Phu Quoc Island

Phu Quoc is a picturesque Vietnamese island located around the coast of Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand. This island is famous for its resorts and pristine white sand beaches. In and around the southwest coast of Phu Quoc you can find many resorts and tourists locations. The island encompassed with dense mountains and jungles that are popular destinations for adventurous sporting activities like hiking, motorbiking and wildlife viewing. We shall be making a conscious effort to discuss the very best of Phu Quoc island in this Phu Quoc travel guide.

The Holiday To Indochina, one among the known and famous tour operators in Vietnam is offering various tours in Phu Quoc meeting your budget and also special package tours meeting your personal interests. Visiting the land of beaches will be an ever memorable experience.  The island is very rustic and has enough opportunities to quench your adventurous tyrist.

The Phu Quoc travel guide for every new visitor
The Phu Quoc beaches voted as the most beautiful and cleanest among many other beaches in the world by ABC News in 2008! This island is not only a paradise for your eyes but is an excellent location to taste exotic seafood items. One must definitely taste all the sea foods from the restaurants around the island.

They have been making the best sea foods with traditional recipes and that make it unique. Other than eating and having your favorite beverages, you can even get to know more about this place by visiting the business events and marathons that are conducting in the island frequently.

Reaching Phu Quoc
Tourists from any part of the world can visit Phu Quoc by traveling through cruise ships or flights that can make them reach the island as per their tour schedule. All foreigners need to have an entry visa to land in the island, endorsed by Vietnam Immigration.

You can have all visa facilitations from your tour operator, Holiday To Indochina, has been organizing the travel arrangements for years! The tour operator provides the best possible travel tickets and tours in Phu Quoc for every customer who want to visit Phu Quoc.  People who are in a process to book more travel tickets will get a decent discount on their ticket price every time with Holiday To Indochina.

By plane: The tourists can take the direct flight from Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho or Rach Gia airport to Phu Quoc in less than an hour. The flights are cheap in terms of ticket fare, and one can choose their own time to catch these flights to Phu Quoc.

A host guide will receive the tourists at the airport, who arrive on tour packages like Phu Quoc family tour or any other packages of Holiday to Indochina. This tour coordinator has been offering the best pick up facilities with a guide for all their customers so that they can get into the holiday mood the moment they land at Phu Quoc.

By boat: One can rent a boat from Rach Gia to reach this island. The boat journey will be a memorable experience as you can enjoy the ambiance even before landing on the island. It takes about two and a half hour to reach Phu Quoc by boat journey. If you are on a Phu Quoc private tour all alone, then traveling by boat can let you meet many new people and get to know about the places.  It will give you an on-hand experience before you reach the island.

Best time to visit Phu Quoc

Phu Quoc has a tropical climate throughout the year with three different climatic changes that can increase or decrease the humidity level. During the hot season, between November to March, the island reaches its maximum temperature of about 31 degree Celsius with the breezy wind during the night time.
Although the temperature rate can sound soaring, the humidity in this place is quite low, and no one can get tanned during such hot season. It is the best season to visit the island, as you can have a sunbath in the day time by relaxing on the beach, staring the clear blue clouds passing around.  You can get chilled in the night with the wind breezing all around the bay and indeed would be a fantastic experience.  

Phu Quoc island is mostly hot during other seasons with a humidity rate of 80 to 85%. You can get advance weather information from Holiday To Indohina, and the guides can also give you precise information about the climate and the precautions required to take to against the weather changes.  Guides are always very supportive throughout your journey and can give you great skin care tips, to prevent your skin getting damaged due to increased humidity.

Things to do in Phu Quoc

There are many activities you can do while staying on this island. Every island has its unique activities and things that a tourist can do in and around. The Phu Quoc Island, in particular, has the best things to do that are adventurous and creative at the same time.

Some of the things that one must do in Phu Quoc are as follows:

Shower at the Suoi Tranh Waterfall:

Suoi Tranh waterfall is 7KM southeast of  Duong Dong, and it takes about 7-10 minutes to reach the place. The Suoi Tranh is a one-tiered waterfall with a rapid water flow all around the year. You can bath in the waterfall by sitting on the rocks. People who are in Phu Quoc for a Phu Quoc family tour can fire up and make some grilled sea foods for lunch with their families. The best time to visit the waterfall is between May and September.

Fishing in Ham Ninh

Every island is popular for its seafood and Phu Quoc is not an exemption. In Phu Quoc, the tourists can engage in fishing and tourists shall be having facilities for fishing at Ham Ninh village. The local people call this place as a fishing village since many tourists visit the village for fishing and cook some delicious sea foods.

