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Things to do in Phu Quoc Island
Phu Quoc island has a sizable area of about 574 km2, about 49 km around the island including many beautiful beaches, national forest, with 99 mountains and a wide variety of activities that created well-known features of a long history. With all the favorable elements and that characteristic, when comes to Phu Quoc you will have a lot of fun, recreational and exploring activities for you (Things to do in Phu Quoc). Please refer to the list below.
1.Visiting An Thoi archipelago – Phu Quoc
The recent years Thoi archipelago is known for its small islands with white sand, pure blue sea and pristine beauty. When the dried season comes from November – April, when the sun shines, that is a great time for you to rent a boat or take the tours for having a day of visiting this gorgeous archipelago. The beautiful islands must refer to May Rut islet ( May Rut Trong and May Rut Ngoai Islet), Gham Ghi islet, Thom Islet, Bom islet.
Diving coral in the An Thoi archipelago are also a great choice that you should not ignore. In the dried season, it is the most ideal coral reef area in Phu Quoc Island, especially to mention Half-moon Reef, U-Turn, 4-season Reef, Coral Mountain,…
2. Phu Quoc Beaches
Phu Quoc is gifted with many beautiful beaches and places. Besides the famous beaches such as Sao beach, Long Beach, Dai beach with a full range of services, the unspoiled and quieter beaches are being favored and searched for is Ong Lang beach, Vung Bau Beach (Half-moon Beach), Starfish Beach Phu Quoc and small beaches in islets such as May Rut islet, Mong Tay islet… in An Thoi archipelago.
3.Fishing village in Phu Quoc Island
One day driving the motorbike to several fishing villages to find out, witnessing the life of the majority of people on the island as a rather enjoyable activity. Many fishing villages in Phu Quoc retain their own unspoiled beauty, although the development of tourism is rapidly changing all their life activities, landscapes on the island. The most intact fishing village can refer to as the Rach Vem fishing village, Cua Can the fishing village.
4.Streams in Phu Quoc
Phu Quoc has many sizable forests and mountains which also creates many natural streams that flow from the mountain down with the pristine scenery and the waters in the cooler from nature. The stream is well known that the Tranh stream, has quite a lot of tourists who come here to visit because of the convenient location and have staff get garbage daily. If you want to search for the untouched, more natural streams that locals often visit are Tien stream, Da Ban stream, Mo stream,…
5.Phu Quoc national park
The Phu Quoc national park is located north of Phu Quoc Island, the best way you take the motorbike to discover it you will admire the vegetation many years old, enjoy the pristine beauty and harmony with nature. There are two roads to pass through Phu Quoc national park, which is about 17 km past the red land road from the Ganh Dau – the fork of Thom beach and Cua Can (if you start from Duong Dong town, the distance is 34 km). You will pass through the primeval forest by the red land road, in this way, there will have many small trails so that you can walk into the forest. You can also visit the Rach Vem fishing village, starfish beach Phu Quoc on the road. However, this is a non-flat passage road so it makes it difficult for the driver to not be good.
The second way you follow the road from Duong Dong to Thom beach, start from the Nguyen Trung Truc street, (the entire road about 30 km). This is a flat asphalt road, which is easy and convenient for exploring by a motorbike. In this way beyond exploring the national forest, you can visit the Pepper Gardens of people in the roadways, or to the Phu Quoc Countryside to learn more about the kind, product of pepper. When arriving at the Thom beach area you can visit Mot islet, a very pristine place with many ancient trees. There are a number of restaurants here with fresh seafood and cheap costs, so you should take a rest here and have lunch.
Opened in early 2018, the Hon Thom cable has a length of nearly 8 km from An Thoi to Thom islet. Here you can admire the great beauty of the fishing village, the stunning islands in the An Thoi archipelago from above. At Hon Thom (Pineapple Island) you can visit Nature Park, bathe at the pristine beaches, play games such as glider, water bikes, float houses, dining at restaurants near the sea. Take note of the sunny day, that looks so great when see from cable.
7.Visiting the pepper farm Phu Quoc – Fish sauce factory
– Phu Quoc Pepper
The pepper and Phu Quoc fish sauce are some of the famous Phu Quoc specialties. Phu Quoc Pepper is known both in the country and internationally, with the most delicious taste in Vietnam. The people of Phu Quoc have traditionally planted the pepper for many years and it is still one of the main professions of many local people. There are plenty of gardens around town you can easily come and learn about the process of planting pepper, the difference between the types of pepper, pepper and origin of Phu Quoc pepper or why the Phu Quoc is so tasty.
However, if you are a foreigner, the Phu Quoc Countryside is located north of the island, 17 km from the town, where the landlord will lead you to visit the Pepper garden and explain everything by English. Moreover, you have the opportunity to find out and see many tropical fruits are planted in farms such as guava, mango, pineapple, banana, lemon…..
Phu Quoc fish sauce
Around the town there are many fish sauce manufacturers, taking some time to visit the fish sauce box house to find out about the origins of Phu Quoc fish sauce, elements, the process of the best-known fish sauce in Vietnam is also interesting. All fish sauce box house welcome you to visit and find out should be able to choose the nearest barrel. According to my knowledge, Phung Hung – Phu Quoc fish sauce, Khai Hoan is the oldest tradition.
8. Safari Phu Quoc and Vinpearl Land Amusement park
At the safari, you can see a lot of animals (tigers, lions, rhinos, giraffes, etc) and the guide gives a good tour with a description of the animals. The animals are well taken care of and have a natural environment. Also the zoo’s animal exhibits are spacious and most have lots of trees and room. The park is huge and it can take about 3 hours to explore this place.. Your kids will love the giraffes and elephants and lemurs. ..
