overall this was a great cruise and place to stay. the room was clean and food was very good.

The company started by picking everyone in Hanoi before heading to Halong. The tour guide (whose western name was "Peter") was probably the best one we encountered throughout our visit to Vietnam. Really great job! 4 hours later we get on the boat and find that the room was nice and the food was amazing. After reading many things in the Internet we were afraid that the food would a problem but it was actually the opposite. Everything was freshly and beautifully cooked. The views are obviously fantastic. The staff was nice and helpful and we did a lot of activities (kayak, squid fishing, cooking classes). The only two things that weren't perfect: - very hard mattress - the bathroom would flood very easily when taking a shower. Everything else was 5 stars!