Vietnam’s Best beaches and islands (Part 3)

5. Phu Quoc Island

The days when Vietnam’s biggest island was an unspoilt backpacker beach secret are gone. Nowadays much of Phu Quoc is busy with package tourists and dotted with golf course condos and high rises. But there are still some lovely spots where the sand is white and fine and the loudest noise is the swish of wind in the casuarinas.

Thom and Ganh Dau beaches in the less developed far north are white slivers of sand backed by little hamlets with a local fisherfolk feel. But the best of the bunch is Ong Lang, just to the north of the island’s principal town Duong Dong, which is home to a string of small beaches with coral-encrusted rocks offshore, calm sea and beautiful sunrises. Though there are plans for development, accommodation here is still low key and bungalow-based.

6. Nam Du Islands

Looking for that backpacker basic island idyll of Asian myth? The nearest place to it in Vietnam is this tiny archipelago west of the Mekong Delta and just to the south of Phu Quoc. There are twenty-one islands in total, but most of them are mere outcrops. The main island Nam Du has the only village of note, Bai Tret, with just 8,000 residents and the best beaches. These range for rocky coves with fishing hamlets to the lovely half-moon sweep of sand at Bai Cay Men, where thatched palapa shacks sell drinks and seafood and tiny fishing skiffs bob in the aquamarine ocean. Accommodation in Nam Du is two-star simple and getting to the islands takes time. You’ll need to fly or bus it from Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia, take a cab to Rach Gia wharf where speed boats leave for Nam Du a couple of times a day. The best way to explore is on a hired motor bike – easily organised in the main village.

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