Halong bay cruises

“Ha Long” is literally translated as "Bay of Descending Dragons." Prior to the 19th century, this name was not recorded in any document or archive. When mentioning the present-day Quang Ninh Sea or Ha Long Bay, old historical books often referred to them by the names of An Bang, Luc Thuy or Van Don. Not until the late 19th century did the name of Halong Bay appear on a French Marine Map. “The Hai Phong News”, a French newspaper of the time, had an article, “Dragon appears on Ha Long Bay”, reporting the following story: In 1898 a sub-lieutenant named Lagredin, captaining the ‘Avalanse’ reported seeing a huge sea snake on Ha Long Bay. This was also witnessed by many of the crews. Thus emerged the European image of the Asian dragon. Whether this appearance of a strange animal looking like a dragon resulted the name of Ha Long Bay is not known (Reference “Quang Ninh: Art and Culture” published in 2002)

• Bhaya Cruise
• Indochina Sails
• Lagoon Explorer
• Valentine Cruises
• Victory Cruises
• Red Dragon Cruise
• Halong Emotion Cruise
• Princess Cruise
• Huong Hai Junk
• Bai Tho Junk
• Emeraude Cruises
• Jewal of the Bay
• Dragon Pearl Cruise
• Annam Junk
• Haiau Cruises
• Sea Turtle Cruise
• Paradise Cruise
• Phoenix Junk
• Jasmine Junk
• Ginger Cruise
• BienNgoc Cruise
• Hai Long Cruise
• Legend Cruises
• Oriental Sails Cruise

Mekong river cruises

We are pleased to offer you our unique cruises on formerly inaccessible river segments on the mighty Mekong through the beautiful countryside of Laos! Discover the diversity of the most exciting river in South East-Asia!

Be inspired by our river vessel and the routes we prepared for you!

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Mekong River Cruises, a Lao-German joint venture, launched the first Laotian long-distance river cruise of all times on the upper Mekong. On the mother of all waters the ship sails on different routes between Chiang Saen in Thailand in the heart of the Golden Triangle, the royal city of Luang Prabang and the Laotian capital Vientiane