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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 and Air Mekong fly
direct from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) with at least fifteen flights scheduled daily - the
flight takes less than an hour and is very reasonably priced with tickets costing up to 1 million VND (about 48 US Dollars) one-way. And return flights back to HCMC are
just as frequent. Mekong Air also operates a daily flight between Phu Quoc and Hanoi, with a one-way ticket priced at around 2.6 million VND which is about 125 US Dollars.
Domestic flights in Vietnam can be booked online at www.vietnamairlines.com and www.airmekong.com.vn
For
those wishing to travel to or from the Mekong Delta (or are on their
way to or coming from Cambodia) Vietnam Airlines operate flights daily between Phu Quoc and Rach Gia on the Vietnamese mainland which take
only half an hour, costing up to 780,000 VND (about 37 US Dollars) one-way. There are also daily flights with Vietnam Airlines between Phu Quoc and Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, also costing up to 780,000 VND one-way.
Also, there are daily passenger ferries using Rach Gia port. A one-way ferry ticket costs 300,000 VND (about 14 US Dollars) and the voyage takes two and a half hours. There is now also an authorised passenger ferry which travels between Ha Tien and Phu Quoc scheduled for every day.
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 to Phu Quoc airport, it is an easy 15 minute journey to Beach Club by taxi. There are motorbike taxis (about 30,000 VND) and meter car taxis (about 120,000 VND which is around 6 US Dollars) available outside the luggage collection area of the airport which can take you down to the resort.
And in no time at all 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 90,000 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 rightfully 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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