
Dinner on deck in Lan Ha Bay
Cat Ba seafood under the stars, in a cove where the boat anchors alone.

Hải Phòng · Vietnam
The secret bay of kayaks and coves
Lan Ha Bay — the secret bay of kayaks and coves. In Hải Phòng province, in Northern Vietnam, it is one of the stops our travel designers weave into your tailor-made journeys, at a pace that suits you.
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Nearby places: Cat Ba Island, Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay, Bac Giang
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Cat Ba seafood under the stars, in a cove where the boat anchors alone.

Paddle beneath limestone arches into inner lagoons reachable at low tide.
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Journeys that pass through here

The Temple of Literature with a calligrapher, water puppets, Ninh Binh and a night cruising Lan Ha Bay, with kayaking in the lagoons.

Eight days: ca trù in a Hanoi communal house, a night on Lan Ha Bay, Trang An, then two eco-lodge nights and a walk down the Muong Hoa valley.

Saigon to Hanoi in ten days: lunch with a Mekong family, two nights in Hoi An, the Hai Van Pass, the night train from Hue and a night on the bay.

South through storied cities, emerald bays and village waterways, guided by local flavours and quiet discoveries.

The country south to north in fifteen days: Cu Chi, a night with a family in the delta, three days in Hoi An with My Son, Hue, Ninh Binh and Ha Long.

Saigon to Hanoi in fifteen days, privately and with more time with people: Apsara dance at My Son, two nights with a White Thai family in Mai Chau, ca trù in Hanoi.
Fourteen days, three countries: Hanoi and Lan Ha Bay, Hoi An and Hue, the monks' morning alms round in Luang Prabang, then Angkor through the east gate.

Twelve days designed for three generations: the bay by kayak, Hoi An by bike, the beach on Phu Quoc.

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