Boat trips are just plain good for the soul. As s true partner, we understand how important it is to provide the best services, giving love from us to our beloved customers, that is why we created the number of activities throughout your adventures.
Alisa Spa (Not including in the price)
Alisa Spa provides the exclusive spa experience with treatments created by harmoniously blending the best oriental techniques and Vietnam herbal secrets. Every special treatment of our extraordinary spa brings you the best experiences and sensations that you have never enjoyed before. Relax in harmony and purity at Alisa Spa! You can enjoy superior service in the privacy of your own treatment room. We have developed our highly skilled Spa Therapists who will leave you feeling totally relaxed and free to recover your inner self with our delicate scent of aromatherapy oil and subtle herbs. Every journey starts with a signature tea and a herbal foot ritual. This is a part of Alisa Spa to demonstrate oriental culture and we offer an extensive range of innovative treatments that ensure an exceptional spa experience tailored to suit your individual desires. Please contact us to book in advance to get a special offer via
Taichi
Tai Chi is an internal martial art of traditional Chinese culture that is valuable in promoting health, developing combat and self-defense skills, improving concentration and longevity. This ancient art uses a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing to reduce the stress of today’s busy lifestyles.
Tai Chi emphasizes complete relaxation, and is essentially a form of meditation, or what has been called “meditation in motion”, but it might well be called “medication in motion.” This gentle form of exercise can prevent or ease many ills of aging and promote the health of the mind, body, and soul through its soft, controlled movements.
Swimming at Titop Island
Halong Bay is said to be one of the best places to swim in Vietnam with numerous beaches. The Bay is not only an ideal place for sunbathing with dazzling sunlight, but also a beautiful beach with calm tides, clean, and green water. It would be even much more enjoyable if you have a chance to swim far away from the beach, maybe diving from a cruise, because the water there is much more transparent.
However, the calm tides still possess hidden dangers, so following safety instruction is strongly advised:
- Carefully follow the instructions and conditions before swimming or surfing.
- Always swim in a group of at least 3-5 people. Remember to warm up properly.
- Researchers say swimming ability is severely decreased in cold water so no matter how confident you are at you swimming, try not to swim too early in the morning or too late in the afternoon. The average temperature of Halong Sea is around 19-25 Celsius degree, in which the area near the shore (shallow area) is recorded approximately equal to the environment temperature.
- Knowing your own swimming ability to choose suitable beach activities.
- Diving as deep as possible to evade huge waves in case you don’t have enough time to get away from it. Luckily, this seldom happens in Halong.
- While surfing, do not ride waves in a straight line toward the shore. Instead, surf at a small angle to the waves. Stay away from the white water in the center of the wave to avoid “over the falls”.
- Never swim in deep water or when you don’t know exactly how deep it is.
- Never swim while intoxicated. Precedents of death due to hypothermia and other accidents have been recorded in Halong.
- Not to try sunbathe for too long, you might catch sunburn.
- Halong Bay water is pretty warm during winter so feel free to swim or dive from your junk, however, try to cover yourselves immediately when you are done with the swimming because you might catch a cold. The temperature during winter can get as low as 10-15 Celsius degree.
Cooking Class
Vietnamese Food is the Best Food in Asia and on the World. Join to find out more delicious Vietnamese Cuisine for your own trip to our beautiful country.
You can enjoy the cooking class on Halong Alisa Cruise. Many tourists are highly recommended this option for the trip to Vietnam. When you travel to Vietnam, the first tourist site you will visit is Halong Bay. Booking a 2- or 3-days trip and sleeping on the cruise is very popular. Especially, if you book your tour with Brand new Alisa Cruise, the cooking class is included in your tour. It means you can join cooking class free. Chef and staff on the boat will help you to prepare everything for cooking class. In half of the hour, you can have your own dish of food, enjoin yourself and share it. A very interesting activity on Halong Bay tour.
Squid Fishing
Squid fishing is a special time on board and attracts many customers. You are recommended to be patient, that only skills you need to have squid in Ha Long Bay.
If you are lucky, you may have even 30 – 40 squids/1 night. The best time for squid fishing is springtime, from February to March. During this time, there is no moonlight at all and squid fishing light is provided on the ship with squid fishing rods, so you just try squid fishing and please tell our Master Chef on the ship to keep your squad at the fridge to prepare your own squid food next day. Many customers have done successfully and they were all so happy with their own squids on the next day. Beside, squid fishing is the wonderful game to minimized your worries, leave your worries behind and just enjoy how’s Ha Long peaceful and great feeling of the squid fishing in the middle of World Heritage Site.
Kayaking
Joining a Halong Kayaking tour is the best way to explore the breathtaking beauty of Halong Bay. Paddling through islets to see the charming hidden caves, lagoons, unspoiled beaches, and floating fishing villages will definitely touch your sense and emotion. The water is calm, and the wind is not too strong, kayaking activities allow you to explore Halong Bay getting closer to the island and truly beauty of Halong Bay.
On your own kayak, you are impressed by the exotic beauty of the bay when getting close to the waters. There’s a completely different Halong Bay from the one you enjoy through your cabin’s window. It’s still majestic and spectacular but offers much more touching.
If the view of the bay from your cruise is elegant and poetic, from your kayak, it is so vast and splendid. Under the guidance of the Kalong kayaking leaders, you will have a chance to manage your kayak first time in your life, touch the cool water by your own hand, observe the high sky and the fresh atmosphere, kayaking further to some hidden caves, get closer to floating fishing villages, and maybe lucky to meet some shy monkeys and wild birds.
Kayaking at different time in a day brings different feelings and experiences, in the morning Halong kayaking tour offers fresh beauty of the sea and sky, and the sunset is the spectacular and romantic backdrop for Halong kayaking, while the night is amazing time for the kayak with mysterious moonlights and magical flash bugs on the islands.
Cave Visiting
08h00: Transfer by tender to Sung Sot Cave. Walk up about 100 steps to the cave entrance. It takes approximately 45 minutes for cave visiting. Visit Sung Sot Cave, one of the biggest caves in Halong bay with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Return to the boat by tender. Proper shoes are highly recommended.