Ha Long Bay is Overrated (Part 1) #shorts

After doing a 1 night 2 day cruise, our conclusion is that Ha Long Bay is overrated. It was one of the most expensive things we did in Vietnam and our least favourite. Yes, the views from the cruise are impressive, but once you get closer to the water when you go kayaking you’ll see the side of Ha Long Bay not shown on social media: all the plastic floating in the water. It is incredibly heartbreaking. We realize that maybe not everyone had this experience. Maybe it was a bad area, maybe it was bad timing, but this type of plastic is coming from somewhere and does not accumulate overnight. We really hope that this will be addressed in the future and that part of the money collected from these expensive cruises will go towards clean-up and education. There is a better area to visit in Vietnam with similar views and no plastic (we actually saw clean up crews helping maintain this area) and we had a much better experience there. Location of this place will be shared in our next post.
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[conghoang]

I am Vietnamese, and I feel incredibly disheartened when I witness the destruction of our natural heritage caused by humans. :<<

[sheaRTSs]

Trash is because of tourist who go there and leave shit everywhere. I was there in 2006, clean as. So sad to see the trash everywhere

[carolinamarinzapata]

I was there 2 days ago, the water was gorgeous, no trash anywere, we went in to the water we cruise for 3 days 2 nights, 100% recomended

[pretendtobeastranger]

But that is not the problem of Ha Long Bay itself. Why don't we make it clean?

[Felix-pwlf]

People like you saying it is overrated will not help the people’s situation seeing that their waters are being polluted already by tourists and then the same tourists call it overrated

[justsomeguy]

That is the true reality of almost everywhere in the ocean.

[pepsifish]

Hey! I have great news! They have been working hard and now there is little to no trash when I revisited my home town(halong)

[MelanillaCR]

I visited today April 21 2024, 3 days tour and I never saw any trash, at all. I was really impressed with how clean it is

[gemxi]

I thought for a moment that it was gonna be something like an advise or a thought piece about taking care of nature😅 and the importance of tourists behaviour, but no: its just Karens outrage for going to an overrated place So rude, you had an oportunity to do something important and your ego ruined it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[gayatritaware]

Its not overrated, its dirty made by tourists. It is always beautiful

[Slipknvt]

Overrated? But if it were to be clean again youd be loving it lol kind of a silly mentality

[phibaohung]

greetings from Vietnam. Although the government always makes efforts to clean up trash, huge numbers of tourists still flock every year. what a tragedy

[tusharislam]

I went today - they were pretty strict with plastic being taken off the boat. Water seemed very clean actually no sign of any trash

[onehalfblythe]

Nah. I almost didn’t go to Halong Bay because of content like this but I’m so glad I did. I was there last week and it is stunning. Saw hardly any rubbish and the scenery is just breathtaking - the small amounts of floating rubbish just can’t take that away, and I didn’t see more than in European rivers (not that there should be any, of course!)

[yellowsubmarine]

The place is not overrated! The place is magnificent if it wasn't for bad human behavior. Maybe a better message to share is to ask the tourists and the authorities to better take care of these beautiful places rather than just recommend tourists to go to another place to pollute.

[IslandHopperTV]

Yes it’s true it’s not just here it’s many tourist destinations now becoming overrun with plastic waste

[jordan.h]

is the place you recommend called nin binh would you suggest it over halong bay?

[noodleculture]

I was there in September, it wasn't that bad

[mechasentai]

Thanks for making this video. It's honest, no AI or clickbait fantasy and straight forward.

[beautifulawa]

I was there last week... there was very little rubbish floating around so.... from looking at your video, they have done very well to clean up most of the plastic rubbish. We totally loved it! Sang bad karaoke but we had so much fun. I've taken videos of the bay and there is hardly any rubbish. Halong Bay is definitely worth visiting, we loved it!