Hạ Long Bay, Halong Bay

Look. The place is naturally stunning - the limestone formations, the trees, the colour of the water under the sky, the caves - all gorgeous! However, for a world heritage area, the pollution really takes away from the natural beauty of the place. There's trash everywhere - both on land and floating in the water. It's just gross! Our guide (a local) even recommended not to bathe in the water at the designated swimming spots as it wasn't exactly 'healthy'. I guess mass tourism has contributed, but having been to other world heritage sites that also have mass tourism but are still managed well and kept clean, surely this beautiful place could be cleaned up and a more ecological model of tourism adopted to bring in even more tourists and boost the local economy even more.

It's mesmerizing the perspective from here, totally amazing and certainly different from all I have ever seen. It helps if is a sunny day but even in different weather I am sure it will be great. I suggest taking a boat trip of 2 times so you can sleep in here. It's certainly well worth the money! We also gone to a pearl factory as well as the caves & did yoga at the sunrise. We additionally did kayak just swimming at sunset. You will find no more words for describing it! Just go!

We went in January 2013 and spent 2 nights on a boat. What an experience. It was extremely cold in January but we still loved every minute of this epic wonder of the world. We kayaked around this epic lake and was totally amazed at how the locals fish. Its all still very primitive but so natural. Lets hope that civilisation does not ruin this magnificent gift from God. I would love to go back again in the Spring.

Might blowing location!!! - Only through cruise one could access this heaven. - Food and other amenities like night fishing,Kayaking,exploring caves located among these limestone islets will be part of this package. - Rather than 2 nights,I would suggest 1 night will suffix complete justice to this place. - Plus food arranged by the cruise crew will also give you an idea about how good the Vietnamese cuisine is. - Overall must visit location,if you're planning Vietnam.

This is one of the locations on earth that are truly magical! Absolutely stunning in every way from the brilliant water and sky to the magnificent and imposing chain of islands that you navigate through. Due to the rain, all of the islands are carpeted with the most amazing, emerald green forestry!