The Red River - Ha Long Bay waterway tour has been exploited by Pandaw Vietnam Co., Ltd. for many years. This is also a company with a tourist boat fleet operating on the Mekong River, taking tourists to explore the landmarks in the Mekong Delta and Cambodia.
The Red River - Ha Long Bay tour operated by this company lasts about 11 days each trip, with routes passing through rivers belonging to Hanoi, old Hai Duong, Hai Phong, old Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Viet Tri... and Ha Long Bay.
On the yacht, visitors can explore typical destinations of Northern Vietnam by river route, downstream of the Red River delta and its main branches, connecting the wonder of Ha Long Bay with the vibrant pace of life in the center of Hanoi, and then continue to go deeper into the inland - lands with very few tourist footprints. This is a harmonious combination of beautiful natural landscapes, lively and interesting river life, and experiencing exploring rivers that have almost no tourist boats operating.
The journey also takes visitors deep into the highlands of Vietnam, exploring mountain villages and many residential areas of ethnic minorities. The yacht will go as far as possible along the flow of the Red River, then down the Da River. This is a real river exploration, so the route and time can change significantly depending on the actual local conditions.
According to the schedule, on the 1st day, tourists move from Hanoi to Tuan Chau - where the inter-provincial and city tourist train is waiting.
On the 2nd day, tourists visit Ha Long Bay, visit Viet Hai fishing village (Cat Ba), visit raft houses...
On the 3rd day, tourists continue to visit Ha Long Bay and Lan Ha Bay. In the afternoon, the boat leaves Ha Long Bay, enters the river and anchors near Hai Phong.
On the 4th day, the boat takes tourists into the Kinh Thay River; visiting Thanh Ha commune, walking in the village and enjoying a private water puppet show by the lotus pond and poetic fountains. The boat continues its journey until late at night and anchors in the middle of the river.
On the 5th day, the ship moved downstream of the Red River and Day River; visited Dien Xa bonsai village, met local artisans and learned about bonsai art. The ship continued its journey on the Day River towards Ninh Binh.
On the 6th day, the ship continued its journey downstream of the Red River and Day River; visited Co Chat village (formerly Nam Dinh), learned about traditional handicraft silk weaving and visited the local market with many rich products.
On Friday, visitors visit Pham Phao village - where many generations in a family make and repair traditional musical instruments.
On Saturday, continue to explore the Red River Delta region, the ship heads towards Ninh Binh and anchors in Khanh Thien village; visits Phat Diem Stone Church; explores Khanh Thien village by bicycle or local vehicle...
On the 8th day, explore "Ha Long on land" in Ninh Binh, take bamboo boats through majestic limestone caves. After that, the delegation returned to the boat and went down the Red River to Hanoi. Visiting the highlights of the Capital such as Hoa Lo Prison, Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam and the area of President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, Hanoi Old Quarter...
On the 9th day, visiting Bat Trang pottery village, then, the ship continued its journey upstream of the Red River to Viet Tri. On the way, the delegation went ashore to visit villages and ancient temples such as Thay Pagoda and Tay Phuong Pagoda.
Day 10, visit the traditional conical hat making village, Duong Lam ancient village, Ly Nhan blacksmithing village.
On the 11th day, the ship continued downstream. After breakfast, tourists went ashore to visit temples and pagodas, enjoy traditional folk songs and explore the ancient village. After lunch, the bus took tourists to the center of Hanoi or Noi Bai International Airport and ended the journey.
The price of this tour is up to thousands of USD/person.
According to representatives of the Waterway Port Authority and Inland Waterway Vehicle Registration of Quang Ninh province, on average, this tourist boat will return to Ha Long Bay every half month.
Currently, there are more research and survey units to add more tourist boats to exploit this special waterway tour.
