Bhaya Premium cruise

Bhaya Premium Cruise Halong Bay offers a premium sharing experience for passengers to visit Halong Bay’s most famous sites as well as secluded gems on ships limited to just 3-5 cabins with some of the highest crew-to-passenger ratios on the bay for extra attentive service.

1. About Bhaya Premium Cruise Halong Bay

The Bhaya Premium Cruise Line is a fleet of five, small and intimate, boutique ships, offering 1-night shared and 2-night private charter itineraries through Halong Bay and the less crowded but equally beautiful Lan Ha Bay in Northern Vietnam, with a strong focus on privacy and luxury.

Bhaya Premium Cruise was launched in April 2015, featuring small and intimate boat that places a strong focus on privacy and luxury. The cruise has anywhere between 3 and 7 cabins allowing small group or couples on honeymoon to enjoy extra care from staff.

All cabins have balcony and have average size of 20 sqm. Triple cabin is availble allowing family with children or group of 3 friends to find more option to stay. Connecting cabins are available on request.

These classic, oriental styled, masted, Indochine junk boats range in size from just 3 to a maximum 7 cabins and based on your group size and availability you will be assigned one of the vessels upon booking.

Overview (05 cabin cruise):

• Number of Ship: 01
• Length: 26,50m
• Width: 6,3m
• Depth: 1,2m
• Crew: 10
• Passenger cabins: 05
• Passenger berths: 10
• Build: 2014

03 cabin cruise:

• Number of Ship: 03
• Length: 27,85m
• Width: 6,25m
• Depth: 2,05m
• Crew: 7
• Passenger cabins: 03
• Passenger berths: 6
• Build: 2011-2012

2. Bhaya Premium Cruise Halong Bay Activities

On the Bhaya Premium Cruise Halong, visitors will discover:

2.1 Life On Board

With 7 crew members on the 3-cabin boat, and 10 crew members on the 4, 5, 6 & 7-cabin boats, the Bhaya Premium fleet offer high crew-to-passenger ratios, allowing small groups or couples on honeymoon to enjoy extra attentive service and care from the staff. One of the great features of Bhaya Premium cabins is that they each have the capacity to hold triple occupancy with the addition of a rollout bed, and all enjoy a private balcony with a sitting area, providing a comfortable space to view Halong Bay’s spectacular seascapes.

The Bhaya Premium’s sundeck, restaurant & bar are also ideal places to enjoy views of the passing scenery and spend some time with your travel companions. With the largest of these Bhaya Premium boats accommodating a maximum of only 16 overnight passengers, and the smallest just 6, you are guaranteed a personal experience and an intimate, warm atmosphere for taking in Halong Bay’s spectacular scenery.

You can practice Tai Chi on the sundeck as the sun rises over the acclaimed UNESCO Heritage Site. This low-impact, slow-motion, dance-like form of martial arts is often described as “meditation in motion” and is a very relaxing type of exercise. Also onboard, you can observe cooking and fruit carving demonstrations by the chef and try your hand at creating authentic Vietnamese dishes.

The onboard dining room serves fusion style cuisine: international, seafood, Asian and classic Vietnamese. Meals are served buffet style, or from an a la carte menu or a set menu. Kids’ meals and special dietary requirements are catered for.

2.2 On Shore & Water Activities

Shore and water activities include kayaking and swimming, squid fishing, and visits to caves. In fact, you can kayak through caves into stunning bays. Explore Sung Sot Cave, the largest cave inside Halong Bay with 12,000 square yards of space home to thousands of stalactites and stalagmites. As the light streams across the water and makes flickering patterns on the inside of the cave, it looks as if the formations are coming to life.

Another amazing experience is a visit to Thien Canh Son Cave, which is a vast cavern comprising three main chambers with an access path hidden under the forest canopy. Formations inside the cave are said to resemble a lotus, a baby elephant, seals, and flowers.

Meanwhile, the Vung Vieng floating village is where the local people have lived for generations drifting on the sea. Anchored together, they weather through rising tides, crashing storms, and an ever-changing world. The people here are fishermen, and their lives are intrinsically tied to the ocean. They have built boats and floating homes that provide their shelter, their transportation, and their culture. The village is ideally explored by kayak or in a traditional rowing boat.

Halong Bay is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous regions in Vietnam, consisting of a series of amazing limestone islands, caves, isolated bays, pristine beaches and pretty inlets. Lan Ha Bay to the south features the same majestic vista of towering karst outcrops that tourists typically associate with Halong but with a conspicuous absence of crowds. Whichever itinerary you choose, a Bhaya Premium Cruise offers an intimate experience, perfect for small groups, families, couples, and solo travelers.

3. Bhaya Premium Cruise Halong Bay Destination

The area’s exceptional scenic beauty is a result of its limestone karst towers, now islands, which come in the form of spectacular pillars and are marked by a variety of coastal erosion features such as arches and caves which only add to the majestic natural scenery.

