Ca Mau (VNA) - An express boat service connecting the Mekong Delta province ofCa Mau with Nam Du Archipelago and Phu Quoc Island, popular touristdestinations in the nearby province of Kien Giang, will be launched on July 7.
The PhuQuoc Express JSC will use high-speed boats with a capacity of 300 passengers onthe route, the first of its kind in Ca Mau.
Taking aboutan hour and a half per leg, trips will run from Monday to Thursday weekly. Ticketsare 350,000 VND (15.08 USD) per leg in economy class and 610,000 VND in VIPclass.
A500-metre wharf was built on the southern banks of the Doc River in Tran VanThoi district’s Song Doc town for the route.
From SongDoc Wharf, visitors can travel to other destinations in Ca Mau, such as Hon DaBac and U Minh Ha National Park.
Ca Mauwelcomed over 1.6 million tourists last year and earned 2.49 trillion VND fromtourism, increases of 16.2 percent and 13.4 percent, respectively, against2018.
Located46km off the coast of Kien Giang, Phu Quoc Island is famed for its pearl farming,fish sauce, pepper, and “ruou sim” - a wine made from sim fruit, or RoseMyrtle. A variety of tours are available, such as scuba diving, coral reef snorkelling,and fishing, and trips to traditional fish sauce making establishments, pearlfarms, Ham Ninh fishing village, Phu Quoc National Park, pristine beaches, andmany more.
To thesoutheast of Phu Quoc Island, Nam Du Archipelago consists of 21 islands andislets and is often referred to as a miniature Ha Long Bay in Vietnam’ssouthern seas, but unlike its tourist-clogged northern counterpart, it remainsrelatively untouched./.
The PhuQuoc Express JSC will use high-speed boats with a capacity of 300 passengers onthe route, the first of its kind in Ca Mau.
Taking aboutan hour and a half per leg, trips will run from Monday to Thursday weekly. Ticketsare 350,000 VND (15.08 USD) per leg in economy class and 610,000 VND in VIPclass.
A500-metre wharf was built on the southern banks of the Doc River in Tran VanThoi district’s Song Doc town for the route.
From SongDoc Wharf, visitors can travel to other destinations in Ca Mau, such as Hon DaBac and U Minh Ha National Park.
Ca Mauwelcomed over 1.6 million tourists last year and earned 2.49 trillion VND fromtourism, increases of 16.2 percent and 13.4 percent, respectively, against2018.
Located46km off the coast of Kien Giang, Phu Quoc Island is famed for its pearl farming,fish sauce, pepper, and “ruou sim” - a wine made from sim fruit, or RoseMyrtle. A variety of tours are available, such as scuba diving, coral reef snorkelling,and fishing, and trips to traditional fish sauce making establishments, pearlfarms, Ham Ninh fishing village, Phu Quoc National Park, pristine beaches, andmany more.
To thesoutheast of Phu Quoc Island, Nam Du Archipelago consists of 21 islands andislets and is often referred to as a miniature Ha Long Bay in Vietnam’ssouthern seas, but unlike its tourist-clogged northern counterpart, it remainsrelatively untouched./.
VNA
