Tuan Chau ferry to Cat Ba

Overview

If you want to visit Cat Ba Island, you can get on a Tuan Chau ferry to Cat Ba, which is the most common way for tourists to choose from. The article by Vietnam Escape Tours below accumulated all useful information that you need to start your journey to Cat Ba Island. Please look through and have some helpful suggestions.

Tuan Chau Harbor

With a beautiful location on Halong Bay, Tuan Chau wharf has an area of ​​up to 111,840m2, designed according to modern architectural scale. The wharf in the harbor has a length of up to 1739m with a U-letter shape. Since it was put into operation, the wharf has welcomed tens of thousands of tourists every day through the harbor. Especially during the holidays, the peak tourist season, the number of visitors to the port is much more crowded.

It can be said that Tuan Chau port is a particularly important transport gateway in the tourism development of Quang Ninh province, both located in an advantageous position in the Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay areas, and on a large scale. Modern, meeting a large number of tourists, Tuan Chau port quickly becomes a tourist service intersection between Quang Ninh and many other countries.

In particular, at the station area, there is also a supermarket, a restaurant to serve tourists and a number of free services such as: Water puppetry, health care, drinking water, children's play area, toilet area and folk music and dance.

Cat Ba Islands

Cat Ba Island is a giant green carpet containing many mysteries and attractions. The garden's terrain is diverse, mainly limestone mountains with many interesting caves and interspersed with white and smooth sandy beaches, where tourists swim. The limestone mountains have an average height of 150m, the highest is Cao Vong peak 322m above sea level. The climate on Cat Ba island is very cool and fresh, suitable for travel, rest and relaxation. From Hanoi to Cat Ba, about 150 km to the east, it is most convenient to go by road or rail to Hai Phong and then from Hai Phong by canoe or boat to the island. Renting a cruise ship, you can go around Lan Ha Bay, visit more than 100 different large and small beaches, beautiful beaches with attractive names: Cat Co 1 Beach, Cat Co 2 Beach, Bai Dai Beach. Da Bang, Ben Beo Beach, Co Tien Beach...

Tuan Chau Ferry to Cat Ba

To go to Cat Ba town, you only have one place to start that is Tuan Chau Harbor. Tuan Chau Port is located on the outskirts of Ha Long City, about 13 km from Ha Long Park (Ha Long Park) in the center of Ha Long City (Bai Chay Ward), equivalent to nearly 20 minutes by car. It is recommended to go from June to September, as this is the peak season for domestic tourism, there will be a lot of ferries operating between the 2 locations. Usually the number of ferries can be up to 5 times a day. If you go on the left months, there will only be 2 ferries in the morning and afternoon. Similarly, there will be more ferries if you go in summer than in winter. And if you don’t have any vehicle like a motorbike or car with you, then the ticket costs you around 3 $. 

You will get on a ferry which takes you to Gia Luan Harbor. Because this ferry will bypass Halong Bay, this can take you around 50 minutes to 1 hour. But along the way, you can admire the gorgeous landscape of this World’s heritage of nature as well as beautiful islands or islets dotted around Cat Ba Islands. After you reach Gia Luan Harbor, you can hail a motorbike, taxi or private car to get to the center of Cat Ba town. 

Note for you

If you don’t want to bypass Halong Bay but go straight to Cat Ba Islands then you can depart from Got Harbor. This route can save you more time. The travel time of each ferry is about 25-30 minutes, and there are 23-26 fixed trips and additional trips every day to serve the travel needs of tourists and reduce congestion. Depending on the weather, the running time of Got Ferry Hai Phong is divided into summer and winter seasons. The variety of ferries has met the travel needs of people as well as tourists. The specific ferry schedule is as follows:

- Summertime ferry service will operate from 4:30 pm to 18:30 pm. Due to the huge volume of tourists on public holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays, the ferry terminal can stay open until all visitors have left.

- The ferry will operate from 5:00 to 18:30 pm throughout the winter because of the chilly and frequently foggy weather.

The travel time of each ferry is about 25-30 minutes, and there are 23-26 fixed trips and additional trips every day to serve the travel needs of tourists and reduce congestion.

Conclusion

Vietnam Escape Tours hope that you have derived some good suggestions from our experience. Spend your valuable time in Cat Ba Islands and have beautiful moments with your beloved ones. Thanks so much for reading!