Two mainland ports send boats to Phu Quoc (Phú Quốc). Ha Tien (Hà Tiên) is the short crossing, about an hour and twenty minutes on a fast boat and around 230,000 VND. Rach Gia (Rạch Giá) is about two hours twenty and around 330,000 VND. Two companies run the fast boats, Superdong and Phu Quoc Express; two run the slower car ferries, Thanh Thoi (Thạnh Thới) and Binh An (Bình An). Everything they run docks in the same place, Bai Vong (Bãi Vòng) port on the east coast of the island. If you are reading an older guide that lists four companies, the fourth was Ngoc Thanh (Ngọc Thành), and it has stopped sailing to Phu Quoc. Want to see the town at the other end? See our Ha Tien guide.
Two choices matter more than the timetable. Fast boat or car ferry: the fast boats take roughly half as long and carry people, not vehicles; the car ferry is slower, a little cheaper and the only way to bring anything with wheels. And whether you can live with landing at Bai Vong, which is on the opposite coast from Long Beach and the hotel strip. Getting off the boat is followed by a drive across the island, not a five-minute transfer.
At a glance (checked 13 October 2026 on the operators’ own sites)
- Ha Tien → Phu Quoc, fast boat, about 1 hr 20 min: Superdong 6:10 AM, 10:00 AM, 1:15 PM (about 226,000 VND online); Phu Quoc Express 7:00, 9:00 and 11:45 AM (216,000 VND). There is no direct boat to Cambodia; for the route through Ha Tien to Kampot, Kep and Phnom Penh, see Phu Quoc to Cambodia.
- Ha Tien → Phu Quoc, car ferry, about 3 hours: Thanh Thoi, nine sailings from 3:45 AM to 6:00 PM (205,000 VND; motorbike 95,000; car 1,000,000); Binh An, four sailings (185,000 VND).
- Rach Gia → Phu Quoc, fast boat, about 2 hr 20–2 hr 30 min: Superdong 7:10 AM, 10:30 AM, 1:10 PM (about 324,000 VND online); Phu Quoc Express 7:00 AM, 10:20 AM, 1:00 PM (315,000 VND).
- Rach Gia → Phu Quoc, Thanh Thoi, about 3 hr 15 min: 6:45 AM, 10:45 AM, 2:45 PM (315,000 VND).
- Is my boat running? Weather can stop every boat, in either monsoon. Ring the operator the evening before and again early that morning: Superdong 0941 130 033 · Phu Quoc Express 0901 868 878 · Thanh Thoi 1900 966 908 · Binh An 0898 122 188.
Which crossing to take
| From the mainland | Boat | Lands at | Crossing | Who runs it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha Tien | Fast passenger boat | Bai Vong | about 1 hr 20 min | Superdong, Phu Quoc Express |
| Ha Tien | Car ferry | Bai Vong | about 2 hr 45 min to 3 hr 10 min | Thanh Thoi, Binh An |
| Rach Gia | Fast passenger boat | Bai Vong | about 2 hr 20 to 2 hr 30 min | Superdong, Phu Quoc Express |
| Rach Gia | Thanh Thoi sailings | Bai Vong | about 3 hr 15 min | Thanh Thoi |
| Ha Tien | unclear | Da Chong (Đá Chồng) | — | status unverified, no schedule below |
| Ha Tien | unclear | Vinh Dam (Vịnh Đầm) | — | no 2026 service we could confirm |
The fast boats stop early: their last departures from either mainland port are between 1:00 and 2:00 PM. The car ferries run from before dawn until about 6:00 PM and land at Bai Vong as late as 9:00 PM. Book a morning boat and you land with the afternoon intact; book the last one and you arrive to a thinning queue of drivers.
