Monday, January 2, 2012

Reef diving in Phu quoc island Vietnam


It seems that thanks to the fresh water sea coral Phu Quoc island Vietnam (Kien Giang) colorful. Coral density and high density here, to face down the country just saw coral. Having the opportunity to Phu Quoc, most tourists are interested in the beauty "fascinating" underwater.

Phu Quoc Rach Gia Port Sea about 120 kilometers, or about 2.5 hour high speed train or railway train 7-8 hours sitting and fishing vessels. If you choose air, tourists will take around 25 minutes to sit aircraft, from Rach Gia airport, or 45 minutes from Tan Son Nhat Airport (Ho Chi Minh City).


Long, Phu Quoc is known to be a beautiful island, powdery white sand embracing clear blue water. When walking in the forest delight, when the white sandbanks become familiar to tourists visiting the ship off the tiny island. Most of the island of Phu Quoc are very few people around in, not even so there remains a pristine look. Interestingly, in these islands is the colorful coral reefs. According to the survey of the Programme United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Coral Sea near 480 ha Phu Quoc. Particularly in South Island, ie An Thoi archipelago, an area of ​​coral reefs spread over 360 ha. Cover an average of 44.5%, with up to 82.5% where the vast coral Phu Quoc.

To reach the coral reef area south of the island, tourists can hire boat at the beach or the port of An Thoi Sao prices depending on size and amenities on board. Only about 45-60 minutes at sea, tourists come to the island. Usually ships stop at the beach offered to tourists for swimming and exploring island before moving to Unicorn nose dive into the water and coral. The coral piled on each other to give our customers feel like walking in a city with flowers of the art buildings. The old mass coral death to be turned to stone and then re-grow on the new reef. If the Hon Mun, Hon Tam in Nha Trang, dressed tourists to dive and bring down lead to a depth of at least 4-6 meters in sea coral, the Phu Quoc, tourists just wearing life jackets and diving glasses and face ventilation tube into the water as possible to admire the coral. People can not swim coral. That is why many people prefer to watch coral in the sea of ​​Phu Quoc.

Corals in Phu Quoc to 360 types, mainly of hard coral; less than 10 species of soft corals. When the sun, sea, tourists can watch the water from the reef at depths of 80-10 meters. Many also rent service dive deep into the seabed to admire the beauty of coral reefs at depths over 15 meters, even up to 25-30 meters. The diversity of coral reefs have created an ideal habitat for reef fishes. More colors coral, colorful fish more. Many insurance, coral Phu Quoc is no different when viewing the program to explore the ocean on the small screen. Each fish move very fast and the silver sparkle in the sun. At times, they hesitated as if to welcome strangers to their city. If the diver does not move up, the fish is at rest or just playing around the reef slightly to guests watching. Occasionally, there are shoals of colorful numbers up to hundreds of children wandering the coral reefs as dances fantastic nature.

tourists may hire boats to the offshore islands and deserted than to enjoy the dense coral and more vivid. Hon dispensers, Nail Island, Hon Dam Horizontal ... No settlers. In these places tourists can enjoy free swimming and coral delight. Hon Thom own inhabitants, but there is a coral island has the largest area of ​​this sea area of ​​about 44 ha of coral cover. Rent boats to points outside of the commonly agreed upon between the shipowner and tourists. The train also services as required for our rice so many people in the island throughout the day to satisfy explored bewitching beauty of the coral ...