" Transport to Cat Ba island from Hanoi - Getting to Cat Ba & away "
I. HANOI – HAI PHONG – CAT BA
The Hoang Long Transportation Company takes you from Hanoi to Hai Phong by bus then connects with a high speed boat to Cat Ba town ( 4 hours Ha Noi – Hai Phong – Cat Ba ). It cost: US$ 10 = 190.000 VND
Departure time from Hanoi: 5.20 ; 7.20 ; 11.20 ; 13.20
Arrive in Cat Ba: 9.30; 11.30; 15.30; 17.30
Departure time from Cat Ba: 7.15 ; 9.15 ; 13.15 ; 15.15
Arrive in Hanoi: 11.20; 13.20; 17.20; 19.20
The bus departs at: Luong Yen Bus Station, address: 1 Nguyen Khoai str, Hanoi.
Contact: Hoang Long office in Hanoi.
You can buy ticket by yourself at: Hoang Long Office inside Luong Yen bus station before the departure time 10 minutes, it is easy and available.
Head office address: 28 – Tran Nhat Duat – Hanoi. Tel: 04.39282828
II. HAI PHONG - CAT BA
Option1: Hoang Long takes you by bus and speed boat ( 1 and half hour ), cost 130.000 VND.
Departures time:
From 4 Le Thanh Tong -Hai Phong: 8.00; 10.00; 14.00; 16.00
Contact : Hoang Long office in Hai Phong.
Add: 4 Le Thanh Tong- Hai Phong city. Tel 0313.552866
Option 2: Take a car, motor bike or bicycle to Hai Phong city, then take the slow ferry (every hour) from Dinh Vu ferry station to Cat Hai island. Drive 7 km to the Got ferry station. Take the ferry to Phu Long then drive 40 mins to Cat Ba town. (Cost 3 hours: Hai Phong - Cat Hai island - Catba Town - cheaper than taking the ferry or hydrofoil).
Option 3: You can take a bus or car from Ha Noi to Hai Phong, stopping at Ben Binh ferry station. There are Hydrofoils to Cat Ba town, talking 45 minutes. Departure: 9.00.Cost is 8US$ =150.000VND on Hoang Yen hydrofoil; 10.5US$ = 200.000VND on the speed boat : Mekong Express
There are slow ferries to Cat Ba taking 3 hours, that cost: 5USD$. Departure: 6.00 and 12.20.
* Departure time:
Hydrofoils:
- From Haiphong: 8.30; 9.00
- From Cat Ba: 14.45; 15.00 
Slow ferries:
- From Hai Phong: 6.00; 12.20
- From Cat Ba: 5.45; 12.20
Option 4: The Cat Ba Tourist Transportation company takes you 1 hour and 30 minutes from Ben Binh harbour by mini bus to Dinh Vu ferry station and connects with a high speed boat to Phu Long (The speed boat also takes bicyle and motor bike). Then a mini bus takes you to Cat Ba Town. It cost 6.5 USD.
Warning : The price in our website is real price of company, but you should becareful. Because there are some bad women (tourist hunters) who hang around the boat dock and sell overpriced tickets. If the weather is bad, do not be talked into paying extra for the buses to the alernative port and on Cat Ba back to the main living area, this should be included in your orginal ticket price.
* Departure time:
- From Ben Binh harbour:
06.40; 08.15; 09.45; 13.40; 15.10; 16.35
- From Dinh Vu ferry:
07.15; 08.45; 10.15; 14.14; 15.45; 17.15
- From Cat Ba Town:
06.10; 07.50; 09.10; 13.10; 14;50; 16;10
- From Phu Long :
06.45; 08.30; 10.00; 14.00; 15.30; 17.00
III. HA NOI - HA L ONG CITY - CAT BA:
Option 1: From Ha Noi you can take a bus or car to Ha Long city, stopping at Bai Chay harbour. There are tourist boats to Cat Ba town, taking 4 hours ( $ 8USD).
Departure time:
- From Bai Chay: 13.00
- From Cat Ba : 8.00
Option 2: Take a car, motor bike or bicycle From Hanoi to Ha Long city, then to Tuan Chau island. There is Tuan Chau ferry to Gia Luan harbour- Cat Ba island, you can drive 30 minutes from Gia Luan harbour to Cat Ba town. The daily ferry so easily as it is operated every 1 hour from 6.00 AM till 18.00 PM. It takes only 45- 50 minutes per ferry journey. In the high season it departs in every 30 minutes. 
The price is very reasonable but satisfaction and security guaranteed:
- Walker: VND 20,000
- Motobike: VND 30,000
- Less than 9 pax Van: VND 100,000
- From 9 pax to 16 pax Van: VND 150,000