You’ve engaged for a good deal and start expecting an interesting cruise trip on Halong Bay. However, the weather suddenly becomes bad, the cruise is cancelled; what should you do to deal with that? And for the fact that the situation occurs quite often, especially during the summer from August to September, you would better keep in mind these following suggestions.

Travelers to Vietnam usually put Halong Bay on their bucket list aside from other attractions in northern Vietnam such as Hanoi, Sapa, Ninh Binh, Mai Chau and they usually spend around 1 week to visit the North then move to the Central or South. “How much time should I spend at Halong Bay” is always a big question needed to be solved to help visitors visit maximum places within a constrained schedule of 1 week. These below are popular options that you can consider.

Halong Bay has quite distinct climates depending on the time you travel here, so to ensure you are preparing the essentials for your Vietnam holidays why not take a look at some packing tips of the travel guide below.

Traveling to Halong Bay, like many other places in Vietnam, is known for using cash as the best way to go around. Within the tourist places, there might be places that accept US dollar bills if you happen to run out of VND notes.

Halong Bay with thousands of caves and islets, is also famous for its abundance of nutritious and delicious varieties of seafood like crab, prawn, fish, or sea-snail. Gourmets who come to Halong Bay can hardly resist the taste of fresh Halong seafood. However, there is always risk of food poisoning hidden in seafood.