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Old 09-01-2023, 21:23   #1
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Anyone ever cruised Halong Bay Vietnam ?

I mean sailed it themselves in their own boat or bareboat charter.

Just wondering if I should keep this on my bucket list or not? Seems like it could be pretty sketchy on several fronts.

It looks pretty amazing, though.
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Old 09-01-2023, 23:15   #2
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Re: Anyone ever cruised Halong Bay Vietnam ?

Gorgeous area. We lived down in Saigon for a year and have traveled there numerous times. Everyone takes the charter boats. Trying to take a personal yacht into VN is difficult and expensive (thousands of dollars to clear in). In the past you would have been required to have a VN nationale onboard at all times.

Don't know what the rules are now, but personally I wouldn't try to bring my personal boat into the country. It's so incredible inexpensive to travel there via the well-developed tourist infrastructure, and the inland areas are incredibly interesting to see.

Perhaps reach out to your nearest consultate/embassy and ask around. Also check out Noonsite for more recent info. Let us know what you find.

BTW, the water is green and murky and my whole family came out of the water in popular lagoons covered in bilge oil. I suppose if you get away from the tourists then the water could be clean enough to run your watermaker.
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Old 10-01-2023, 11:15   #3
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Re: Anyone ever cruised Halong Bay Vietnam ?

Thanks Mako.

In case anyone is interested. This is Halong Bay...
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Old 10-01-2023, 11:42   #4
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Re: Anyone ever cruised Halong Bay Vietnam ?

and so is this. filmed on location
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