Indochine Cruise
Indochine Cruise is a 5-star overnight boat sailing Lan Ha Bay and Cat Ba, with ~20 years of experience and a design that blends French colonial and traditional Vietnamese styles. Four decks and 43 cabins (up to ~110 guests), two restaurants (Tonkin + An Nam), a spa, a Cochinchine Lounge, an art gallery, a swimming pool, a mini golf course at the bow and a 1,100m² sundeck with a sky lounge. It runs the Dark & Bright Cave + Trung Trang Cave route.
Scored by our Halong cruise team, who spend their season on these waters. We rate each boat the way a returning guest would - cabins, dining, crew, itinerary and value - not the way a listing does.
This is one of the more generously specced boats on the quieter Lan Ha and Cat Ba side: five cabin classes from a 32m2 Junior Suite up to an 80m2 President Suite, every one with a private balcony and bathtubs from the Indochine Suite upward, plus a real swimming pool, spa, mini golf and a 1,100m2 sundeck. The trade-off is scale, at 43 cabins and around 110 guests it reads more floating resort than intimate junk, and four decks served by stairs only (no elevator) will not suit anyone with mobility limits. Value is strong for a genuine 5-star, from roughly $157 per guest on the 2D1N, but note the pricing here is indicative and the operator identity still needs confirming (this is not Indochina Junk or Indochina Sails).
Choose your suite
Junior Suite
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Suite
Executive Suite
Family Connecting
President Suite
Prices are per cabin, all guests included in USD. Final price is confirmed on WhatsApp before any payment.
Cabin details - Cabins (43 cabins / 4 decks)
Itinerary
Hanoi - Halong - Lan Ha Bay - Dark & Bright Cave
- Shuttle pickup at your Hanoi Old Quarter hotel ~08:00-08:30 (add-on), ~2.5h to Halong; check-in at the waiting station ~11:45-12:00, speedboat/tender to Indochine; welcome drink + briefing + check-in; buffet lunch cruising
- Afternoon: Dark & Bright Cave by kayak or bamboo boat; swim / happy hour; cooking class or a fruit & vegetable carving lesson with the Head Chef
- Evening: full-course dinner, then squid fishing, board games or a spa treatment
Cat Ba Island - Trung Trang Cave - Hanoi
- Light breakfast at 06:00; Tai Chi on the sundeck at sunrise
- Trung Trang Cave on Cat Ba Island
- Back onboard, pack, check out ~09:00-09:30; buffet brunch; tender to Tuan Chau Pier ~11:00; transfer to Hanoi ~14:30-15:00
Meals
- 2D1N: 1 Vietnamese lunch, 1 Vietnamese dinner, 1 international breakfast + brunch. Welcome drink included
Activities
Dark & Bright Cave kayak / bamboo boat, Trung Trang Cave, swimming pool, mini golf, art gallery, cooking class / fruit carving, morning Tai Chi, squid fishing, spa, sky lounge. (3D2N adds Viet Hai Village + deeper Lan Ha Bay.)
What’s included
- Welcome drink
- In-house English-speaking guide
- Entrance + sightseeing fees, kayak
- Luxury cabins/suites with A/C + en-suite bathroom
- Meals: 1 Vietnamese lunch + dinner + 1 international breakfast (2 each for 3D2N) + brunch
- Conference equipment (charter)
- Insurance, taxes + service charges
- Pickup
- Hanoi Old Quarter (shuttle add-on) → Tuan Chau Pier (Indochina Sails station)
- Pickup window
- 08:00-08:30
- Drop-off
- ~14:30-15:00 Hanoi (last day)
- Children
- Under 5 stay free
- Ages 5-11
- 75% of adult fare
- Age 12+
- Full fare
- Note
- Max 1 child under 12 sharing a bed with parents. 1 child under 5 FOC (share everything); children 5-11: 75% adult; from 12: 100% adult. Extra mattress / babycot (max 1/cabin): 2D1N $25/bed, 3D2N $50/bed. (final terms confirmed at booking)
- Weather
- Lan Ha Bay and the Cat Ba side are more sheltered than the Halong core, but kayaking, swimming and pool time are weather-dependent. Winter (Dec-Feb) is cool and misty.
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No - Indochine Cruise is a separate 5-star boat with 20 years' experience and a French-colonial Indochina design, sailing Lan Ha Bay and Cat Ba (Dark & Bright Cave, Trung Trang Cave)
It's a big 43-cabin ship with a swimming pool, mini golf, an art gallery and a 1,100m² sundeck; the President Suite is 80m² and the Family Connecting (64m²) fits a parent with two kids