Individuals who are on Phu Quoc private tours can explore this village and engage in fishing activities and prepare seafood. The local people are friendly in nature, and you can even learn their traditional way of cooking and enjoy with them.

Visit the Sao beach

Phu Quoc island is famous for its white sandy beaches, and Sao beach is very popular. The beach has lush coconut trees everywhere, and that are instrumental in bringing down the humidity level during the summer season.  One can even walk deep inside the see to an extent and get drenched in the sea water.

The water here is crystal clear at some parts, and you can blissfully watch fishes swimming around while walking into the sea. Apart from many other leisure activities, Holiday To Indochina offering jet ski to their customers. It will be an enjoyable experience if you can avail the services of Holiday to Indochina tours packages.

You can enjoy the best view of the beach  by riding around the island on a jet ski. You can find many resorts around the southern part of the beach and will get a fantastic option to stay in these resorts while you are on a tour in Phu Quoc package with your family members.
Hike around the Phu Quoc National Park

In 2010, the Phu Quoc National Park declared as one among the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve place. This national park has the densest forest in the whole world. You can roam in the park on a motorbike or mountain bike. Hiking in this National Park will be a thrill-packed experience, as one needs to watch their steps while climbing the hills. Your Holiday To Indochina guide can give you valuable tips on how to negotiate skillfully through the dense forest.

Taste the famous fish sauces:

Phu Quoc is known for producing the best quality of fish sauces.  Fish sauce export is the primary business on the island, and the factories export many varieties of fish sauces to the mainland.

You can purchase any number of such fish sauces directly from the factory. The fish sauces are available in different flavors, and you will have the freedom to taste and purchase.  Do not forget to visit the fish sauce factory during your Phu Quoc private tours.

Accommodation in Phu Quoc
There are many hotels and resorts available with best rooms in Phu Quoc island. The resorts located at a stretch on the western shore of the island. If you are in a Phu Quoc travel package of Holiday To Indochina, then your rooms and other accommodation facilities will be taken care of the tour operator. You can choose the services that you are in need prior to your arrival to the resorts.

Holiday To Indochina offers two different budget packages, and you can choose the best among them. The resorts in this island offer the best sea view, and most of the rooms are designed facing the sea, offering straight sea views. The tour operator is also offering free pickup facilities for all their customers, and you can make use of it to reach any destination in and around Phu Quoc.

Tour packages

Holiday To Indochina offers various beach getaway Phu Quoc tour packages for all their customers. The 4 days and 3 nights Phu Quoc travel packages are available at a reliable price with special discount.

During your four days stay in Phu Quoc, you can do various activities as listed on the official website of Holiday To Indochina. At the first day of your landing, you will be picked up at the airport by the tour guide and take you to the destined hotel or resort booked for you. You can enjoy your stay in the hotel and roam around during the first day so that you can explore more in the next three days.

Being the largest island in Vietnam and lot of beach activities, Phu Quoc attracts more tourists now a day.  It has the best white sand beaches, and you can explore it during the 2nd day of your Phu Quoc family tour.

Taking a sun bath on the beach, fishing at the nearby village, tasting some seafood cuisine are some of the activities one can do in their second day stay in this island. Phu Quoc is known for producing high-quality pepper that is exporting to many countries all over the world.  You will get the opportunity to taste the traditional fish sauce at Phu Quoc.

The third day of the tour is set aside for adventurous water sports like water surfing, ski diving and much more.  You can book all these leisure activities in advance through Holiday To Indochina.  One must follow the safety instructions provided by the Phu Quoc travel guide before playing any water sports in the sea.

During your last day of stay on this island, you can roam in and around as you wish and at the end of the day, the guide will help you catch your flight back to your destination. The last day of your tour is exclusively for purchasing souvenirs and other traditional items as a commemoration of your trip. Your travel guide will be happy to help you out to meet your personal requirements. Traveling on Holiday To Indochina tour package will be a fantastic experience, as they are professional, easily approachable anytime, and the guides are very much helpful to sort out any issues.

Travel tips

Residing nearby the sea can make some people turn sea sick for no reason. If you find any symptoms of sea sickness, then you can get the help of the guide to avoid them at the earlier stage itself. Eating too much seafood can sometimes upset digestion. So be careful in having too much seafood if you don't consume seafood regularly.  But remember, you can get the best seafood at Phu Quoc.  

Conclusion

Visiting Phu Quoc island and exploring things around with your family and friends will let your memory cherish them for a lifetime. There are a lot more to see in Phu Quoc island than what you can find in the Phu Quoc travel guide. To explore the full potential of the island, you certainly need to have a professional tour operator, like Holiday To Indochina, who knows the pulse of the island.  You will never disappoint visiting the official site of the tour operator as you can find many tour packages suitable for your budget and personal interest.