Mon Cheri Cruise Lan Ha Bay: A Luxurious Adventure with Vela Vietnam Travel

8:20 – 8:50 A limousine bus picks the guests up at your hotel in the old quarter or at No 34
Hoa Ma, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi. (There would be an additional charge for a
shuttle bus if it booked from Hanoi).

12:00 The crew members of Mon Cheri Cruise will welcome you at No.34, Tuan
Chau Marina, Quang Ninh.

12:30 You will be taken aboard our support vessel and travel from the wharf via the
bay to board our luxurious craft, Mon Chéri Cruise. Itinerary briefing is
announced during this time.

13.00 Welcome fresh drinks, wet towels and a special lunch of fresh food and an
assortment of appetizing delicacies will be served. You will be enchanted
when decadently dining on our luxury junk. Life just doesn’t get better than
this! We then set sail for Lan Ha Bay – A member of the World’s Most
Beautiful Bays. Enjoy the delicious luncheon of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing

15:30 Visiting Tra Bau area where has known as an area famous for its unspoiled,
poetic natural beauty and attractive seascape of Lan Ha Bay. This is the best
time for kayaking to discover the truest beauty of the limestone islands.
Immerse yourself in the emerald green water of the bay or enjoy the Jacuzzi
pool on the Mon Chéri Cruises.

17:30 – 18:30 Joining us for Cooking demonstration to learn how to make one of the most
famous Vietnamese cuisines, the spring rolls. Or reach the top deck of cruise
where the guests can admire the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin.
Enjoy a Happy Hour time – BUY ONE GET ONE FREE at the bar. It is an
ideal time for photography enthusiasts to capture the greatest moment of sunset
over Lan Ha Bay.

19.30 Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served by our skillful chef.

This is a delightful meal in an intimate romantic setting.

21:00 – 22.00 Relax and sip the exotic cocktails and drinks at the sky bar (with surcharge).
Indulge yourself with spa service (optional) or simply relax on the top deck just
under the cover of a brightly illuminated sky.
Or try to get your luck at the squid fishing on the main deck.

6:00 Begin the day full of energy with the Tai Chi session and enjoy the sunrise over

the bay.

6:45 – 7.15 Breakfast is served at the restaurant.
8:00 – 8:30 The guests are transferred to a day trip boat and set sail for the further Lan Ha
Bay – cruising along the peaceful and quiet nature of the bay. Or you are free to
relax on cruise if you do not like to move for a day trip.

10:30 – 11:00 After reaching Viet Hai jetty, the guest will have a great experience in cycling
or having a ride on an e-cart to Viet Hai village through the tropical rainforest
canopy and towering limestone mountains, also surrounded by the green.
Learn about the villager’s daily life and how people built and lived in the
bamboo thatched houses; the earthen walls are made of straw and mud covered
with trellis, forming walls to block rain and wind.

12:15 – 13:30 Return to the day trip boat and enjoy lunch at the restaurant while the boat is

cruising to the kayaking and swimming spot.

13:30 Explore the secluded and quiet lagoon by kayaks or having a swim off the boat

is a great fun.

16:30 Head back to the Mon Cheri Cruises to relax. Have a soak in the Jacuzzi mini

pool. Enjoy the music and your favorite drinks by the pool.

17:30 – 18:30 Enjoy “happy hour” on the deck and BUY ONE GET ONE FREE. Watch the

sunset falling on the bay.
Attend the cooking demonstration to learn the different type of the Vietnamese
spring rolls.

19:30 Dinner is served at the Mon Cheri Cruises restaurant.
21:00 – 22:00 Enjoy the nightlife of the bay from the deck. Immerse yourself in music. Taste
some cocktail at the bar. Otherwise, you can go for the squid fishing with the
sailors or simply relax in the room and watch Ha Long Bay from the balcony.

6:00 Begin the day full of energy with the Tai Chi session and enjoy the sun just

rising up beyond the horizon.

6:45 – 7:15 Breakfast is served while cruising back to Gia Luan jetty. (Breakfast time

maybe adjust and follow the real itinerary)

7:30 – 9:00 You will join the tour of Cat Ba World Biosphere by transshipment. It takes 30
minutes to transfer from Gia Luan to Trung Trang – one of the most impressive
caves in Cat Ba island, Vietnam. The limestone cave has thousands of talactites
in various shapes, offering geological values with a typical cave ecosystem.
9:30 Return to the main boat from the cave and the guests will do the cabin check

out. Luggage is placed outside of the cabin.
Lunch is served at the restaurant. Settle the bar bill by the desk at the restaurant
(if any)

10:30 – 11:00 Disembark the Mon Cheri Cruises and transferred back to Block #34, Big Bay

group terminal, Tuan Chau Marina. Relax and wait for the luggage.

11:30 – 12:00 The guests are ready at Tuan Chau Marina.