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Glide through the Isles of Limestone Cliffs in Halong Bay Vietnam
Published by Kristin Cowles, Editor-in-Chief
Country: Vietnam 
The Experience
The diverse beauty of Ha Long Bay can be characterized by many of its unique features such as its countless beaches and curious caves, but is best known for the enormous limestone islets that jut out to the sky from some the richest cobalt blue waters in all the world. Due to their incredibly steep nature most of the islands are uninhabitable and preserve much of the undisturbed natural beauty. Hop on a traditional junk boat and carve through some of the most incredible waters in the world in Ha Long Bay!
When to Go to Halong Bay
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- Essential Vietnam and Cambodia - GAP Adventures
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Places to Stay Nearby
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Books and DVDs
- Hanoi & Halong Bay Encounter Guide - Lonely Planet
- Discover twice the city in half the time as our discerning author recommends the very best neighbourhoods, sights, restaurants, shops and entertainment. Locals also give us the lowdown on everything from art to driving a cyclo and smoking a water pipe.
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Elsewhere on the Web
- Halong Bay - Wikipedia.org
- Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Qu?ng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes.
- Ha Long Bay - UNESCO.org
- Ha Long Bay, in the Gulf of Tonkin, includes some 1,600 islands and islets, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are uninhabited and unaffected by a human presence.
- Ha Long - Bay of the Descending Dragon - Vietscape.com
- Halong travel information - Active Travel.com
- A natural wonder of the world and one of Vietnam’s five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, magnificent Halong Bay lies 160km to the east of Hanoi.
- Travel report Thailand - Voyages.gc.ca
- WARNINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Media References
- In search of the dragons of Halong Bay - Globe and Mail.com (newspaper)
- Launching from our mothership, we pointed our kayaks at a hole in a karst islet and paddled through a long cavern to reach a mangrove-lined lagoon. Because of its low entrance, the cavern is accessible only by kayak and we had the whole place to ourselves.
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