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Cat Ba Island Private Day Tour

Cat Ba is the largest island in the Halong Bay area, with a national park, beaches and the karst of Lan Ha Bay offshore.... Ava Travel price: from $89.

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Cat Ba Island Private Day Tour
Cat Ba Island Private Day Tour onboard
Style
Private tour
Lan Ha Bay
Duration
Full-day tour
Pickup support available

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Live prices for the date and group size you pick. Ava confirms your departure and pickup within 1 hour of booking.

Prices are the total for the travellers and the date you pick. Ava reconfirms the departure and the pickup point within 1 hour.
Tour optionWhat's includedPrice
Private tour
Your group only
1 dayYour own guide
Priced for your group size, so each person pays less in a bigger group
✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Entrance tickets included✓ Transport on the tour included
—total · 2 travellers
Secure checkout
  • We confirm your departure and pickup within 1 hour
  • Cancel more than 30 days ahead at no cost
  • No booking fee. The price shown is the price you pay
Full refund if you cancel more than 30 days before check-in
  • More than 30 days before check-inFree
  • 30 to 11 days before check-in15% of total
  • 10 to 7 days before check-in30% of total
  • Less than 7 days, or no-show100% of total

A change of travel date counts as a cancellation and a new booking, and the same scale applies.

If the operator cancels the cruise, or in case of severe weather or force majeure, we move your date free of charge, or refund you in full if we cannot reschedule.

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Price includes all taxes and service charges.

Lan Ha Bay tour overview

Why this trip

  • Cat Ba is the largest island in the Halong Bay area, with a national park, beaches and the karst of Lan Ha Bay offshore.
  • A private car and a ferry get you across to the island.
  • The Cannon Fort hill gives the wide view over Cat Ba town and the bay.
  • Time on one of the Cat Co beaches before heading back.

An honest note: the journey involves a ferry each way, and the day can feel short once you add the crossings, so it suits travellers already staying near Ha Long.

At a glance

DurationFull day
Start and finishYour hotel, Ha Long or Hanoi, confirmed at booking
Group sizePrivate, 1 to 12
WalkingModerate, hill paths
Best forIsland scenery away from the cruise crowds
GuideEnglish-speaking guide

Price

Private departure. Your own guide and vehicle, your own pace. The total falls per person as your group grows.

Group sizeTotalPer person
1 person$264$264
2 people$295$148
3 people$362$121
4 people$442$110
5 people$494$99
6 people$593$99
7 people$692$99
8 people$791$99
9 people$889$99
10 people$937$94
11 people$990$90
12 people$1069$89

Children. Children 0 to 5 go free and children 6 to 10 pay half, with one child per adult at these rates. A second child with the same adult pays the adult price. Tell us the ages when you book and we apply it before you pay.

How it works

  1. Book and confirm. Pay at checkout or message us on WhatsApp first. We confirm your date, pickup time and guide within one hour.
  2. Pickup. Hotel pickup, Ha Long or Hanoi, confirmed at booking.
  3. On the day. Full day. Your guide keeps the timings loose enough for photographs and questions.

What's included

Private air-conditioned car with driverEnglish-speaking guideEntrance fees on the route

Your itinerary

Across to Cat Ba and bac

Across to Cat Ba and back

  • Meals: confirmed when we book.

    • Morning pickup at your hotel by private car.
    • Drive to the ferry and cross to Cat Ba island.
    • Visit Cat Ba National Park for a short walk.
    • Cannon Fort for the view over the town and Lan Ha Bay.
    • Time at Cat Co beach, then the ferry back and the drive to your hotel.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers for planning this trip with Ava Travel.

The supplier lists it among its Ha Long tours. Tell us where you are staying, Ha Long or Hanoi, and we confirm the pickup and timing.
In the warm months, from roughly May to October, yes at Cat Co beach.
Not as standard. Ask us and we check whether it can be added for your day.
The group price is per person. The private price is the total for your party and the table on this page shows it for every group size. Prices are in US dollars and include taxes and service charges, and there is no booking fee or card surcharge, so the total at checkout is the total you pay.
Within one hour. We come back to you with the pickup time, the meeting point and your guide, and tell you what to bring.
More than 30 days before departure costs nothing. From 30 to 11 days we keep 15 per cent, from 10 to 7 days 30 per cent, and inside 7 days or a no-show is charged in full. Changing your date counts as a cancellation and a new booking. If we cancel, or weather makes the tour unsafe, we move your date at no cost or refund you in full.

What guests say about Ava Travel

5.0Tripadvisor rating

These are real Tripadvisor reviews of Ava Travel as your booking agent, quoted word for word. They are not reviews of Cat Ba Island Private Day Tour itself.

Rated 5.0 on TripadvisorFrom 10 reviewsRead all 10 reviews
★★★★★

Bigdog702

“I booked way in advance, and had a hotel change a week before the cruise, but all I did was whats app them the new hotel, and all was good.”

Tripadvisor, May 2026

★★★★★

Kehren Eade

“She made the process SO easy, SO manageable, we felt we were in great hands at all times, even though everything was done by remote!”

Tripadvisor, August 2026

★★★★★

Arshia Z

“Whenever we had questions or needed assistance, the response was prompt, helpful, and reassuring.”

Tripadvisor, June 2026

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