Overview Halong
Emeraude Cruise offers daily overnight cruise service on
board a luxurious replica steamer with 38 cabins
meticulously designed to evoke the nostalgic charm of
colonial Indochina. In 1910 a paddle steamer called the
Emeraude was offering unforgettable cruises in Halong
Bay for visitors to what was then French Indochina. The
Emeraude was part of a flotilla owned by the Roque
family who had left Bordeaux in 1858 in search of
adventure and fortune. Over a period of more than 50
years they found both. After several ups and downs
including successful trading and timber businesses near
bankruptcy and being taken hostage by pirates the Roque
brothers built Emeraude Perle Saphir Rubis and Onyx to
ferry passengers and freight along the waterways of
Indochina and cruise on magnificent Halong Bay.