Orchid Cruise

Wonderful trip. One must experience at least once in a lifetime. Highly recommended as staff are courteous and points are great to visit. :)

We had taken a combo offer from paradise cruises which involved 2 nights hotel stay in Hanoi and 1 night cruise in Ha Long bay including ground transport. The booking experience was very smooth. Stay at hotel Melia was wonderful.
The Valentine Cruise ship was quite elegant ! Very comfortable cabins with all the amenities. Food on board was fabulous. We had given vegetarian food preference while booking and it was taken care of. All the activities on both the days were handled efficiently following precise timings. Kids had fun visiting caves and kayaking. The cheerful cruise managers and other staff members were always around to take care of the guests. It was a memorable cruise for our family.

Spent two amazing days on this cruise round Halong Bay. Wonderful itinerary, superb food and most attentive and friendly staff. Only 14 cabins so intimate too. Well worth the expense it was fabulous.

Simply my most memorable travel experience ever! Exceptional service, facilities, food and staff! The Ultralux Hera Cruise was well run, great itinerary and serviced by wonderful staff. Thanks Mr Kenny for your exceptional attention to detail and assistance. Only wish I’d stayed longer!

We booked a one day cruise with pick-up from our downtown hotel in Hanoi in a good car, sharing with four other guests.

The bay is spectacular, to be sure, but in the end we felt one day was enough, mainly because it is very busy.

Staff with hyper-attentive and the programme perhaps a tad too full for my taste. You don’t have a lot of real time cruising and much of it is spent on meals: lunch on arrival followed by a trip to a cave (really wish we’d skipped this one and stayed on the boat relaxing) and heading back for Happy Hour and dinner.

The best moment was the following morning, enjoying the calm on the deck of the boat before joining the other guests for brunch and a swift return to the harbour and the Hanoi transport.

 Take the trip, but don’t book more than a day. Skip the activities and try to get as much time as you can to yourself on the deck enjoying the scenery of the bay.

Amazing trip in Ha long bay. Our tour guide Tien Hoang was great, his explanation was clear and interesting! Have a very interesting trip. Well recommended!

Our ship was only 10 months old. Very luxury and large cabins. Great food by quality and variety. Very good personal, that try to help you with anything you want.

We were picked up from our Hotel in Hanoi. We had opted for a 2days 1night cruise. The cruise started around 12 noon. The views were just so amazing. On Day one we stopped at an island where we could spend some time on the beach. On the second day morning, we were taken to another island with a cave to explore. The food on the cruise was quite good and the stay was comfortable too. We were dropped back at the boarding point before noon and were driven to the airport. Very satisfied with the cruise and the location. 
P. S. Visited in Oct 2016

The cruise is chill yet amazing one, nice rooms and the food is great! Tom Cruise is handsome, single and available so go talk to him girls

We did the 2 night 3 day cruise, I cannot even describe how good it was, the scenery was spectacular, the 5 courses of food for lunch and dinner was outstanding, happy hour on the deck in the afternoons was great, even the cooking lessons were great gun, all out a fantastic cruise on a great boat, staff are also fantastic

Excellent visit. Thoroughly enjoyed. Lot of activities, all organised very well. Our guide Mr. Dong was very helpful and looked after us very well.

Thank you for a great trip. Good food, good services, nice people. We love kayaking, the cave and hiking to the top

This was a splurge on our Asia trip and it was worth it. Unfortunately the weather was on the cool side when we were here but that didn't detract from our enjoyment. The rooms are beautiful - we had a delux room and enjoyed the view and the space.
Meals were buffet style and the food was above average but nowhere close to being as good as many of the meals we had on this trip. As others have mentioned, beer and wine is a bit pricey and I think could be included in the price, that said we didn't mind paying.
All of the staff were attentive. As the weather was cold we didn't take advantage of some of the excursions. I did take the morning water cave trip but wished I had stayed in my lovely room where it was warm and comfortable.
Halong bay is beautiful, even on a grey day.

