting especially the cave tour and the island tour where we were able to climb to the top of the hill to get some great views. These were typically quite short giving time to enjoy the boat. As expected the cabin was small leaving little room for suitcases, but was very comfortable with effective aircon and a good sized shower.
We took out the drinks package which I would only recommend if you enjoy wine with lunch and dinner, otherwise a pay-as-you-go approach might be better.
The staff were all very good, especially our waitress ‘Chloe’.
The only negative was that when it came time to checkout none of their card machines would work until we got to shore, resulting in a big queue of frustrated passengers.