Oasis Bay Classic Cruise - Halong Bay, Halong Bay

This is very amazing place , I had seen ever before. I want to come here with someone very special every year. The guide boy was so wonderful and helpful. Atmosphere was so cool. Food was also too good.

My friend and I went on this cruise after finding it had good reviews on TripAdvisor. Overall, we had a pretty good experience, except three things. Readers beware of the ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED REVIEWS for this company...ready more below. Part of our activity was swimming, which got cancelled because they didn't have a ladder for people to climb back into the ship. We paid A LOT of money for the cruise, go buy a ladder. That's their first fail. Second fail is that we were scheduled to do a visit of the cave. We got dropped off, but they forgot to leave the tickets, so we had to wait 15 minutes in the heat for them to bring tickets. Not a big deal, but by then another tour arrived and the place was overcrowded. And lastly, as we were being shuttled back to Hanoi via bus, the guide, Mee, asked everyone to take out their phones. Then she asked everyone to write a review, and even "helped" some people write their 5* reviews on TripAdvisor. That's fine I guess, if you want to be really pushy, but she even insisted that people write the review right then and supervised But wait...we had 2 issues with the cruise so I wanted to write a 4 star review. She said no, 5 stars. I said no, I would like to leave 4 stars...at which point she reached to grab my phone. How dare her "force" me to write a 5-star review against my will. At this point, I was insulted that I as a traveller am not even permitted to share a real review without supervision from the cruise guide. Fortunately, I am free to write a thorough review from home =) Traveller's, don't let guides force you to write a review that is not authentic. Forced reviews like what you see posted for this company only fool travelers to think that this company is actually popular and great...as I can definitely tell you that's a scam.