The cruise was great. It provided us with fun activities but also time to relax. John/quyen took good care of us. He makes an awesome egg coffee

The rooms, staff and food, there is no stone unturned. We made the most of the activities. The only change I would make is to add another day to have more time relaxing from the balcony to take in the pristine beautiful scenery.
The food was 5 star and the staff bent over backwards to help in any way possible. Even cooking to squid I caught. (Did I say I caught 2 and beat the boys!!)
Thank you Eddy and John and all of your staff our this has definitely topped our holiday.
Tanya, Jason, Elysse & Bailey xxxx

We enjoyed a one night cruise in January during a tour of Vietnam. Following a two and a half hour journey by car from Hanoi we were directed to a waiting lounge where tea and coffee (no milk) were available for self service on a table.

The transfer to the boat took about 25 minutes in a noisy tender but once arrived, check in was smooth and efficient. Our cabin was beautifully appointed with a large bathroom containing both a bath and separate shower. Large picture windows provided an excellent view of the passing landscape when it was a bit too chilly to sit out on the balcony. The weather was overcast with temperatures hovering in the mid teens which is not unusual for this time of year. It didn’t however detract from the splendour of the scenery.

A buffet lunch had been prepared and having informed the company in advance of specific dietary requirements, a big effort had been made to accommodate these with my own plates if food. All was of a high standard.

Later in the afternoon we were transferred by tender to an island to visit a cave system. It was only when we arrived that we were informed that it involved first climbing 190 steps and there would be some low and narrow areas within the cave. There was an option to stay on the bus which had I known that bending double would be necessary for long and frequent stretches of the half kilometre or so walk through the caves I would have taken.

Back on board, before dinner we watched and participated in a cooking demonstration in the art of making spring rolls.

Dinner was a 5 course a la carte menu. Again I was offered an alternative which on the whole was fine but a little disappointingly the food was essentially western. Service was excellent.

We opted not to rise at dawn for tai chi and still suffering with backache from the cave walk opted not to kayak either.

Overall, we enjoyed our taste of Halong Bay and found the one night cruise to be a perfect length. We disembarked at about midday which fitted in well with our onward journey. The boat provided very comfortable, stylish accommodation and the staff were very helpful, friendly and efficient. This itinerary is also quieter than those out of Halong City and the road transfer from Hanoi is shorter.

Our tour guide was really helpful, always took care of us. The meals, the cabin... were all great. However, you should be more flexible in pickup. Spend 1 additional hour due to other pickups. Overall a FANTASTIC MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE.

We were lucky to take the cruise on a nice weather. Everything was excellent. The trip was really well-organized. The cabins were delightful, spic and span clean with en suite facillities.The catering service was beyond expectation, and service by all the staff was excellent.

We were satisfied with everything provided by the cruise and crew team!

We really enjoyed this cruise. It was one of our highlights of Vietnam. There are plenty of options for cruising in Halong Bay but after seeing some of the other boats we were pleased with our choice.The cruise itself was superb including safety aspects. The 24 hour experience was well structured and organised. However, drinks on ship are too expensive. Anyway, I would definitely recommend you guy for the Halong Bay tour! Cheers.

My husband and I booked this trip as part of our honeymoon in Vietnam. We enjoyed the trip, especially our tour guide Rose. She was funny and very good at her job. The whole staff on the ship was wonderful. We enjoyed the entire experience (maybe the happy hour too much?), even though the weather was poor.

Our tour guide for Halong Bay on Feb 10-11, is special person to remember in our Vietnam Cambodia package tour. He made our stay on cruise very memorable by his spotless planning, clear western English communication, careful and kind attitude towards handicapped ( my wife), humorous behavior and family like approach. We wish him good luck in his career and future ventures. We also met Sami, another gem of person on Overseas cruise. His immaculate planning in dining hall and smiling service to all tourists for delicious food three times(B, L, D) was truly noteworthy. He entertained everyone by his Melodious flute too. We wish him good luck. God bless both handsome persons!!

We took a great trip to Halong Bay. The ship/crew was very good. Our tour Guide Viktor was amazing, he explained everything perfectly and took great pictures with his drone..