Halong Bay has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site twice, in 1994 and 2000. Cruises bring visitors to caves, beaches and lagoons, all amidst Halong Bay’s iconic and magnificent vistas.

3.1 Trinh Nu Beach & Cave

Deep within the heart of Halong Bay, within the picturesque Bo Hon Archipelago, lies Trinh Nu Cave, known to many as the “Virgin Cave”. Just 3 km to the southeast of Sung Sot Cave, a visit to the Trinh Nu Cave blends the spellbinding natural beauty of Halong Bay with the quaint folklore imprint of Vietnamese heritage.

3.2 Sung Sot Cave

Halong Bay’s largest and most famous cave, Sung Sot Cave consists of two major chambers. The first, comparable to a theatre hall, features numerous stalactites hanging from the ceiling. From here a narrow passageway leads to the massive second chamber, where a flow of natural light brightens the surfaces of a space roomy enough to hold thousands of people.

Sung Sot Cave’s 10,000 square meters of space hold thousands of stalactites and stalagmites, and are threaded by a 500-meter paved passageway.

3.3 Tung Sau Pearl Farm

Pearl farming has been going on for around 4,000 years but this particular pearl farm in Tung Sau, an isolated region of water in Halong, was newly founded in 1995. By combining the Japanese techniques in honing the pearl beauty with the Vietnamese’s dexterity, the pearls from this farm stand out.

Surrounded by cascading mountains that jut out from the jewel-colored waters of the bay, this place is where Halong Bay’s traditional marine culture meets modern craftsmanship.

3.4 Cua Van Fishing Village

Cua Van floating village is exceptional as it is home to generations of fishing families and a lot of the residents never depart. It offers the opportunities to enjoy rowing boat by the local people around the village while watching how the locals live on their floating house.

3.5 Tien Ong Cave

Among Halong Bay’s less well known treasures is Tien Ong Cave, its many timeless stalactites and stalagmites located amidst the pristine landscapes of Cai Tai Island, some 20km from Halong City.

The mouth of the cave, 50m wide and 10m high, leads to a massive underground dome of some 1,000 square meters. Archaeologists have discovered fossilized animal bones, pottery shards, shells and ancient tools in Tien Ong, indicating that the cave was inhabited around 8,000-10,000 years ago.

3.6 Titov Island

Titov Island is a well-known destination in Halong Bay for the scenery it offers and its white sand beach. Although Titov is a small island, the established path up to the peak offers visitors the chance to take in a magnificent panoramic view over Halong Bay – at the cost of climbing a lot of stairs!

After you’ve conquered the peak, lay back on Titov’s crescent of white sand or take a relaxing dip in the emerald waters. A great off-board excursion for a bit of climbing and a bit of relaxing, it is no wonder so many people remember Titov Island.

3.7 Luon Cave

Upon passing through the cave, you enter a tranquil, round lagoon which is ringed by steep stone walls and luxuriant foliage. Monkeys leap to a fro on the cliffs, which also host benjamin fig (ficus) trees and a variety of orchids. Shrimp, fish, crab and cuttle-fish thrive in the protected environment of this lagoon.

3.8 Me Cung Cave

Me Cung Cave, located on Lom Bo Island some 2 kilometres southwest of Titop Island, has numerous chambers linked by small passageways often just large enough for one person to pass through at a time. Me Cung Cave is notable as the site of archaeological evidence of prehistoric life in this area.

Initial scientific explorations of the cave revealed piles of freshwater seashells along with fossilized animal remains. Experts believe the cave was inhabited some 7,000 to 10,000 years ago by a Stone Age culture using the bay as a food source.

3.9 Dau Go Cave

The three chambers of Dau Go Cave, spreading over some 5,000 square meters, are located just 300 meters from Thien Cung Cave, and the two are usually visited together. The beauty of Dau Go Cave is in its ancient and mossy appearance.

Its first vaulted chamber resembles a large opera hall, with the colours and shapes of its formations representing a harmonious design. The middle and rear chambers of Dau Go are full of stalactites which are carefully and colourfully lit.

Locals tell several stories about the name of this cave, one of which links the spot to the historic battle against Mongol invaders in the 13th century under the Tran Dynasty. It is said that this cave is where wooden stakes were hidden, which were later driven into the river bed to trap enemy vessels – the name “Dau Go” means wooden stakes.

3.10 Thien Cung Cave

Considered the most beautiful cave in Halong Bay, Thien Cung Cave is located only a few km from Halong City, the embarkation point of most Halong Bay cruises. The cave’s vast interior is some 3,000 square meters, including several levels and impressively high ceilings.

The stalactites and stalagmites in Thien Cung Cave come in many forms, and visitors enjoy learning the local stories about them, including the legend of the Dragon Prince falling in love the Lady of the Clouds.