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3 daysPhu Quoc
Three days on the pearl island: pepper gardens and sim wine in the north, the prison and the fish sauce houses in the south, and a boat day of fishing and coral in between.
Your journey at a glance
Overview
Phu Quoc is closer to Cambodia than to Saigon, and it has spent its history making two things: pepper and fish sauce. Both are still made the way they were, in gardens and in barrel houses you can walk into, and that is the island underneath the resorts.
Day one runs the north — a sim wine still, the pepper rows, Dinh Cau on its rocks at sunset, and Grand World after dark. Day two is the south: the pearl farm, the fish sauce barrels, the prison, then a boat out for fishing and snorkelling, and Sunset Town for the last of the light. Day three is breakfast and the airport.
Highlights
Day by day
3 days, 2 nights, in the order we usually run them. Timings, hotels and activities are adjusted to your dates and interests when we plan it with you.
Customise this journeyDay 1, Phu Quoc
Met at the airport or the pier and straight out to a sim wine production house, where the island's myrtle wine is made, and then the pepper gardens. Lunch, then into the hotel to rest. Late afternoon at Dinh Cau and Dinh Ba on the cliffs, and dinner. In the evening, north to Grand World: the bamboo house architecture, the colour-changing dome, Love Park, the Venice canal and the Dating Tower, with the free water music show on the canal. The Essence of Vietnam show runs here too if you want to add it.
Meals: Lunch, dinner
Day 2, Phu Quoc
Sunrise over the sea and breakfast at the hotel, then the south: a pearl farm, a traditional fish sauce barrel house, and Phu Quoc Prison, which was run through both the French and American wars and is kept as it was. At midday to the port and out on the boat — tackle and bait provided, life jackets, masks and snorkels — for fishing and coral, with lunch aboard. Back in the afternoon for Ho Quoc Pagoda and Sunset Town, where the Kiss Bridge runs out into the water. Dinner, then the night market if you still have the legs for it.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 3, Phu Quoc
Breakfast and time at the hotel until check-out. Transfer to the airport to suit your flight.
Meals: Breakfast
Where you'll stay
Stays are chosen for character and location, and confirmed with you before anything is booked.
2 nights
Hotel room on a twin-share basis, two people per room. Property names are confirmed with your final itinerary.
The route
Map is schematic and not to scale for travel times.
Good to know
Phu Quoc has its own exemption: if you fly in from abroad and stay on the island, most nationalities can stay up to 30 days without a visa. Arriving from the Vietnamese mainland, your normal Vietnam visa applies. Tell us your route and we will confirm which one you are on.
November to April is the dry season, with the calmest water for the boat day. May to October brings afternoon rain and rougher crossings, and the boat day can be moved or dropped if the sea is against it.
Children aged 10 and over are charged the full rate. Children aged 9 and under are charged 75 percent of the rate, and children under 3 travel free of charge.
Yes. The sequence of sights can shift with weather, traffic or opening hours, but the full list of included sights stays the same.
A list of everyone travelling with full names, passport photos and gender, so hotels and any domestic flights can be booked.
Yes. Tell us what you avoid when you book and we will brief the restaurants on the route and choose suitable dishes.
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Tell us your dates and we'll shape the Phu Quoc Island Escape around you.