Discover Cu Lao Mai Nha: Vietnam's Robinson Island

If you want to experience the feeling of living with nature in a "wild island", come to Cu Lao Mai Nha of Phu Yen.

What you need to know about Cu Lao Mai Nha 

If you have come to Phu Yen without discovering Cu Lao Mai Nha - Phu Yen, you will definitely regret skipping the island known as "Vietnam Robinson Island". Because there has not been much intervention of tourism services, this island is still an unspoiled territory for those who are passionate about exploring.

Where is Cu Lao Mai Nha?

Mai Nha islet is located in Phuoc Dong area, An Hai commune, Tuy An province, Phu Yen province. Is a small island lying in the middle of the sea, about 4km from O Loan Lagoon and about 27km from Tuy Hoa city to the north. Mai Nha islet is also known as Mai Nha island or Mai Nha island.

Mai Nha islet with an area of about 1.2 km2 is a small island in the middle of the sea, surrounded by beaches, high mountains and caves. If you are looking to discover a place with unspoiled natural scenery for swimming and sightseeing, this place is the ideal destination for you.

Why is it named Cu Lao Mai Nha?

People call this island Cu Lao Mai Nha because it is shaped like a roof. With high rocks, this place shelters the mainland and people from big waves and harsh sea storms. For this reason, when you stand on this side of the shore, you will also find the waves here are softer than other parts of the sea.

Many people come to Cu Lao Mai Nha to discover, also known as Robinson Island, because there are only a few families living here with flocks of chickens, cows, and beach equipment. The landscape here is very wild and very peaceful.

Directions to Cu Lao Mai Nha

Located about 27 km from Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen. From Tuy Hoa city, you run along Le Duan street, along the way will follow the sea which is very beautiful and airy. About 30-45 minutes by car, you will reach the territory of An Hai commune of Tuy An district and easily see this island.

When to go to Cu Lao Mai Nha?

The best time to admire the beauty of Mai Nha islet is from March to August. Because at this time, the sea is calm and the climate is cool, very suitable for sightseeing and swimming activities. You should avoid going to Mai Nha islet between September and April, because there are often big storms that affect your trip. Currently on the island, there are only 2 households living by fishing, animal husbandry and afforestation, very enthusiastic about tourists.

How to get to Cu Lao Mai Nha?

If you travel by bus, ask the driver to stop at An Hai intersection, only 1.5km from Mai Nha isle, then you can take a taxi or motorbike taxi to An Hai pier.

If you go by train or plane to Phu Yen, you need to continue traveling by bus or rent a car or taxi to An Hai pier.

When you arrive at the pier, you choose to travel to Cu Lao Mai Nha by boat, boat, or canoe. Canoe ticket price is about 100k - 200k/time/person. The cano goes quite fast, it takes about 10 minutes to get to the island, saving you a lot of fun time. However, if you want to have an interesting experience, you can go by boat of the locals. This vehicle has a higher price, about 500k for a round trip.

In particular, in January, fishermen on Mai Nha Island are also free to bring women across the island on large fishing boats. This is a very interesting experience when sitting on a boat enjoying the blue sky, white clouds, golden sunshine, and a beautiful island lying far away in front of you.

What's interesting about Cu Lao Mai Nha?

As soon as you start sitting on a small boat facing the island, you have a feeling of the immense sea, the surrounding green sea water, creating a feeling of extreme refreshment and excitement to prepare for the island exploration.

Admire the blue sea, white sand, golden sunshine.

The front beach of the island is a strip of fine white sand, covered with moss and coral, with blue sea water, suitable for bathing when camping. Here you are free to immerse yourself in the clear sea water that can see the bottom, extremely clean.

If you want to spend the night on the island, you can go around the island in the late afternoon. Sitting watching the sunset, you feel like the sun is embracing you completely along with the sound of the waves, which looks so peaceful.

The beach is extremely beautiful with white sand, blue sea and because it is still quite wild, the sea water is very clear and clean, sometimes there are a few eels swimming around.

Wild rock

The back beach of Cu Lao Mai Nha consists of a large rocky beach, a deep cave located next to a cliff nearly ten meters deep, extremely suitable for recreational fishing. Around the island there are countless living coral reefs, promising to impress diving enthusiasts. In particular, with large rocky mountains and natural water holes creating a very new beauty, attracting many tourists to come here to admire. In addition, according to the people on the island, the back beach of the island is in the east, there are small beaches, even if compared, it is more beautiful than the front beach.

One more beauty of Mai Nha isle is the lawn that covers the whole island, contributing to adorning more colors, helping to complete the picture of the unspoiled nature of this place.

Experience activities in Cu Lao Mai Nha

You can participate in some interesting activities on the island, such as “Crab and snail fishing”, fishing along the rocky shore. You will be instructed to dive to catch snails, there are many snails here. Hand-catching each snail and enjoying the results is really interesting, isn't it?

On the island there are almost no services such as shops, motels, restaurants, even homestays are very rare. Therefore, you need to be proactive in organizing picnics and team building if you want to spend the night here.

Because this is a desert island with very few people, when you come here you often have to prepare your own food. And if you have time, do not miss the camping experience in the middle of this beautiful nature. There is nothing more wonderful than people sitting around the campfire, roasting chicken and cooking a hot pot of porridge, sharing stories in life.

In addition, you can try trekking to the top of the highest rocky mountain at Cu Lao Mai Nha to enlarge your eyes to the whole scene here, admire this wild and majestic natural beauty.

Experience delicious food, cheap accommodation in Cu Lao Mai Nha

Because it is a coastal area, the seafood here is extremely fresh. To buy delicious, nutritious and cheap seafood, you should buy seafood from people caught early in the morning and ask them to help you process it.

What to eat at Cu Lao Mai Nha.

After a long trip and need to rest after the train to the island, you can enjoy seafood dishes at local people's houses, which are simple, rustic but equally delicious. If eating here, delicious and cheap, you should buy seafood that people catch early in the morning and bring home for processing. There are a few households on the island, you can stay overnight here and ask them to cook. Or if you go in a large group, you can organize a seafood BBQ party next to the beach which is also an interesting experience.