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Getting
to Phu Quoc
Phu
Quoc Island is only 25 miles (40km) off the south-west coast of Vietnam
at the
closest point, and is easily accessible
by both air and boat. Vietnam
Airlines fly
direct from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) at least four times daily - the
flight takes less than an hour and is very reasonably priced with tickets costing between 720,000 VND (about 44 US Dollars) and 920,000 VND (about 56 US Dollars) one-way, with the price difference depending on seat availability at the time of booking. And return flights back to HCMC are
just as frequent.
For
those wishing to travel to or from the Mekong Delta (or are on their
way to or coming from Cambodia) flights operate daily between Phu Quoc and Rach Gia on the Vietnamese mainland which take
only half an hour, with prices ranging from 570,000 VND (about 35 US Dollars) to 670,000 VND (about 41 US Dollars) one-way, again the price difference depending on seat availability at the time of booking. Also, there are daily ferries using
Rach Gia port. A one-way ferry ticket costs between
230,000 VND (about 14 US Dollars) and 250,000 VND (about 15 US Dollars) depending on which type of boat travels and the voyage takes two and a half hours. There is now also a ferry which travels between Ha Tien and Phu Quoc every two days.
However, take note that whilst these boats are scheduled to sail this is not always the case!
Regarding getting to and from Cambodia overland, as well as the established border near to Chau Doc, the Ha Tien border crossing is now open to tourists.
WARNING: Although there are boats other than the passenger ferries from Ha Tien in the Mekong Delta, Beach Club strongly advises against taking these boats, particularly in the rainy season. They do not meet proper safety standards and we understand it is in fact illegal for them to take foreigners as passengers.
PLEASE NOTE: During the busy dry season we can only take advance bookings from guests who have already purchased flight tickets to the island, and thus are sure to arrive here on the exact date for which they have booked accommodation!
Getting
to Beach Club
We are situated on Long Beach
(the sunset beach), on the island's west coast.
If you're flying in, you're sure to be met with a warm smile by our Mr
Cung or Miss Sang at the airport, who'll be more than happy to show you some
gorgeous pics of our paradise and provide you with any information you
may need. Once you have collected your luggage we can help you to get a motorbike taxi (about 25,000 VND) or a car taxi (about 100,000 VND which is 6 US Dollars) down to the resort.
And in no time at all (well only a fifteen minute ride) you'll arrive at Beach Club and, then folks, you're under instruction to relax and enjoy!
If you're coming to the island by boat, there are taxis and
motorbike drivers waiting at the harbour to take people to their
hotels and Beach Club is about a thirty minute drive away.
General
Information
Phu
Quoc, in the Gulf of Thailand, is the largest of all Vietnam's islands,
situated off the south-west coast of the country, but nearer to
Cambodia than the Vietnamese mainland.
Much of the island is protected national park with an abundance of
mountainous and forested land, surrounded by a stunning coastline with
beautiful sandy beaches. The population is in the region of 85,000 with
the main activities for the locals revolving around the fishing
industry, although much of Vietnam's exported black pepper is also
grown on the island. Of course, tourism is coming into the frame as a
means of income but, whilst there are some new hotels under
construction, Phu Quoc still thankfully has a very rural and
undeveloped nature about it, allowing the island to rightfuly claim to
be, on the one hand, a quiet tropical paradise and, on the other, a
holiday getaway very easily accessible from the mainland.
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