Technical Tour to Ha Long Bay

One day technical tour to Ha Long Bay, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site is included in the registration fee for international participants. Preregistration is however required. Accompanying persons and local participants are welcome to attend, but need to register separately.

Note: You can extend you stay in Ha Long Bay with one night. This option includes an overnight on a deluxe junk. See details on this web site.

Programme of technical tour to Ha Long Bay

Click picture for bigger format. Full-day Hanoi – Ha Long bay with deluxe seafood lunch
Time: Thursday 22 October 2009
Fee: Included in registration fee of international participants.

Pick up at your hotel (conference hotels only) 07:00, drive to Ha Long City. Short break on the way.
Arrive in Ha Long at 11:00. Board the boat to enjoy a four hour cruise on the bay. (Note: There will be several boats so the busses and boats are numbered with same number.) During the cruise visit the Thien Cung cave (The cave of the heavenly - famous for its stalagmites and stalactites) which has been open to public since 1998. Visitors then admire the newly - discovered Dau Go grotto (wooden stakes deep inside the cave prior to a battle with an invading Mongol army). Deluxe seafood lunch on boat.
Boat ride back to Ha Long City arriving 16:00. Drive back to Hanoi and arrive your hotel in Hanoi at 20:00.

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