5-STAR Halong Bay NEWEST Luxury Cruise- 3 Days, 2 Nights .

And suddenly the moment is there The main reason why I visited Vietnam this time We are on Cat Ba Island This is the biggest island in Halong Bay This is only the second day It's been pretty incredible In this video I'm showing you a 5 star luxury cruise in Halong Bay Now there are many cruise companies And I'm going with the best of the best If you are planning your trip to Vietnam And you want to have a unique experience This video is for you I'm in Tung Chau Bay In order to get here I went from Hanoi by minivan 3 hours to this bay I'm able to share with you The best cruise ship experience of Halong Bay Taking you to the Indochine Grand Cruise This is not the cruise ship yet No, this is just a boat Which is bringing us to the newest cruise ship of Halong Bay Xin chào Hello Xin chào And hello Thank you Lunch is waiting for me But I thought I might as well pop out And check out the surrounding area Now everyone is having lunch And I've got this deck for myself alone Ladies and gentlemen We are in the Indochine Grand Cruise ship This is one of the reasons why I travel to Vietnam The landscapes This is incredible There are no places in Southeast Asia Which are as spectacular as Halong Bay So whenever you come to Vietnam You cannot You definitely cannot skip Halong Bay When I was 21 I visited Vietnam for the first time And I... For $150 I think I did a two-night tour in Halong Bay And this was beautiful But if you're on holiday You're going on a two-week or a 10-day holiday to Vietnam You want to have a top-notch And this is giving you a good idea of what is available The restaurant is quite busy at the moment But I can imagine after lunch Everyone is going to the room Or spread themselves around the boat And there's a lot of space You have the opportunity to book everything in advance online There is a tour company locally owned from Vietnam Escape Tours I'm making a few videos with them here in Vietnam To show you what they have to offer I'm first going to have lunch And then we're going to explore the next three days in Halong Bay This boat has 32 cabins And today it's fully booked Now the restaurant is quite busy The buffet was delicious With a lot of fish A lot of seafood There's English-speaking staff I got briefed about the next three days I want to keep it real And especially in 2011 The very first time I do not remember so many big cruise ships Floating and driving through Halong Bay But guys I am not lying If I'm saying that Yes there might be a lot of boats But it's still very serene Like all the other 32 cabins here on this ship The president suite has a private balcony Now this room is actually the biggest one out of all of them 62 square meters With a vintage Asian style touch The interior design is stylish It's beautiful The quality of everything is top-notch And then when you are looking outside This is... where is this guy? I'm not too sure I hope they're not pirates Let's have a look What's going on here? Oh hello Oh selling beer Oh we have already beer We have enough I don't want beer How about the... I don't need anything Let me buy a bottle of water So I'm not too sure if they're actually allowed to do this But we might as well help them Thank you Come on There's plenty of water I don't actually need a bottle of water But I found it was quite an attraction It's just laying on bed in Halong Bay Oh I can put this actually in the fridge There is a mini bar here Robes This room has a desk where I can work on A locker Some life vests There is a relaxation area Where I could recharge from the journey traveling from Hanoi The room has a bathtub And a separate shower A king-size bed And spectacular views are guaranteed Viewing from your bed or private balcony Thank you We're going for a little ride in the Sampang It's a wooden Vietnamese boat And this lovely lady is gonna row us around Such a magical place But then again guys I want to keep it real It is quite busy here There are a lot of people But still we are in a piece of paradise This is heaven on earth Oh and there she goes again The singer It is 4 30 Let's go back to the cruise ship Freshen up And I'll meet you at dinner Slowly the evening falls There is some jazzy music on the background There are a few people in the pool There are a few people in the lounge There are a few people on the top deck And there are quite a few people actually Lounging away Soaking in the view It is seven o'clock And I was able to join a workshop How to roll a Vietnamese spring roll Now there are five courses to be served Here at the Indochine Grand Cruise This was the best dinner I've had so far in Vietnam This was ridiculous I started with a grilled lobster soup Soft warm and creamy A tropical green salad with cheddar cheese As appetizer we had three New Zealand mussels In Thai cream sauce This was actually delicious The main course my favorite The grilled salmon was perfectly cooked And garlic and butter sauce Served with some vegetables and fried rice The dessert was some cakes with fresh fruits The whole evening was complete This is the third trip in Halong Bay for me And I'm gonna be fully honest with you The first trip cost me I think $150 I was a backpacker I didn't want to spend a lot of money I had an amazing time But for instance the dinner that we got served Came from mainland They had a small charter boat Going in between the boat I was sleeping on It was a very small room Not so much luxury But I still had an amazing time I connected with a lot of people Even here now I made some new friends But it's more like a couple environment The second time I went with Nuna Back then it was my girlfriend Now my wife We had a small room Not so luxurious But it was actually quite a nice one This was definitely a trip I'll never forget But now going on the Indochine Grand Cruise Is something else You totally have the feeling You're on a five-star luxury cruise The staff is well trained There is lots of staff as well I think there are 30 people working right now on the ship And there are like 50 or 60 of us Everything is new Well taken care of I think I've said enough We go for squid fishing Even though it is not the season We're gonna give it a go And I'll see you in the morning It is six o'clock Good morning And suddenly the moment is there The main reason why I visited Vietnam this time Experiencing a crisp morning in Halong