sea sickness in Halong Bay?
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sea sickness in Halong Bay?
I would very much like to take an overnight junk cruise in Halong Bay during my trip to Vietnam in March but am worried about sea sickness - i always feel terribly nauseated when out at sea and would not like to ruin my adventure.
Can anyone tell me if sea sickness is a problem in Halong Bay?
Can anyone tell me if sea sickness is a problem in Halong Bay?
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The water was dead calm when I was there in November. On a large boat like the Dragon's Pearl there was no motion that I could detect when we passed through the wakes of other boats (which was not often).
At night we anchored in a bay with a couple of dozen other boats. It was very calm. There was no vertical motion but I thought I detected a very slight horizontal motion. Had to watch the separation between an object on the boat and a distant one to detect that there was actually a very slight motion. In the morning I saw that the boat had turned in place 180 degrees.
I don't get seasick, so YMMV.
At night we anchored in a bay with a couple of dozen other boats. It was very calm. There was no vertical motion but I thought I detected a very slight horizontal motion. Had to watch the separation between an object on the boat and a distant one to detect that there was actually a very slight motion. In the morning I saw that the boat had turned in place 180 degrees.
I don't get seasick, so YMMV.
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It was very calm in late Nov. If you are prone to sea sickness make sure you are on a larger junk. We went on the Ginger junk. It held 18 people. It is quite new and very stable.
It also had proper kayaks with a guide, which we really enjoyed, since we were able to get away from all the boats that go to the same spots. We kayaked through some beautiful scenery.
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We recently (mid January) had an overnight cruise on the Lagoon Explorer on Halong Bay. It is a 1 year old junk with a fantastic crew, 5 double beautiful en-suite rooms and magnificent food.
We booked through Luxury vietnam Travel only a few days before. Approx $850 US for 2 adults + 2 children, including a guide with us the whole time (who sort of doubled as a baby sitter!). I thought this was great value!
We thoroughly enjoyed our cruise, the caves were fantastic and my hubby and 2 kids loved jumping off the junk into the icy waters. Everyone thought they were crazy, but we are Aussies!
The bay was very calm, and it is so sheltered I don't think there would be any problem with sea-sickness.
Enjoy Vietnam, we did, very much.
We booked through Luxury vietnam Travel only a few days before. Approx $850 US for 2 adults + 2 children, including a guide with us the whole time (who sort of doubled as a baby sitter!). I thought this was great value!
We thoroughly enjoyed our cruise, the caves were fantastic and my hubby and 2 kids loved jumping off the junk into the icy waters. Everyone thought they were crazy, but we are Aussies!
The bay was very calm, and it is so sheltered I don't think there would be any problem with sea-sickness.
Enjoy Vietnam, we did, very much.
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If you are concerned about sea-sickness, invest in some ginger pills. I got some at Whole Foods before going to the Great Barrier Reef last summer. We had 30 knot winds and spent the night out on the reef. I took a couple of ginger pills every 4-6 hours and had NO problems.
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