Amanda Legend Cruise
Amanda Legend Cruise is a 5-cabin wooden junk in traditional Vietnamese style - cozy and intimate, ideal for couples, small groups or families who want privacy. Every cabin has a jacuzzi tub and a large seaview window. Part of the Amanda brand (the smaller sister to the 25-cabin steel Amanda Cruise), it carries the signature onboard experience: an outdoor sundeck gala dinner, the "Footsteps of Heritage" fashion show, free herbal foot baths and honeymoon room setups. It runs the classic Halong core route - Sung Sot Cave, Titop Island and Luon Cave.
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Amanda's smallest boat: just five cabins, every one with a jacuzzi tub and a large seaview window, which makes it a genuinely intimate pick for couples and honeymooners at a fair ~$130 per guest. The signature Amanda touches carry over from the bigger steel boat - a sundeck gala dinner, the "Footsteps of Heritage" fashion show and free herbal foot baths. Two honest caveats: cabins sleep only two with no family or triple option, so a party of four needs two rooms, and it runs the busy Halong core route (Sung Sot, Titop, Luon) rather than the quieter Lan Ha or Bai Tu Long. Also note it is a stairs-only wooden two-deck junk with seaview windows rather than private balconies, and kayaking is a paid extra.
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Cabin details - Cabins (5 cabins / 2 decks)
Itinerary
Hanoi - Halong Bay - Sung Sot Cave - Titop Island
- Shuttle / limousine pickup in the Old Quarter ~08:00-08:30 (add-on), board at Tuan Chau Marina (No 12) ~11:30-12:00, welcome drink + cold towel, lunch cruising into the bay
- Afternoon: Sung Sot Cave (steep stone steps), then Titop Island hike + swim; back onboard for sunset drinks + a floating-rice-cake making demo
- Evening: outdoor dinner (weather permitting), then massage (paid), a free in-room herbal foot bath, Sky Bar drinks + squid fishing
Luon Cave - Tuan Chau Marina - Hanoi
- Sunrise Tai Chi on deck, light breakfast cruising
- Kayak or raft around Luon Cave
- Check out ~09:30, early lunch cruising back, arrive Tuan Chau ~11:00-11:30; transfer to Hanoi ~14:30 (~2.5h)
Meals
- 04 standard meals per program (2D1N: lunch, dinner incl. the sundeck gala, breakfast + brunch). Fresh fruit in all rooms, in-cabin tea/coffee + water, plus afternoon tea + a cooking class (spring rolls)
Activities
Sung Sot Cave, Titop Island hike + swim, Luon Cave kayak, sunrise Tai Chi, cooking class, floating-rice-cake demo, sundeck gala dinner, "Footsteps of Heritage" fashion show, free herbal foot bath, Sky Bar, squid fishing. Note: kayaking is listed as a paid optional extra, not included.
What’s included
- Welcome drink + cold towel
- Tea, coffee, bottled water + in-room amenities
- 04 standard meals per program
- Outdoor gala dinner on the sundeck (weather permitting)
- 'Footsteps of Heritage' traditional fashion show
- Free herbal foot bath + herbal bags in the room
- Fresh fruit in all rooms
- Cooking class (Vietnamese fried spring rolls) + afternoon tea
- Pickup
- Hanoi Old Quarter (shuttle/limousine add-on) → Tuan Chau Marina (No 12)
- Pickup window
- 08:00-08:30
- Drop-off
- ~14:30 Hanoi (last day, ~2.5h drive back in the afternoon)
- Children
- Under 5 stay free
- Ages 5-10
- Child rate applies - confirmed on WhatsApp
- Age 11+
- Full fare
- Note
- <5 FOC (max 1 child/cabin); 5-<11 sharing a cabin with parents is charged per the tariff table (% not published in the source); a child in their own cabin = adult rate (final terms confirmed at booking)
- Weather
- Halong Bay weather is variable; kayaking, the Titop climb and swimming are weather-dependent, and the outdoor gala dinner moves indoors in bad weather. Winter (Dec-Feb) is cool and misty.
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Same Amanda brand, different boat. Amanda Legend is a small 5-cabin wooden junk (a jacuzzi tub + seaview window in every cabin), more intimate than the 25-cabin steel Amanda Cruise. It carries the signature touches - a sundeck gala dinner, the 'Footsteps of Heritage' fashion show, free herbal foot baths and honeymoon room setups
Each cabin sleeps 2, so a family of 4 books two cabins. Because there are just 5 cabins, you can also charter the whole junk for a private group. Children under 5 sharing with parents are free (one per cabin); note kayaking is a paid extra here
