Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park
Go to Cat Ba Island, please do not overlook the Kayaking experience to sightseeing or exploring the wild islands. Photo: Gabor tokes

Northern Vietnam has 7 places that Vietnamese we like best. We came these places and want to come back. As for people who never ever visited  these places, they wish they have a chance to arrive in these places in order to contemplate the beauty of nature. These  places are:

1. Ha Giang Karst Plateau (this place has the most beautiful imposing scene in Vietnam)

2. Ban Gioc fall (this fall is the most beautiful fall in Vietnam)

3. Sapa town and Fansipan mountain (these are towns of minorities)

4. Moc Chau farm (here, there are many plantations, pastures and wild flower hills)

5. Cat Ba island (this island is nearby Halong bay)

6. Co To island and Quan Lan island (these island are nearby Ha Long bay too)

7. Hoa Lu ancient capital, Trang An, Ninh Binh province

The Strait on Lan Ha Bay
The Strait on Lan Ha Bay

Supposing that young people in Hanoi are allowed to choose, they will choose places include: Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha Giang Province, Moc Chau Farm, Sapa Town, Co To and Quan Lan Island.

They don’t want to come back Ha Long bay and Cat Ba. The reason is these places have services and tours that are very expensive. Sometimes, they feel it’s no worth spending money on services quality in here, although there are many landscapes very beautiful.

As for the well-to-do families, they will miss Cat Ba to visit the more famous tourist resorts, such as Nha Trang, Phan Thiet- Mui Ne, Da Nang, Hoi An

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park
Cat Co 3 beaches in Cat Ba

From my point of view, I still want to come back Cat Ba Town as I want to come back Co To and Quan Lan Island too.

If prices are a bit cheaper and services quality are a bit better, I believe that Cat Ba will be chosen to come back by many citizens in Hanoi.

However, I realize that almost tourists who arrive at Hanoi, then they want to reach 3 places: Sapa (to go up to the forest), Ha Long bay and Cat Ba Island and National Park (to go down to the sea).

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park
Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park

Cat Ba town, which has Lan Hạ bay, this place is the same as Ha Long bay (because both of them have a general continental shelf and the marine geology of them are the same). However, the distance from Hanoi to Cat Ba is closer so much than the distance from Hanoi to Ha Long.

What are the reasons for many foreigners want to arrive in Cat Ba Island Vietnam?

I don’t know what your hobbies are, whether you want to come Cat Ba and the reason what you want to come this place. However, some foreigners come from USA, Germany and France who have told me that they want to come Cat Ba because there are many small seasides that are beautiful, seawater is very clean.

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park
Mountain climbing in Cat Ba. Photo: new.zing.vn

I want to tell you the thing that Cat Ba island locate very distant with mainland (Hai Phong city), it takes you about 3 hours to reach this place (contain both of driving car or motorbike and taking the ferry), Cat Ba island aren’t under any rivers that fall alluvia to the sea influence, so the seawater is very crystal clear.

The important thing, in this island, there are many small waists of mountain that form airtight and safe beaches. The sand on the island is very white, smooth and clean.

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park
Snout otter is the specialty in Cat Ba, just in this place

About the price, perhaps it is expensive with me but it may be cheap with you. So, you should go to Cat Ba island and town.

You can book seats for a tour from Hanoi to Cat Ba. The streets locate in the centre of Hanoi Old Quarter, such as Ta Hien, Ma May, Hang Bac, Luong Ngoc Quyen… have many travel service business companies that ready organize tours in order to bring you from Hanoi to Cat Ba.

If you want to go to Cat Ba by motorbike, you will reduce a considerable amount of price.

If you buy a tour to travel Cat Ba, the travel company will through arrange for you: vehicle, hotel, restaurant. If you want to go to Cat Ba by your motorbike, let’s choose a cheap hotel on Cat Ba island. The price to book a room in hotel in Cat Ba town consist:

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park
Relax in Cat Ba National Park. Photo: vnexpress.net

Luxury type: from 600.000 to 900.000 Vietnam dong (two or three stars hotel) and 1,1 millions to 3 millions Vietnam dong (four or five stars hotel or resort)

Normal type: from 300 thousands to 600 thousands Vietnam dong (that is equivalent 150- 300USD)

If you can’t find by yourselves, let’s contact with me by the address on this website, I will introduce you to the best place with a good price. My email: hanoiweather@gmail.com

Tours from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - Town & National Park
On the highest mountain in the Cat Ba Island with panoramic view. Photo: Tran Viet Anh

The price of room in hotel in Cat Ba is just expensive in summers (it is travel season in Vietnam), that contains May, June and July. In winters (in November, December, January and February), nobody in Hanoi wants to go to Cat Ba, so the prices of room is very cheap, it discounts by half.

I don’t know what season you want to travel to Cat Ba Island Vietnam, but at Cat Ba town, I saw many foreigners, such as USA, British, Australian, Spanish… who come here in both of  summer and winter season.

From Cat Ba Island, you can combine with discovery Ha Long or opposite, from Ha Long, let’s go to Cat Ba in Hai Phong city.