Full day deep water soloing - Kayaking in Cat Ba - Ha Long Bay.
Overview
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9 hours
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We will cruise around Lan Ha Bay, stopping at many beautiful areas where you have many wonderful and safe routes. The grade from 4a- 7b+. We will climb when the high tide and cruise and kayak when the low tide.
We will kayak through around the beautiful limestone islands and floating fishing village or swimming in the bay if you want to take a rest after climbing.
Our guide who is English speaking local guide. He will be your partner and help you easily find and reach the routes. He also helps you to discover the bay, kayaking.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Depart: 8.00. Return: 17.30 8.00: Depart from our head office in Cat Ba town. Take a boat, cruise around Lan Ha Bay. Visit amazing landscapes, floating fishing village. Stopping at many beautiful areas where you have many wonderful and safe routes. The first location is called Hòn Tay Kéo, our local guide who speaks good English will inform you of some useful tips about the tide details, the jumping, landing techniques & the climbing routes. At first, you'll start by easy routes to get you familiarise with the height as well as initial techniques before you advance onto next levels. There are more than 10 routes for both beginners and experienced climbers. After, we will move to the harder location called Three Brothers where there are over 15 routes of different levels the graded from 5a - 7c+. 12.00 Have lunch on the boat. 13.00 Keep cruising to visit Dầu Bê Island, a small part of Ha Long Bay. We will climb at Le Mekong. Climbing routes here are harder from 5a-7c, most of them are overhang. You also can climb here when the tide is low. 15.30: We will go kayaking to discover Hồ Ba Hầm (3 hidden lagoons) if the tide that day is low enough. Return to Cat Ba Town at 5.30pm.
What‘s Included
Seafood, meat or vegetarian, vegan options. Please confirm!
1,5 liters
English Guide
Climbing shoes, Kayak
Coffee and/or Tea
Alcoholic Beverages
Options
Solo person + 85US$ at office
For solo traveller: Option for solo traveller book the tour when no other guests join, only 1 person do the tour, you pay more 85$ at the office.
Full day Deep Water Solo - Kayaking in Lan Ha Bay - Dau Be Island
Reviews
24 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great for beginner and more experienced climbers!
nicolebL8140HP,May 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I had an amazing day on this tour. I had never done deep water solo climbing before and it was a perfect introduction. There were routes for both beginners and more experienced climbers. Ninh was a great guide! I would highly recommend this tour!!
Perfect Day of Climbing.
188stuh,May 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Such an amazing day. The routes ranged in difficulty, so there was something for everyone, and our guide Ninh was awesome — super knowledgeable about all the climbs. Couldn’t be happier with the experience.
Viet Rocked
Pioneer61530658415,Mar 9, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This experience has been one of the best. Our guide Viet was informative, helpful and so much fun to be with. I would certainly recommend booking the day trip.
Cat Ba!!!! Climbing with the best guide :)
48milesb,Mar 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing trip with Ninh as our guide. He knew the best spots and times to coordinate climbing with the tides. He planned additional trips throughout the rest of our day. Each activity was planned during times to avoid other tourists and crowds. The boat was an amazing experience to see the area and the food was the best I’ve had in Vietnam.
Great experience deep water soloing!
I7290JVpaulc,Dec 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I went for the 2D1N cruise with deep water solo. It was a great experience, and climbers will love it. You will kayak to the wall and start from the kayak. Climbing at low tide is much harder and you will usually have an inclined start before the route starts. My guide was called "Windy", and I had a great time climbing with him!
Amazing day climbing and kayaking
jeffreycW9254GB,Oct 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was the perfect day out, the best of our vacation! Ninh was an amazing guide. He was so conscientious and structured the day exactly how we wanted. And while we were swimming, he spent that time cleaning trash from the beach. He clearly cares about this place and is excited to share it. I would highly recommend anyone staying in cat ba to use cat ba adventures. I also think it is worth coming to the island rather than doing one of the ha long cruises that leaves from Hanoi. It is so lovely here, and not as crowded as it sounds like a lot of the ha long cruises are. Also, for anyone thinking about deep water soloing, I thought this was the perfect day. The tides would make it difficult to spend the whole day climbing, so spending half the day kayaking and swimming was perfect. I would choose this over any other company that does full-day climbing.
Best Day of our Trip so far.
Freedom44612745808,Jul 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Big thank you to Cat Ba Ventures and especially to our Guide Ninh for this amazing Trip. Ninh extremly friendly and very knowledgable. The Tour was worth every Dollar we spend.
Go climbing with CBV!
Monty S,Jul 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Kai is an amazing guide, been doing it for 30 years, showing us amazing climbs. We had a private boat with a great crew as well- 3 standout meals. Kai will push you while making sure you’re safe.
Beautiful day in Cat Ba
parkero804,Jun 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Super fun day! Our tour guide Ninh was awesome, he took us kayaking through some caves at low tide. At high tide we went to the dws walls a climbed! Ninh brought liquid and dry chalk for us, however the rock is sharp so I would recommend bringing some climbing tape in case you get any scrapes.
Ninh has my heart
caedeng2021,Jun 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It’s Ninh, the best damn guide in the North of Vietnam. This man is everything I’ve ever wanted and more, there’s a shockingly short list of things I wouldn’t trust Ninh to do. Take my girlfriend to dinner (if I had one)? Done. Watch my children (if I had any)? Done. HOLD A CHAIR STEADY ON A MOVING BOAT AS I PULL ONTO A ROCK I HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING ON???? DONE. Ninh deserves a vacation, a raise, and a preemptive pardon from Donald Trump himself after that tour. I didn’t see a single other tourist all day, saw the most amazing places I may ever witness, and had an absolute blast climbing all over the bay. Our group climbs pretty hard and we were worried we were going to be stuck climbing 5.9 all day, fear not, Ninh let me entertain my fantasy that I climb V9 and guided me to some much harder rock. He knew when to share interesting information, and when to let us soak up the views. 5/5 stars, 10/10 big booms, would book again in a heartbeat. Obsessed? perhaps.
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