Small unspoiled archipelago in Kien Giang

About 28 km from the mainland, Hai Tac archipelago is a new destination, suitable for short trips or weekend vacations of tourists who love to explore nature.

About 28 km from the mainland, the Hai Tac archipelago is a new destination, suitable for short trips or weekend vacations of tourists who love to explore nature. 

interesting experiences. Photo: Nguyen Duong Hoang Khang.

Not as famous as Phu Quoc and Nam Du islands in Kien Giang, Hai Tac island attracts tourists by its wild, peaceful beauty and by its "unique" name.

 “The island is small, but thanks to that, I was able to fully experience the beauty of the island in a trip of only 2 days,” shared Hoang Thach (HCMC tourist). 

                               Attractive wild beauty.

Hai Tac, also known as Ha Tien archipelago, consists of 18 islands (16 floating islands, 2 sinking islands) of different sizes. Hon Tre Lon Island is the largest island in area, located in the center of the archipelago, about 28 km from the coast of Ha Tien and about 40 km from Phu Quoc island.

Located on an important trade route of many countries. , with rugged terrain, this place used to be the base, the area of ​​​​operations for pirate gangs in the area. At present, this place still retains the pristine beauty of nature's gift and is in the process of building and developing tourism services.

 Possessing diverse terrain including forests, mountains and sea islands, sandy beaches. Stretching white, clear blue water with a clear view of the bottom, colorful coral reefs, Hai Tac island leaves many impressions for tourists when coming here to visit and travel.

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Visitors enjoy experiencing fun activities. Play at sea here. Photo: Thuong Nguyen, Nguyen Duong Hoang Khang.

If you want to swim, you can go to Chen beach - one of the most beautiful beaches in Hon Tre. Here you can see stones in the shape of an upside down cup with many colors sparkling under the water.

Also, the beaches of Coconut Cave, Ha Ba Tail, Da Dai, Son Linh Dong, and orchards left on the mountainside and religious facilities such as: Ba Chua Xu Temple, Nam Hai Dinh Ong, Ba Thuong Temple... are also visited by many tourists.

Le Thuy (living in HCMC) with her family visited. this island many times. The female tourist said that this place has the idyllic beauty of nature, the people on the island are friendly and enthusiastic.

"My children are very happy to learn and mingle with the people's life on the island. So when we want to travel to the island, we will think of Pirate Island first", she shared.

Under the hot weather in the middle of summer, dropping yourself in the green sea and islands like the Hai Tac archipelago is an attractive choice. For groups of friends and family who want to have fun and relax for a short time, here, visitors can choose to stay at homestays and hotels on the island with prices from 200,000 VND/room or choose camping on the beach. if you love experiential activities.

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Visitors have the opportunity to enjoy fresh seafood at affordable prices Photo: Pham Nhu Y, Liem Tran.

Snorkeling tour to catch shellfish, snails and coral reefs with people Indigenous peoples is an experience not to be missed when you come to this island.You will be guided to find and catch all kinds of snails, oysters, crabs... All kinds of seafood after catching. will be prepared by the tour guide into dishes for visitors.

After a time of diving in the water that consumes a lot of energy, enjoy the fresh seafood dishes caught by your own hands will bring to visitors. enjoyable and memorable experience. If traveling with a group or family, visitors can book a tour around the islands combined with diving to see corals, catching seafood for 1.5 million VND/trip.

Seafood on the island attracts tourists by diversity, outstanding with many kinds of nutritional value such as shellfish, snails, urchins, scallops, moon snails, crabs and sea fish... Visitors have the opportunity to enjoy dishes made from Fresh and outstanding seafood such as jellyfish vermicelli, fish vermicelli, herring salad, seafood hot pot…

Surrounded by the sea on all four sides, watching the sunrise and sunset on the island is an experience loved by many people. when you come here. At the end of the afternoon, Hoang Thach and his group of friends will pull together to the jetty to sit and watch the sun go down to the sea, take pictures of each other with the brilliant sunset here.

                              Move.

From HCMC. Visitors can travel by bus to Ha Tien with a distance of about 300 km. You should choose the bus departing in the evening to save time.

Then to reach the Hai Tac archipelago, visitors take a high-speed train from Ha Tien with a ticket price of about 120,000 VND/way for about 30- 45 minutes depending on weather conditions. Every day, there will be two trains to the island departing in the morning and at noon.

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Visitors should monitor the weather forecast before booking train tickets and travel services on Hai Tac island. Photo: Tran Ngoc Thanh.

You can visit Hai Tac Island in all seasons of the year, but the most beautiful time is in the dry season, from December to April. The island is quite small, visitors can Rent a motorbike and move around on your own to visit places on the island.

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