Sunset Sanato Beach: Tickets, the Elephant Sculptures and Tips

Sunset Sanato is not Sunset Beach Resort, or Sunset Town

Three places on Phu Quoc share the word sunset, and online map listings sometimes mix them up. Sunset Sanato is a resort and villa complex whose beach club and art installations are open to day visitors for a fee. Sunset Beach Resort & Spa, the hotel this guide covers, is an unrelated hotel at the town end of the same beach. Sunset Town is Sun Group’s development at An Thoi, near the Hon Thom cable car.

When you order a Grab, type the full name, Sunset Sanato Beach Club, and confirm the pin sits south of the airport before you set off.

Sunset Sanato tickets and opening hours in 2026

We found no price list published by Sunset Sanato itself in October 2026, so these are the figures Vietnamese travel guides reported over the past year. They agree on the adult price and disagree on children and on what the ticket includes.

What the ticket covers

At minimum it gets you through the gate to the beach club, the sand and the sculptures; food, drinks and water sports are extra. One April 2026 guide says a lounger, umbrella and freshwater shower are included, while a September 2026 guide says sunbeds cost extra, so ask at the gate. A July 2026 traveller blog describes a minimum bar spend of VND 100,000 instead of a ticket, and Google reviewers mention unclear pricing at the booth. The online combos pair entry with a drink, a coconut or a snack.

Opening hours

Most sources give 9 am to 10 pm daily; two say 8 am, and one January 2026 guide says closing is 9 pm. The installations are lit after dark, but most visitors come for the hour either side of sunset.

The elephant sculptures and the other installations

The installations are built largely from bamboo and wood and spread along the beach club’s sand and jetty. Guides name the same handful of set pieces; we describe only what they report.

The long-legged elephants

The best-known piece is a small herd of elephants, four in one detailed guide, on extremely long, thin legs that stand in the shallows as if walking across the sea. The surreal proportions recall Salvador Dali’s elephants. At high tide the water covers the legs, which changes the photo, so a tide app is worth a look before you go.

The Gate Keeper

A sculpted human face split down the middle, with a gap between the two halves. Visitors stand on a wooden platform and try to catch the sun dropping into the gap; it is the spot with the longest queue after about 5 pm. It is lit at night.

Stairway to Heaven, Bird Nest and Sunset Arch

Stairway to Heaven is a staircase that climbs into open sky, usually photographed from below. Bird Nest is a nest-shaped structure people sit in for couple and family photos. Sunset Arch is named in one September 2026 guide as the wide frame for group shots. Smaller pieces include a giant hanging jellyfish, an oversized seashell, a mermaid and fish-shaped swings along the jetty.

When to go for sunset photos

Guides suggest arriving between 4 and 4.30 pm to get a seat and a clear shot before the crowd thickens. Sunset times below are calculated for Phu Quoc. The sun also moves along the horizon through the year, so whether it lines up with the Gate Keeper’s gap depends on the month and where you stand.

The calm months for the sea and clear sunsets on this coast run from November to April; from June to September, south-west monsoon winds bring cloud and rough water. Our Long Beach guide covers swimming conditions month by month.

Food, drinks, water sports and the water park

Guides list three main venues: Sunset Lounge for Vietnamese and international dishes, Solar Pizza for wood-fired pizza, pasta and cocktails, and a beach bar, plus food stalls on the sand. An April 2026 guide put dishes at about VND 100,000–300,000, drinks at VND 50,000–100,000 and the seafood BBQ buffet with live music from VND 390,000 plus tax and service; a March 2026 visitor paid VND 150,000 for a sunset cocktail and VND 40,000 for a beer. Outside food is generally not allowed, and reviewers find the food overpriced.

Water sports run from the beach in calm weather: parasailing at about VND 750,000 a person, a banana boat at about VND 700,000 for up to five, and jet skis from about VND 600,000 for 10 minutes (September 2026 prices). The complex also has a water park with slides and a wave pool.

Getting there from Sunset Beach Resort

Head south on Tran Hung Dao and continue on provincial road DT975 towards Bai Truong; the run is about 7 km on a routing map, 15 to 20 minutes in normal traffic. Grab’s July 2026 fare table for Phu Quoc sets a base fare of VND 24,545 covering 2 km, then VND 11,782 a km, both before VAT: roughly VND 85,000–95,000 each way before surcharges. Book the ride back before the sunset crowd leaves.

The neat plan is sunset at Sanato, then straight back north to the Phu Quoc night market for dinner, 2.3 km beyond the hotel. For everything you can reach on foot from the hotel, read our Duong Dong and Long Beach walking guide.

Questions about Sunset Sanato Beach

Ticket, food and water sports prices are as reported by travel guides and may change at the gate. Distances, opening hours, sunset times and Grab fares checked October 2026.