Thien Cung Cave Động Thiên Cung
Show cave on the short boat
Show cave on the short boat: walk the lit chamber on Đầu Gỗ inside a 3–4 hour route. The floor is about 3,000 m² and 20 m above the sea, and the pale stalactites give it the name of a heavenly palace. The same boat continues to Đầu Gỗ and then Ba Hang. Keep the day for the whole loop.
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The lit chamber, with a column and the ceiling in frame
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
You land on đảo Đầu Gỗ and walk the chamber. The floor is about 3,000 m², 20 m above the sea, and the pale stalactites are why the name means a heavenly palace. The same boat then goes to Đầu Gỗ. Keep time for the rest of the loop.
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ba Hang is the end of the same route: three small notch caves close together, opening onto two salt lakes, by kayak or rowboat. A kayak or a rowboat there is 40,000 đồng a person. Hòn Chó Đá and Hòn Đỉnh Hương are looked at from the deck.
Getting there and around
The boat is route 1 from Cảng tàu khách quốc tế Hạ Long. The English port line is Beach road, New Beach, Bai Chay ward, 500 m from Sun World. A road minute does not apply. The route is 3–4 hours for Thiên Cung, Đầu Gỗ, and Ba Hang together.
From the Ha Long port
Route 1. The clock is 3–4 hours for Thiên Cung, Đầu Gỗ, and Ba Hang together.
Hours and fees
- Hours
Check on arrival
- Closed
No weekly closing day was printed. Confirm the sailing the day you go.
- Admission
No separate cave price. Route 1 on 15 March 2024 is 440,000–460,000 đồng, split there as 310,000 sightseeing and 150,000 boat. Inside the 310,000, 60,000 is the port fee and 250,000 is the remainder in that notice. The board exemption page, updated 2 November 2024: free under 1.2 m or under 7, half price for a Vietnamese citizen 60 or over, and 20 percent off from age 7 to under 16. The 15 March 2024 port sentence uses children 7 to 15 for the 20 percent. From 10 December 2025 a bay ticket needs an identity card or a passport.
Also in Ha Long Bay
Overnight on the bay Nghỉ đêm trên vịnh
A night on a bay boat: stay 24 hours from departure and keep the limestone after the day boats leave.
Bai Tu Long Bay Vịnh Bái Tử Long
The bay east of Ha Long: take one of ten boat routes from Ao Tien or Cam Pha.
Cua Van floating village Làng chài Cửa Vạn
Floating village on route 3: boat about 20 km out and row past the raft houses.
Fighting Cock Islet Hòn Trống Mái
Paired rocks on the short boat: watch the gap from the deck in daylight, inside the 3–4 hour route.
Kayaking on the bay Chèo kayak trên vịnh
Paddle a kayak among the limestone: about an hour from a licensed pontoon on the boat routes.
Luon Cave Hang Luồn
Water cave on the long boat: row or kayak through the notch into a lake on a 5–6 hour route.
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