DON'T GO to Halong Bay 🇻🇳 GO TO LAN HA BAY 🏝️

Recommended Halong Bay & Lan Ha Bay Tours: https://www.incredibleasiajourneys.com/ Why You Should Go To Lan Ha Bay NOT Halong Bay In today's Vietnam travel vlog, I discuss why a prefer Lan Ha Bay over Ha Long Bay (Halong Bay). Most people have heard of Ha Long Bay but there is a better, lesser-known neighbor - Lan Ha Bay! Ha Long Bay is a Unesco World Heritage site. When most people visit the Halong Bay area, they usually go on a 2 day, 1-night cruise. I don’t really think that’s enough time to truly appreciate this place & the tour boat companies pack so much into those 48 hours that you barely get to stop and really enjoy how beautiful the place is. So, I’d recommend spending a few more days in the Ha Long Bay area. I traveled with 6 of my friends and we decided to stay 5 days and even that didn’t seem like enough time to explore the area. Like most, we made our way to the Ha Long area from Hanoi. For about $15 roundtrip, we took a luxury van to Ha Long City. But instead of jumping on a cruise boat and going directly to Ha Long Bay, we decided to spend a couple days on Tuan Chau Island. Tuan Chau Island is just off the coast of Ha Long City. There is a bridge from Ha Long City to Tuan Chau - so it’s just a short cab ride to get there from Halong City. We stayed at an inexpensive resort called La Paz Resort. It was $80 a night per room and we stayed two to a room. So it only cost $40 a night for each individual. We actually got pretty lucky. A huge storm rolled into Ha Long Bay and everyone's Halong Bay cruise was canceled for 2 days. Luckily for us, our Ha Long Bay cruise (Lan Ha Bay cruise) wasn’t for a few days and the resort had a great pool that we had a little fun in! The resort was also right on the beach and you could see the islands of Ha Long off in a distance even though it was pretty cloudy most of the time. After relaxing a couple of days on Tuan Chau Island, we headed to Lan Ha Bay. We took a water taxi to Cat Ba Island and then jumped on our boat in Lan Ha Bay. Like I mentioned before, I went with 7 of my buddies and 3 of us shared one cabin. There are many different options for cruise ships from big Halong Bay luxury cruise ships to smaller, more rustic Ha Long Bay cruise boats like the one we stayed on. I personally prefer the smaller boat, there were no more than 15 of us on the boat - so it felt less like a group tour type of thing. Ok — so why Lan Ha Bay over the more famous Ha Long Bay? Ha Long Bay is beautiful, no doubt but it’s saturated with tourist. And that’s just not what I like. You can get the exact same scenery and beauty with far fewer tourist by going a few kilometers to the southwest to Lan Ha Bay. Lan Ha Bay is located south of Ha Long Bay, just off the coast of Cat Ba Island. Ha Long Bay covers an area of a little over 1500 square kilometers and has around 1900 small islands. Lan Ha Bay is only 76 square kilometers and has around 400 small islands. While Lan Ha Bay is much smaller but there are more islands per square kilometer. Lan Ha Bay also feels bigger because there are far fewer boats than Ha Long Bay. There were many times I felt like we were the only boat in the entire bay. We were able to explore secluded beaches and coves with just my group and some local fisherman were hanging out. If you're trying to figure out what to do in Vietnam, I hope this Vietnam travel vlog was helpful. My only regret was not getting more Halong Bay drone shots! If you’ve been to Ha Long area — please comment below what you’re a favorite activity to do was. If you enjoyed this video - please hit the like button - it helps more people find the video. And if you enjoy this kind of travel video - please consider subscribing. I put out a video weekly documenting my travel adventures. Thanks for watching! _ ★ Perfect Travel Shirts: →My audience now gets a 10% discount from UNBOUND MERINO when you use the discount code: WAKEUP at website https://shrsl.com/3j0ru ★ Gear I Use: → Camera: https://amzn.to/2CGM3Uo → Day Lens: https://amzn.to/2x3di66 → Night Lens: https://amzn.to/2x2joTw → Action Camera: https://amzn.to/2ApYwIk → Mic: https://amzn.to/2oXCZAU → Osprey 30L Porter Backpack: https://amzn.to/2GMNl2b → Eagle Creek Pack It Compression Bags: https://amzn.to/2R59WeX → Sea to Summit Compression Sack: https://amzn.to/2IfCzzW _ ★ Remote Year: Travel like I do and save $200: https://remoteyear.com/lp/imagine?utm_source=referral&referral_source=nation&referral_detail=a0e1Q00000SzOsdQAF _ ★ Music: All music sourced from Artlist: https://artlist.io/Kevin-281451 (if you use this affiliate link, we both get 2 months free) _ ★ My blog: https://www.30andawakeup.com #halongbay #lanhabay #halongbayvietnam