Wonderful choice for beauty, service, food. Like others, I also did a lot of research-don't want to be stuck on a bad boat for 2 days. Conclusion: you get what you're willing to pay for. Aquarena wasn't expensive (to my middle class American budget), less than I'd pay for 2 nights in a good hotel in US. And it included... More

We loved our experience on Aquarena all around. Kiem, our guide was someone we could trust, enjoyed spending time with and made the trip. He is professional, funny and so kind. We chose this cruise because of the strong reviews and ironically booked the San Souci IV while in Hanoi for a night. Had we booked together we would have... More

One of the most difficult and time consuming choices we have been faced with during our travels is undoubtedly the choice of picking an affordable tour company for an overnight Ha Long Bay cruise. We spent hours trawling through the TripAdvisor message boards and reviews in search for the perfect budget option (90 USD or less), but one of the... More

We are delighted to recommend this Cruse. Before we left at 3-week tour of Vietnam as we mostly have organized ourselves, we were told that we should be careful which company and the boat we selected on a trip in Halong Bay. We are 2 couples at + 50 who want things to be okay without having to pay too... More

We booked a 3 day cruise through darianculbert.com. We chose this company because it had quite an active itinerary on day 2 on Cat Ba Island (cycling, trekking etc) with a different guide. On the day that we went, there were only two of us on the cruise but the guide arrived on time and was polite and professional (with... More

I travelled with a friend to Halong Bay in February 2012. We booked the Aquarena cruise as the San Souci Cruise but it has recently changed name. We were the only two people on the cruise which initially I was nervous about but there was really no need. The staff were helpful, knowledgable, polite and attentive but not overbearing. Our... More

As I was planning to stay at Sans Souci IV hotel in Hanoi, I decided to book the Sans Souci cruise in Halong bay through the hotel as the review on tripadvisor for this cruise was quite good. Found out when I arrived that the cruise changed its name to Aquarena. No problem with that as the service I received... More