Ngoc Thanh no longer sails to Phu Quoc
Until August 2026 this page gave Ngoc Thanh its own fares and its own colour on the timetable. Two independent Vietnamese ticketing sources now list both of its Phu Quoc routes, from Ha Tien and from Rach Gia, as suspended, and a 2026 operator comparison of the island’s fast boats names only three companies. Ngoc Thanh’s remaining work is elsewhere in An Giang Province: Rach Gia to Hon Son, departing 7:30 and 8:30 daily and taking about an hour forty-five, and Rach Gia to Nam Du, about two and a half hours into An Son.
We could not find an official Ngoc Thanh website to check any of that at first hand, so treat it as what the ticket trade says rather than as a company announcement. Either way, do not build a Phu Quoc plan around a Ngoc Thanh sailing, and be careful with any page still quoting its 215,000 VND Ha Tien fare — that page has not been touched in years.
Superdong
The biggest of the fast-boat companies. Its online booking system publishes fares and the sailings for each date, and it runs both mainland routes.
| One way, per person (online) | Rach Gia ↔ Phu Quoc | Ha Tien ↔ Phu Quoc |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | 324,000 VND | 225,818 VND |
| Senior, 60 and over | 274,909 VND | 191,455 VND |
| Child, 6 to 11 | 235,636 VND | 157,091 VND |
| Passenger with a disability | 240,545 VND | 166,909 VND |
Fares checked 13 October 2026 in Superdong’s own booking system, for sailings in October 2026 and January 2027. Operators change fares without notice — check before booking.
The odd-looking numbers are not a mistake. Every online fare is exactly 98.2% of a round list price — 330,000 and 230,000 VND for adults — which is why agents and older versions of this page quote the round figures. Children under 6 travel free sharing an adult’s seat, and the disability fare is still offered on both routes.
Superdong also started a fast boat from Phu Quoc to Tho Chu, the remote islands to the south-west, on 19 January 2026: three sailings a week from Bai Vong (Monday, Wednesday and Friday, around 10:30 AM) and back the following mornings, at 324,000 VND online. A Phu Quoc–Nam Du sailing appears on its static timetable but not in its booking system, so we cannot confirm it runs.
Phu Quoc Express
The Phu Quoc Express catamarans went into service in December 2017 and this page has been quoting a single flat fare of 340,000 VND ever since. That fare no longer exists. Pricing is now by route and by class, with a VIP class on top.
| One way, per person | Rach Gia ↔ Phu Quoc | Ha Tien ↔ Phu Quoc |
|---|---|---|
| VIP | 500,000 VND | 330,000 VND |
| Adult, economy | 315,000 VND | 216,000 VND |
| Senior, 60 and over | 265,000 VND | 182,000 VND |
| Child, 6 to 11 | 225,000 VND | 148,000 VND |
| Passenger with a disability | 235,000 VND | 160,000 VND |
| Under 6, sharing a seat | free | free |
Fares checked 13 October 2026 against Phu Quoc Express’s own price list (June 2026) and booking page. Operators change fares without notice — check before booking.
On adult economy, Phu Quoc Express is a little cheaper than Superdong on both routes — about 9,000 VND on Rach Gia and 10,000 VND from Ha Tien. That is not enough to choose on, so choose on departure time instead. The VIP class is the genuinely open question: it costs 185,000 VND more on Rach Gia and the operator does not publish what you get for it beyond the name of the class. If nobody at the counter can show you the seat, the economy cabin on a two-hour crossing is not a hardship. Phu Quoc Express publishes its timetable month by month on its website, and warns about fake booking sites using its name: its own booking portal is online.phuquocexpress.com.
Thanh Thoi
Thanh Thoi is the main car ferry company. It runs the busiest car ferry route, Ha Tien to Bai Vong, and a slower service from Rach Gia that takes about three hours fifteen. Its website now publishes both its schedules and its fares, which settles the question this page left open in August.
| One way, per person | Ha Tien ↔ Phu Quoc | Rach Gia ↔ Phu Quoc |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | 205,000 VND | 315,000 VND |
| Senior | 170,000 VND | 285,000 VND |
| Child, 1.1 m to under 1.3 m tall | 155,000 VND | 285,000 VND |
Fares checked 13 October 2026 on thanhthoi.vn. Children are priced by height, not age. Vehicle fares are below.