Bay The north of Vietnam In between hundreds of limestone islands The fresh wind The serenity Nature The sea The sound of a lonely cry Whoever wants can start with a small breakfast A coffee Some Thai tea And after I've had a proper English breakfast With a glorious view Thank you My name is E Only one letter Y The journey continues on a different ship A ship where we're gonna spend most of the day There is a guide on board And a nice group of people with the same interest While enjoying the surroundings We're all sharing the same curiosity about this region of the world Unfortunately, I've noticed some plastic in the water Though I expected a lot more rubbish As I've seen this on my previous visits Maybe it got a little better The guide, Mr. E, is cheerful and very informative He took us to a pearl farm Someone was there to educate us about the pearl harvest I think this was a nice little activity for everyone to start off the day On to the next destination And we've just arrived on Cat Ba Island I'm taking you to Viet Hai village We're gonna check out the local life It is possible to get an electric car over to the village But it's a 30-minute cycle ride And this gives us the opportunity to cycle us through some spectacular landscapes Hello Hi Hello Oh, they're going quick So really, I can imagine that it is really nice to just chill and soak up the view But cycling, I don't know Maybe it is because I'm Dutch But I just feel more alive It feels like I made the right decision right here There are quite a few people cycling behind me There are a few in front of us And the guide for today is driving on a motorbike leading the pack So it's not only flat? Yes, of course Uphill, downhill It's gonna be difficult? Oh, 10% It's not too difficult 10%? Hi Oh, it is 10% Hold on, hold on We made it That was not too bad Actually, it was only a few seconds up the hill He's going for it, he's going for it Wow, look at this Now, so far already, this is only the second day It's been pretty incredible Let's go! So after this, there's no more hill After this, there's no more hill, okay? There's no more hill after this You just downhill and turn left And then keep going until you see the village It's actually a really nice feeling to go in this group Even though I'm traveling alone for this trip You're in a group Traveling, helping each other Motivating each other to keep on pedaling Yeah, this biking is also bonding the group Flying into Hanoi, being in the old quarter It felt like a fairy tale A bit more of this after this Halong Bay trip This fairy tale, this Disney movie The busy Hanoi as it is And coming to a protected park in Halong Bay Is something magical And while I'm talking to all of you There is our guide driving on a motorbike by Yeah, so all the Vietnamese people who I've interacted with Including all the guides, but also the people on the streets People at cafes, you know When they see me sitting alone The Vietnamese people, they want to have a chat with me Especially the younger generation Is not only friendly, but also able to interact Have conversations And they're quite curious actually who you are So nowadays it's actually quite easy to interact And merge with the Vietnamese culture We are on Cat Ba Island This is the biggest island in Halong Bay And I'm taking you to a place on the island Which is not well explored I'm saying not well explored Vietnam over the last decade has been booming And it's getting busier and busier Also here on this island This has its benefits, but also its downsides It's very safe, well developed There are a lot of good restaurants with food safe to eat I try to keep it real I also want to name the downside It is a little bit commercialized Things are a little bit more expensive People are trying to sell you something So the actual genuine Vietnamese hospitality Is maybe not... Or it's harder to find over here Let's say it like this This village is located in the middle of the island Most young people, they're actually working Inside of Cat Ba in the city, in a big city If you are going to Halong Bay And you're going on a three-day trip like I do Maybe you want to schedule another two nights on Cat Ba Where are you from? Yes, I live in the village But not in this village The other village closer to the harbor On Cat Ba Island? No, in Quang Chau Island Ah, okay, okay The one you started yesterday I want to ask you But I want to ask you The village here is really remote Compared to the other things that I've seen on Cat Ba Before my previous trips Why did you take us here? It's a special one because here is no way to Car from the other town to get inside here It's only one way If you start with the boat They got the rice field out there I think you see it when you get inside, right? It's beautiful, yeah Beautiful rice field there But then you know what happens It's like when the storm is coming It's been a lot of raining And things coming here And the flood is everywhere here They cannot farm with the soil Absorbing salty water like that anymore So leave it there There's no rice? No rice field anymore When you see like even the word buffalo right now It's just leave there for fun How many years has this happened already? 2015, 10 years Cultural difference, what would you say Like I know the Dutch people for example We're loud and we're like Maybe sometimes impolite What can you teach us about your culture? Which could be a good addition to ours? Yeah, it's not the teaching or something like that Because here like we're loud as well And even when we party It's crazy, you know Like we're cheering together We say something before we drink It's like one, two, three, cheers It's like really, really loud That's true, that's true What can you teach us Or what can we learn from the Vietnamese culture? For most, I think stick with the family All of the countries in the world now They just let the kids out after 18, right? They go out, they're working They're looking for a job And leave it at the other countries Yeah, but here in Vietnam here Even after that, we're still taking care of you After you're 18, 20 or even 25 We're still taking care of you like that And then like So that's a good thing Yeah, I mean when we stay together We can even when your parents getting older You can take care of them as well, right? We put them in an old care home That's right, yeah But we here not do that Because they own the house