Get in to Phu Quoc Vietnam by plane. Air Mekong and Vietnam Airlines have daily flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc and back. Flight hour is between 50 and 60 minutes – one way ticket costs from $60.
After only 50 minute flying from Ho Chi Minh City, you will set foot on the tropical paradise of Vietnam and the world: Phu Quoc Island. Located in the Guld of Thailand, this natural, artless, and untouched wonder covers a total area of about 580 km2. PhuQuoc Island is indubitably the central point of Southeast Asia, as it is relatively close to many big cities such as Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, etc. and even Hong Kong! A part of Kien Giang Province, the district of PhuQuoc includes the island itself and 105wonderful islets of all sizes. The island is 46 km away from Ha Tien, the closest mainland town of the province.
Natural landscape and reserves
The island has a roughly triangular shape with a north-south length of 50km and a west-east width of 25 km. A great part of the terrain is filled with beautiful sandy beaches, but there is a mountainous region with 99 peaks, among which the Peak of Chua Mountain is the tallest one at 603 meters. Due to Phu Quoc’s location in the Gulf of Thailand, itsclimate is monsoonal sub-equatorial with a temperate weather all year round, making trips to PhuQuoc possible any time in the year. However, it has been proved that the best time to travel to this island is around November to September in the dry season, when the sky is blue and clear and the rains are away. The average annual rainfall is 2879 mm and the average annual temperature is 27oC.
With a population of only about 85’000 people, Phu Quoc has 6 major towns and villages known as An Thoi Town, Cua Can Village, Duong Dong Town, GanhDau Village, Ham Ninh Village, and RachVem Village. Each of these towns/villages has its very own traditions and distinctions that will surely benefit your time in PhuQuoc.
Phu Quoc Travel
Nowadays, Phu Quoc is most famous for two things: the cuisines and a natural wonderful coastline. The most famous food of Phu Quoc is fish sauce, which has become quite popular all over Vietnam and the world. Besides, another thing worth trying there is the spicy yet interesting black pepper. However, the factor that will definitely intrigue you to visit Phu Quoc is its untouched coastline featuring several heavenly beaches. They have yet to be explored to their full ability, but this fact might be actually positive as it gives the shores a romantic beauty that you can find in nowhere else in the world.
How to get there:
AIr Mekong and Vietnam Airlines have daily flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc and back. Flight hour is between 50 and 60 minutes – one way ticket costs from $60.
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