Athena Royal Cruise - Luxury in Halong Bay

Amazing experience. I wasn’t sure for the first few hours I’d made a good choice to visit, but an amazing experience. Do everything they have on offer. Cocktails in the evening as the sun sets, magical.

The rooms have had some work done on them. They were a little rough around the edges.

Athena Royal Cruise - Luxury in Halong Bay was amazing. The boat was very clean and updated with wonderful rooms beautifully designed. The itinerary was perfect, not rushed with plenty of time to see it all and relax. You also have the option to stay on the boat. The food options were fantastic, serving buffet for breakfast and lunch then a selected menu for dinner. Everything was cooked on the boat and came out fresh. There was a lot of attention to cleanness. The staff was the highlight!! All of them were fantastic, excellent service and helpful, making us feel welcomed and happy. A special mention to Morning and Tony that went above to make out experience special. Morning especially was very fun and funny, he made the experience enjoyable. They both paid additional attention to the guest and was kind and helpful. Ha Long Bay is already beautiful so it’s hard not to love it but to have beautiful people around you makes it a whole lot more memorable. Thank you, Athena, you will forever be a part of our experience at Ha Long Bay.

Clean and luxurious Michael and the staff were extremely helpful

The first day was well organized and we enjoyed seeing Ha Long Bay.

On the second day, we were forced to wake up very early and move to a lower level of another boat with no rooms and no comfortable seating, where we had to stay all day. There were very few activities, the food was not good and not enough, and the whole experience was extremely disappointing. Paying for a luxury cruise and ending up on a lower-level boat made this feel like a total waste of money and time