On weekends, Tuan Chau port is bustling with tourists. Passenger buses line up in groups, sometimes making it difficult to move. Cruise ships of all sizes sometimes bob up and down on the waves from the bay, eager to welcome each wave of visitors to Ha Long.
That is just a small corner in the whole picture of a weekend morning in this heritage land. Weekend trips of only two or three days sometimes limit the time to visit. Many visitors want to linger longer to enjoy the beauty of the bay as well as enjoy the peaceful feeling that the landscape here brings.
So in a short and crowded time, how to have a complete experience when coming to Ha Long Bay? Travellive will bring you the following suggestions.
View Ha Long Bay from above
If there is one way to effectively enjoy the poetic beauty of Ha Long Bay, it can only be through the perspective of birds. From this perspective, visitors will see the most beautiful shades of green that nature has bestowed on the landscape here.
You will see the majestic limestone mountains suddenly shrink, arranged in layers, stretching to infinity. You will be moved to know that those deep green stripes, dotted on the emerald sea, separating the earth from the sky, have existed here for the past 5 million years, never changing their proud beauty.
The beauty of Ha Long Bay from above from a seaplane
You can also see that Ha Long is gradually changing its appearance to become a tourist city with developing infrastructure, many luxury resorts and entertainment areas are built to serve the increasing needs of tourists. But besides that, Ha Long still does not forget to preserve its heritage. The above two factors create a harmonious scene of both nature and modernity that visitors can only feel when viewed from above.
Seaplane before takeoff
Currently, if you want to have this experience, you can enjoy it by seaplane or helicopter. Both services operate 24/7 with fixed time slots.
Body-mind-soul tourism in Ha Long Bay
Wellness tourism, also known as body-mind-spirit tourism, has recently appeared in Vietnam and has become a new tourism trend that is gaining attention. This is a form of tourism that helps heal the soul, helps you return to your inner self, listen to your inner voice by sharing, practicing meditation, yoga or eating healthy foods.
View of a yoga session welcoming the sunrise on Ha Long Bay.
Besides, location is also a very important part of healing trips. Because quiet space, fresh air, especially closeness to nature are extremely effective catalysts for the process of purifying body-mind-spirit. Those adjectives also seem to be used to describe Ha Long Bay.
Combined with enjoying the majestic scenery of the bay by cruise, wellness tourism activities partly complement the cruise vacation program of tourists.
Practicing yoga in the fresh air of Ha Long Bay helps to enhance the healing effect.
Body care activities start at dawn. This is a time that many people may miss because of the busy pace of urban life. In the warm dawn right on the bay, visitors will be guided through yoga, breathing exercises, and mind-reset. Above all, surrounded by nature, our minds become calm, thereby shaking off the pressures after many long days of work and study.
Ha Long Bay is an ideal destination for medical tourism.
Not only do you have activities on the cruise, you can also visit Cat Ba Island, practice meditation at some of the cruise's docking points such as Ba Men Temple, Trinh Nu Cave... or immerse yourself in the cool, clear water of Lan Ha Bay in the afternoons when the sunset is about to fall.
Camping on the bay
Ha Long Bay has more than 1,000 large and small islands and tourists have at least heard of the names: Tuan Chau Island, Ti Top Island, Bo Hon Island, Cat Ba Island... There are also islands that, although small, have fine white sand beaches, becoming ideal beaches for tourists such as Ba Trai Dao Beach.
These sandy beaches are not only ideal for swimming but also for camping right in the bay. Tourists will bring camping equipment, food... from the cruise ship down to the beach and enjoy a day living in harmony with nature.
Simple camping equipment was brought to the island.
If lucky, visitors can also see the sunset on the bay while relaxing with family and friends, enjoying fresh seafood, which is a strong point of Ha Long.
Note when coming to Ha Long in summer:
- The weather in Ha Long in the summer is quite hot. Tourists need to equip themselves with effective sun protection measures such as: sweat-absorbent jackets, sunscreen, hats, sunglasses, hand fans, etc.
- Visitors should bring drinking water to avoid dehydration due to the weather.
- Tourists enjoying the scenery of Ha Long Bay by seaplane should take note of measures to avoid seasickness.
- When you finish camping, you need to clean up your trash before leaving the island.