They own the house So there are not many care homes here? No, we didn't have it as well We didn't have that You don't have care home? We didn't have it I'm leaving this town behind with some good advice Take care of your family I did tell you in a previous video already Why I'm going back to the Netherlands Together with my wife Nuna We are expecting our first kid We're expecting a son I'm going to be a dad And we're leaving Southeast Asia behind for a little while I will fly over once in a while I will not stop creating videos But I will definitely slow down a lot I take this advice back to Europe And I would love to take care of my family And be around friends back there But I will miss Southeast Asia And hopefully, if you haven't been to Southeast Asia yet You are in a position And you are able to actually come and visit This magnificent part of the world They're really trying to pamper you on this ship When we got back, we got another wet towel We got a welcome drink There are not many people doing the two nights, three days So most people, they actually left this morning already Going to mainland Now I do not recommend leaving Already after one night on this boat You're gonna have to soak in And especially in the first night You have to get used to everything And now I know my way around the ship a little bit I know the staff a little bit So you get a way more pleasant experience to do the two nights And even if I were you and you have time I would stay a night or two on Kadba island Because it's a big island It's got many different aspects I didn't even show you the island actually I just showed you one little small village And had that little chat with my mate E Also, I didn't get the chance yet to show you the ship This is where you arrive At the lobby at the lower level You walk up the elegant wooden stairway To get to the first floor This is where the restaurant is located The cruise ship is styled with a mixture of French colonial And Vietnamese decor When I take you up another floor There is a cocktail lounge with a bar And the doors are opening to the first deck There is a pool located at the front of the ship And the sun deck upstairs has lounges And more places to hang out This ship is massive and it only holds a maximum of 64 guests There are also different room types This is the executive suite About 42 square meters A large double bed king size Also this room has a bathtub And a separate shower A very elegant room This is the suite More compact 36 square meters And like all the other rooms Everything is premium quality And has absolutely gorgeous interior This is the place where we're gonna stay overnight A peaceful bay in between The many limestone islands of Halong Bay A different five course dinner is waiting for me Morning Thank you Thank you brother After a peaceful morning I actually didn't want to leave my room But we have one more activity I'm not necessarily a big fan of caves But this one we're about to visit Is a little different than any other cave I've ever visited Obviously we have to drive through some spectacular landscapes to get there And when we got off the bus The guide constantly supplying us with information about the cave As a group we're walking through the forest Via a well paved path Yet again I want to be as transparent as possible And yes we're walking here with about 30 people in one group So just bear in mind This is not a private tour Yet it feels secluded As the guide is fully taking his responsibility for the group And try to include everyone The cave is stretching roughly 300 meters Through the limestone mountain Inside the cave there is a cool temperature And a dramatic rock formation A contrast with the outside tropical environment The path is easy to walk on Though sometimes you have to go through quite narrow openings To enter a different part of the cave You definitely have to watch out your head the entire time As I bumped my head several times The cave is named after a legend Accordingly to a story The legend summons young men to defend the island in many wars During the Vietnam War This was one of the few caves which was used as shelter And military bases for local people and troops So the cave itself was just another cave to me But the story and the guide was making it very pleasant And a unique experience After we got back on the ship I realized this is pretty much the end of it At the end of the Halong Bay trip at least Now as usual I like to ask other people what they experienced And I was able to ask this lovely couple If they enjoyed it as much as I did We're great, we're great And we celebrated my 60th birthday on the boat Didn't we? Yeah and it was great, it was amazing I had flowers, I had birthday cake Everybody sang to me It was really special What's the best thing about the trip in Halong Bay? Well for me it was the kayaking I really enjoyed the kayaking Yeah through the little caves wasn't it And then out into the lagoon Blue lagoon, it was really pretty Was there something that you did not like so much? It'd be nice if it was blue skies all the time The blue sky comes and goes Or the village, that was nice wasn't it? Oh the village was nice The bike ride More time in the village Yeah Oh you want to have more time in the village? Yeah more time in the village would have been nice So you did a three day right? We did the three day, yeah Two nights, three days You really want to go for four days Yeah, yeah I was thinking that This was my third trip in Halong Bay Now by far this was the best one A big shout out to the lovely staff of the Indochine Grand Cruise These people have been angels to me I want to do an even bigger shout out to the Vietnam Escape Tours They made this trip possible And they're not only arranging this cruise No they can arrange your whole Vietnam trip Normally I would recommend come to Vietnam And book it yourself here at the local offices Because then you're guaranteed that your money that you spend here on tours Are going to the local people Now the Vietnam Escape Tours is locally owned I actually met the owner He's a legit guy And he's got a team working for him All locals working with local businesses here in Vietnam I hope you enjoyed this video If you did so please give me a thumbs up Thank you all for watching till the very end I would like to say from the Indochine Grand In the north of Vietnam in Halong Bay Bye for now And stay champ!