Twelve days, and what each one is for
This is everything we run. Ten day trips, classes and evenings, and two overnight trips, all on Phu Quoc, in groups of six to twelve depending on the day. Each page has an hour-by-hour plan, a price table and a section on who the day does not suit.
The whole list
| Day out | Kind | Length | Group | From | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing village morning | Village and sea | 6 hours, from 05:00 | Max 8 | USD 39 | Year round |
| Pepper and fish sauce day | Farm | 8 hours | Max 8 | USD 55 | Year round |
| Back roads by motorbike | Village roads | 8 hours | Max 6 riders | USD 62 | Nov - May |
| Street food night walk | Food | 4 hours, from 17:30 | Max 6 | USD 32 | Year round |
| Scooter Bites food tour | Food | 3 hours, 07:00 or 18:00 | Max 8 bikes | USD 39 | Year round |
| Cooking with a local family | Kitchen | 5.5 hours, from 08:30 | Max 6 | USD 46 | Year round |
| Roll & Brew cooking class | Cooking class | 3 hours, 09:00 or 16:00 | Max 10 | USD 49 | Year round |
| Pass It On Kitchen class | Cooking class | 3 - 3.5 hours, from 16:00 | Max 10 | USD 55 | Year round |
| Healing Forest herbal day | Forest and herbs | 10 hours, from 07:30 | Max 12 | USD 79 | Year round |
| Trek & Heal jungle day | Forest trek | 10.5 hours, from 07:00 | Max 10 | USD 89 | Best Nov - Apr |
| Village homestay | Overnight | 2 days, 1 night | Max 8 | USD 148 | Year round |
| Authentic Phu Quoc | Overnight | 4 days, 3 nights | Max 8 | USD 395 | Nov - May |
Prices are the lowest per-person price on each page, land only: six to eight people on the village and farm days, the shared rate on the forest days, the adult rate on the classes and the self-ride rate on the scooter tour. The exact figures are on each page and side by side on the prices page.
Which one to pick
Most people have two or three free days on Phu Quoc between beach time, and the question is really which two. Here is how we answer it on the phone.
One day only
The pepper and fish sauce day. It covers the most ground, includes the two things the island is genuinely known for, and ends with lunch in a farm garden.
One evening only
The street food night walk. Four hours, six people, seven dishes, and you will eat better than in any restaurant on Long Beach.
Two days
The fishing village morning and the cooking day. Buy the fish at dawn, cook something like it the next morning.
Three or more days
Take the homestay. Sleeping in a village is a different experience from visiting one, and the difference is the evening.
A day in the forest
The Healing Forest day is a slow walk with a herb farm afternoon and suits most ages. The Trek & Heal day is a real trek for fit walkers from twelve.
A rainy afternoon
One of the two cooking classes, Roll & Brew or Pass It On Kitchen. Both are three hours, mostly indoors, and end with the meal you cooked.
Two pairs on this list overlap on purpose, and each pair has its own page: the food walk or the scooter food tour, and a family kitchen or a cooking class.
What every day includes
- A guide who speaks English and grew up on this island, for the whole day rather than a hand-off between drivers.
- Transport from and back to your hotel within the standard zone, in a vehicle sized for the group rather than a coach with four people in it.
- Every entry fee, visit fee and permit on the route. You will not be asked for money at a gate.
- The food described on the page, eaten sitting down, with drinking water all day.
- A flat visit fee paid by us to each producer, farm or boat, so that nothing on the route depends on you buying anything.
The two cooking classes work differently: the chef teaches, there is no guide or vehicle, and you make your own way to the class kitchen, with a transfer arranged on request. Each class page lists exactly what is and is not included.
Not included on any day: alcohol beyond what is named on the page, travel insurance, tips, and anything you choose to buy. Full detail is in the includes block on each tour page and in the booking terms summary.
Seasons, honestly
| Months | What runs | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| November - March | Everything | The dry northeast season. Calm mornings, dust on the red roads, best light. Book earlier. |
| April - May | Everything | Hot, 33 - 35 C by midday. We start earlier and finish the farm day by 15:00. |
| June - August | All except the motorbike day | Southwest monsoon. Rain comes in two-hour blocks rather than all day; the food and cooking days are unaffected. The jungle trek is shortened on heavy-rain days. |
| September - October | All except the motorbike day | The wettest weeks. Also the greenest, the cheapest and the emptiest. Pepper harvest is over. |
The pepper harvest runs roughly February to April and that is when a pepper farm is most interesting. Fish sauce barrels are filled from July, so the fermenting houses smell strongest between July and September. Neither is a reason to change your dates, but both are worth knowing. There is more in when to go.
Questions travellers ask most
Can we combine two of these into one day?
The cooking day and the street food walk, yes, and people do. The rest, no: the fishing village morning ends at 11:00 because the boats are in and the village goes quiet, and the farm day genuinely fills eight hours.
If you have one day and want a bit of everything, tell us your interests and we will build a private version rather than sell you two half days.
Do you run private departures?
Every day on this list can be run privately for your party at a fixed group price. That normally makes sense from two people, because our shared groups are small enough that the difference is about timing rather than crowding.
A private day lets you set the start time, which matters most for the fishing village morning if you have children.
What is the minimum number of people for a departure to run?
Two on the shared price. If you are one traveller we will still run it, at the single rate shown on each page, and we do not cancel on you afterwards because a second booking did not arrive.
Can you take a wheelchair user or someone with limited mobility?
On the cooking day and the street food walk, yes, with notice - both are flat and short. On the fishing village morning, partly: the pier itself is not accessible but the market and the crab kitchen are.
The farm day involves uneven ground and the motorbike day is out. We would rather say that clearly than have you find out at the gate.
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