Bai Dai Phu Quoc Beach

Question

A beach holiday on the largest island of Vietnam, you are advised to relax on Phu Quoc beach and enjoy a sunrise vacation... 



After being liberated on 30 April 1975, Phu Quoc has been converted into an ideal tourist destination for nature and sea lovers. Located in the Gulf of Thailand, the hear-shaped island lies just 62 nautical miles from Rach Gia and nearly 290 nautical miles from Laem Chabang (Thailand). Phu Quoc has a monsoon sub-equatorial climate. Trips to Phu Quoc can be made all year round, but the best time is dry season when the sky is always sunny, clear and blue. Pristine beaches here are seemingly captivating to those fond of unspoilted beauties. The one listed in the “World Hidden Beaches” is “Long Bank” (“Bãi Dài”), which is most beautiful from October to March. The beach honorably ranks higher in the list to many other world famous beaches, such as Wildcat Beach in California, the USA, Pink Beach in Barbuda, or Cayo Costa State, south Florida and so forth. The fresh sea breezes and stunning sandy beaches touching crystal clear blue waters make Phu Quoc beach a true paradise. You can come here by ship or airplane (Ho Chi Minh City – Phu Quoc Flight). Swimming, sun bathing, boat-sailing, scuba-diving, etc. are all the exciting and relaxing seaside activities, healthful for every individual tourist. There is some nice coral to see and if you are lucky you might see a bamboo shark. After about an hour dipping yourself in the cool and clean blue sea water, imagine that you are now served with a series of especially tasty seafood; you would feel like you were the happiest guy in the world! Phu Quoc beach is an ideal heaven for relaxing, snorkeling and scuba diving. Scuba Diving were introduced to the island during 2002 by Jeremy Stein, better known for his 5 Star diving and Instructor Training Centres in Nha Trang. So whilst diving is relatively new here you have a rare opportunity to be amongst the first to dive this area and to discover new dive sites. In case you has interest in the local fishing life, you may pay a visit to Ham Ninh fishing village, where the routine daily fishing work of the locals are available at your observation. Moreover, you will have a chance to enjoy the unique aromatic flavor of Phu Quoc fish sauce at a traditional fish sauce factory. At fish sauce workshops, you will be amazed at the sight of dozens of bulky barrels being lined up and waiting to be jammed with fresh fish. You will be tempted to try a few pungent green pepper coins and half a spoonful of the tasty salty sauce. “You must visit Phu Quoc! The beach is so beautiful!”, a foreign tourist has said like that. Enjoy sunbathing on the pristine beach for most of the time. At other times take boat trips to the nearby islets for snorkeling, fishing and watching the sunset over the ocean...

Answer 1

To recommend for an one-day schedule in Phu Quoc, i may say that: U should have breakfast with seafood noodles at Quoc Anh, then riding to Sao beach for swimming or simply lying on the beach and getting a short sleep :)) after burning all calories, moving to Khem beach (just 2km from Sao beach to the South) and ordering some dishes make of raw fish, coconut, peanuts (Goi ca trich) and grilled squids will be extremely wise choice. On the way traveling back to Duong Dong, u can stop at Tranh spring to go sightseeing the waterfall by spending about a-half-hour trekking through forest. It's worth the trip.

Answer 2

Beautiful beach with a nice restaurant. The price is reasonable. Tiger beer mixed with fruit juice (i forgot the name keke) saved us from the thirst (wee made this by ourselves).
The beach is extremely gorgeous. I highly recommend this place.

Answer 3

We hired motorbikes to get to the beach, a 30 minute ride from our resort in Duong Dong.
Lovely restaurant right next to the beach which provides decent and inexpensive meals as well as drinks.
Loungers are available for hire but most of these belong to local hotels so expect it to be expensive - we just sat on the beach. The restaurant does have hammocks available, which are quite cheap but they are in a covered area.
The beach is very white (probably because it's mainly coral) and the sea was very warm (32C) and clear during our visit and had some nice small waves which everyone seemed to enjoy cavorting around in.
Despite both locals and tourists leaving rubbish on the beach, which is subsequently washed into the ocean, it is the nicest beach I have been to, certainly the nicest in Vietnam and I'm sure I'll be visiting it again when I return to Phu Quoc in December.
Keep in mind the minor rubbish problem and that crabs can be found along the shoreline so if you have small children, you might want them to keep some footwear on, even in the sea.
Visited April 2015