The 185,000 VND fare that some agents attach to Thanh Thoi belongs to the other car ferry company, Binh An.
Fast boat schedules, by operator
Both mainland routes are below, with the company named on every sailing. Superdong’s booking system publishes departure times only, no arrivals, so that row is short by design. Its times also move by a few minutes from day to day with the tides, so treat them as a pattern and check your date when you book.
Ha Tien ↔ Phu Quoc
| Operator | Ha Tien → Phu Quoc | Phu Quoc → Ha Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Superdong (departures only) | 6:10 AM · 10:00 AM · 1:15 PM | 8:00 AM · 10:20 AM · 1:30 PM |
| Phu Quoc Express | 7:00 AM → 8:20 AM · 9:00 AM → 10:20 AM · 11:45 AM → 1:05 PM | 7:10 AM → 8:30 AM · 9:00 AM → 10:20 AM · 2:00 PM → 3:20 PM |
Rach Gia ↔ Phu Quoc
| Operator | Rach Gia → Phu Quoc | Phu Quoc → Rach Gia |
|---|---|---|
| Superdong (departures only) | 7:10 AM · 10:30 AM · 1:10 PM | 7:20 AM · 10:10 AM · 1:30 PM |
| Phu Quoc Express | 7:00 AM → 9:20 AM · 10:20 AM → 12:40 PM · 1:00 PM → 3:20 PM | 7:10 AM → 9:30 AM · 10:00 AM → 12:20 PM · 1:20 PM → 3:40 PM |
| Thanh Thoi | 6:45 AM · 10:45 AM · 2:45 PM (about 3 hr 15 min) | 6:45 AM · 10:45 AM · 2:45 PM |
Schedules checked 13 October 2026 — Superdong in its own booking system for dates from mid-October 2026 to January 2027, Phu Quoc Express from its October 2026 timetable, Thanh Thoi from its own website. Superdong’s older static timetable page still shows four sailings a day; its booking system offers three, and that is what you can actually buy. Sailings move and get cancelled; confirm yours the day before.
Thanh Thoi really does leave both ports at the same three times; its boats cross in opposite directions. Every timetable this page carried before August 2026 was from 2020 and not one departure in it still matched, which is worth remembering next time you find a Phu Quoc schedule with no date on it.
The car ferry from Ha Tien
The car ferry is a working boat: people, vehicles, cargo, and none of the urgency of the fast service. It takes about two hours forty-five to three hours ten from Ha Tien to Bai Vong — longer than this page used to say — and two companies run it, between them more than a dozen sailings a day each way.
| Ha Tien → Bai Vong | Bai Vong → Ha Tien | |
|---|---|---|
| Thanh Thoi | 3:45 · 4:00 · 5:30 · 7:30 · 9:30 · 11:30 AM · 12:30 · 2:30 · 6:00 PM | 5:00 · 7:45 · 8:30 · 11:00 AM · 12:30 · 2:00 · 4:30 · 5:00 · 5:45 · 6:00 PM |
| Binh An | 4:20 · 9:30 AM · 12:25 · 5:35 PM | 5:20 · 8:50 AM · 1:30 · 5:25 PM |
Schedules checked 13 October 2026 on thanhthoi.vn and binhanhatien.vn. Thanh Thoi listed two sailings at 5:00 PM from Bai Vong. Confirm the sailing the day before, particularly the first and last of the day.
Binh An now has its own website and booking: adult 185,000 VND, senior 145,000 VND, war invalid or passenger with a disability 130,000 VND, about three hours a crossing. Superdong’s own car ferry is listed in its booking system on the Rach Gia route, not Ha Tien, and showed no sailings at all for any date from October 2026 to January 2027. If you need a vehicle across, use Thanh Thoi or Binh An.
