Secret Halong Cruise - De verantwoorde excursie in de baai van Halong

First off - the staff on board were very nice and they prepared great vegetarian food for our group separate from normal menu that others were given. Scenery was great. I normally wouldn’t book to stay in this kind of accomodation - this was included on a “premium” intrepid tour (which didn’t turn out to be so premium). I would have booked Athena which looked great sailing past it. I can’t comment on value for money as I don’t know the cost. Pros: Surprise cave was awesome and kayaking short and sweet Staff were very nice Big effort made to cook food and it did taste great Deck is comfortable with nice deck chairs Dining room comfortable with tables and chairs and places to sit while enjoying the view. Tender boat was clean with clean life jackets Cons: Rooms were not clean at all or comfortable. Curtains dusty with mould spots. Bathroom grout was completely covered in pink mould - they need to use bleach. Shower head barely worked. Bed was rock hard but worse - the pillows were yellow with old age and unusable as they would make us sick so had to just lie flat on the rock hard bed. Under bed was thick with dust. No floor mat given for bathroom. Shower soap and shampoo not good - dried and old liquid in pump container (and unlabelled so not sure what was what) It hurts to post this because the staff are so nice but they need to make changes to this boat and potential guests should be made aware. Number 1 is clean bathrooms with anti mould and fix curtains and dusty floor 2. give a floor mat for bathroom and 3. buy new pillows urgently. (Note: if you fix these things I’ll remove this review - let me know) Will be raising to Intrepid separately why their definitions of “premium” are so low.

Cette croisière est vraiment magique, on est face à des paysages somptueux. L'équipe est chaleureuse et prête à tout pour rendre cet instant inoubliable. Les plats sont déliceux, les activités comme le kayak, le trek le cour de cuisine de Taï CHi sont bien pensés. Cela permet de comprendre la culture vietnamienne tout en voyageant sur l'eau. A faire absolument !! Notre guide Chuyen était très consciencieux et agréable.

Nous avons passé un séjour formidable sur cette croisière. Le bateau est à taille humaine. Nous n étions que 8 , c était magique. Les paysages sont à couper le souffle. La décoration est vraiment au goût du jour . Le staff et le manager Chuyen sont adorables. Nous avons fait du kayak , visite de grotte ... manger superbement bien ... n hésitez pas ... vous ne serez pas déçus ...