The north of Phu Quoc

The national park covers most of the island's north and east. Its own overview page gives Decision 91/2001/QĐ-TTg of 8 June 2001 as its founding act and an area of 36,262 ha, with 1,397 plant species and 480 animal species recorded; the provincial tourism portal gives a smaller area of 31,422 ha, about 70% of the island. Sources differ, so we give both. The park is part of the Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, listed by UNESCO with a nomination year of 2006.

The park's page adds that forested land covers about 97% of the park and about 63% of the island's natural area. It counts 270 rare plant species, 26 of them in the Vietnam Red Data Book (2007), and 12 plants named after Phu Quoc itself, such as the Phu Quoc croton. If the forest interests you more than the beaches, the overview page, in Vietnamese, lists the forest types by area and names the species the park works to protect.

The park's site is mostly about management and conservation rather than visiting. Roads cross the forest, and rules on entering protected areas apply; if you plan to walk off the road, ask a licensed guide or the park first.

Three parks in the north publish their information on one official site, vinwonders.com: VinWonders Phu Quoc, Vinpearl Safari and Grand World. Hours, show times and ticket rules change with the season and differ between pages on the same site — for Vinpearl Safari, pages we read in October 2026 gave two different sets of opening hours — so read the park's own page on the day you go rather than a copy.

The parks also run bus services; the VinWonders bus page and the VinBus route lookup are on the apps and maps page.

The north is spread out. Ganh Dau is about 30 km from Duong Dong, and the forest roads are long and dark at night, so a day in the north needs a planned ride back; do not count on an app car appearing at the cape at dusk. If you are on the island for a short stay and want boats and the cable car, the north means a long drive to An Thoi each time.

In the rainy season the south-west wind brings big waves to Bai Dai and Ganh Dau, VnExpress has reported. Families who chose the north for the theme parks may still prefer to swim on the sheltered south-east coast; compare the An Thoi page and the Duong Dong page.