Taking a motorbike or a car across
Every vehicle class this page used to list has been redrawn: the 2026 cards grade cars by seat count and lorries by weight band. Thanh Thoi now publishes its own vehicle fares:
| Vehicle, one way | Thanh Thoi, Ha Tien ↔ Phu Quoc | Thanh Thoi, Rach Gia ↔ Phu Quoc |
|---|---|---|
| Motorbike or scooter | 95,000 VND | 165,000 VND |
| Large motorbike (mô tô) | 240,000 VND | — |
| Car, 4–5 seats | 1,000,000 VND | 1,500,000 VND |
| Car, 7 seats | 1,300,000 VND (7–9 seats) | 1,550,000 VND |
| Van or minibus | 1,650,000 VND (12–16 seats) | 2,100,000 VND (9–16 seats) |
| Coach | 2,200,000–3,000,000 VND by size | — |
| Lorry | 1,700,000–3,200,000 VND by weight | — |
Vehicle fares checked 13 October 2026 on thanhthoi.vn.
Binh An’s vehicle rates come from a ticket agent’s card rather than the company, and are a little lower:
| Vehicle | One way |
|---|---|
| Motorbike | 80,000 VND |
| Car, 4 seats | 850,000 VND |
| Car, 7 seats | 1,100,000 VND |
| Van, 16 seats | 1,400,000 VND |
| Coach under 25 seats | 2,200,000 VND |
| Coach, 26 seats and over | 3,000,000 VND |
| Lorry, by weight band up to 9 tonnes | 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 VND |
| Lorry over 9 tonnes | 400,000 VND per tonne |
Binh An vehicle rates from a ticket agent’s card effective 31 May 2026; we could not get them from the operator. Operators change fares without notice — check before booking.
Three things the tables will not tell you. Thanh Thoi charges a big bike (mô tô) more than two and a half times a scooter, so if you are on something heavier than a step-through, get it quoted before you ride onto the ramp. The vehicle is a ticket of its own, separate from your seat, and on the fast boats the space for it goes first. And if you are only wondering whether to bring a bike at all, the motorbike guide covers renting on the island instead, which is what nearly everyone should do.
The three ports, and which two you cannot rely on
Bai Vong (Bãi Vòng) is the island’s working ferry port and the answer for every crossing on this page: Superdong, Phu Quoc Express, Thanh Thoi and Binh An all dock here, from both Ha Tien and Rach Gia. It sits on the east coast just south of the fishing village of Ham Ninh.
Da Chong (Đá Chồng), in the northeast at Bai Thom, is the one this page was most wrong about. It used to carry sixteen sailings a day here. What we can verify for 2026 is thinner than that: Thanh Thoi ran a night-ferry trial into Da Chong from 20 February to 31 December 2025, in the 4:00 to 6:00 AM and 6:00 to 10:00 PM windows, and nothing we found says the programme continued after the trial expired. Thanh Thoi’s own website, checked in October 2026, lists only Bai Vong. So the port may well still be working and we are not printing a schedule for it. That matters more here than elsewhere, because Da Chong is a long way from anywhere you are likely to be sleeping and there is not much around it if you land and find no boat back.
Vinh Dam (Vịnh Đầm) in Duong To used to appear on this page with four sailings a day each way from Ha Tien. We could not confirm any Ha Tien passenger service there in 2026 — and could not confirm it has ended either. If a travel agent has told you to meet a Ha Tien boat at Vinh Dam, ring the operator before you build a day around it.
What to expect on board
The ferries transport both people and cargo, sometimes even live animals, so prepare yourself for an onslaught of various odors. Once you enter the ferry your bags will be safely stored for you and then you will make your way to your assigned seat, which is marked on your ferry ticket. It is important that you sit in your designated seat until the ferry has left the dock so that there is no confusion once the ferry fills up.
The interior ferry cabin is air conditioned and equipped with a large flat screen television that plays various Vietnamese shows to occupy your time. Karaoke and limited WiFi are also available on board, and there are modern bathrooms. At the very back of the ferry there is an open air seating area where you can enjoy the fresh air and scenery or, like some of the locals, vomit. Sea sickness can be a problem for some, especially during the wet season, and it is best to avoid eating a meal before going on board.
Where to buy tickets
You can buy from the ferry offices found in every major city in the region, from a travel agent, at the terminal on the day, or online. Each of the four operators now runs its own booking system, and buying direct is the only way to be sure which company and which sailing you have actually paid for:
- Superdong — online.superdong.com.vn
- Phu Quoc Express — phuquocexpress.com
- Thanh Thoi — thanhthoi.vn
- Binh An — binhanhatien.vn
Those four are the operators’ own channels. Everything else selling Phu Quoc ferry tickets online is a reseller, and there are dozens of them; they work, but the price carries a margin and the cancellation terms are theirs, not the ferry company’s. Agents are quicker and often know about a cancellation before the counter does. If a sailing is sold out and you have to travel, go to the terminal anyway and ask about no-shows; failing that, there will be someone outside reselling a ticket at a markup, which is legal enough but leaves you with no recourse if the boat does not run.
Whichever channel you use, book in the name on your passport and have that passport at the gate. Your seat number is printed on the ticket, so the ticket belongs to a person, not just to a sailing. If you are coming from Cambodia and expecting the island’s visa exemption to cover a boat arrival, read the visa page first — it does not work the way most people assume.
From Bai Vong to Duong Dong and Long Beach
Taxis and shared minivans meet the boats at Bai Vong. The minivan is the cheap way across and will drop you at the entrance to Long Beach village, the most central place to be based on the island. This page used to quote 60,000 VND a head for that ride; we could not verify any current shared-van fare for 2026, so there is no number here, and you should agree the price before you get in rather than after. Metered taxis and the ride-hailing apps both work on the island — Grab, and the electric Xanh SM fleet — and the airport page covers the going rates for the routes across the island in more detail.
Two practical notes. Bai Vong is on the east coast and Duong Dong, Long Beach and most of the hotels are on the west, so this is a proper cross-island drive at the end of your crossing — do not book a boat that lands at 4:00 PM and a dinner reservation at 5:00. And if you are travelling with a large group, a taxi split several ways usually beats paying per seat in a minivan.
When the sea decides instead
The crossings are open water, and the weather can stop them in either monsoon. In the south-west monsoon, roughly May to October, storms are the risk: on 14 August 2026 the port authority suspended every boat to Phu Quoc, Nam Du and Tho Chu for strong south-west winds, and on 25 August all three main operators stopped for storm no. 4. But the north-east wind of the dry season (gió chướng) does it too — on 20 November 2025 all boats from Rach Gia and Ha Tien were suspended for gusts of force 7–8 and waves of 1.5–2.5 m.
Departures get suspended when the port authority says so, not when the operator would like to sail, and the boat you booked can be cancelled the morning of. There is no single public page that shows the decision. In August 2026 some passengers only found out at the pier, so ring the operator the evening before and again early that morning (numbers in the box at the top of this page). When sailings were cancelled in 2026, operators offered a refund or a seat on the next boat. That is the single reason not to put a ferry crossing on the last day before an international flight out of Ho Chi Minh City. Leave a day of slack, or fly — the airport has far more capacity than the boats and weather stops it far less often.
If you have any history of sea sickness, take the Ha Tien route rather than Rach Gia: eighty minutes of chop is a different proposition from two hours twenty. Take the earliest sailing you can stand, since the sea usually builds through the day, and skip the meal beforehand. The advice about the open deck at the back of the boat is not a joke.
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