Top 5 wild islands near Saigon for a weekend hideaway (Vietnam)

No need to spend too much time for traveling, just near Saigon you will also find out how much fun, ideal for the "trip" on the weekend.

Top 5 wild islands near Saigon for a weekend hideaway

1. Thanh An Island, Can Gio

Thanh An Island is located in Can Gio District, about 50 km east of Ho Chi Minh City and about 8 km from Can Gio District. Still in Saigon but Thanh An like a girl standing nestled in the noisy flow of the city. There are about 5,000 people living here, almost live by fishing and making salt.

 

Sea dyke on the island. Photo: Quanlightwriter.photography

 

Harbor on the island. Picture: livephuot.com

As this island is not a tourist destination so you will be in harmony with the simple life of people on the island. Thanh An does not have many travel services or luxury amenities such as Saigon, but if you come here, you will never regret it for peaceful scenery, simple people and especially food: fresh, nutritious.

 
Peaceful scenery. Photo: Mocchan

 

Many couples choose this place as their wedding venue. Photo: Quanlightwriter.photography

 

Children on the island. Photo: Quanlightwriter.photography

Coming to Thanh An island commune, you can not only enjoy good food and enjoy the beautiful scenery, but also have a chance to learn more about the island's inhabitants, other of Saigon.

2. Tan Thanh beach, Tien Giang province

Tan Thanh beach is in Go Cong Dong district, about 50 km east of My Tho city, along Highway 50. This is not an ideal beach by sandy mud. But here, there are a few good things to do for short day trips.

 

If you want to change the sea breeze of the West, you can run to Tan Thanh beach in Go Cong, Tien Giang. Photo: quancoc.com

 

Tan Thanh beach in the morning. Photo: Pham An Duong / vnphoto.net

If you go to here for beach purpose you will be disappointed, because the beach is black. But this is truly one of the most beautiful black sand beaches in Vietnam. When you set foot on the sand, you will feel the soft sand layer smooth as velvet.

 

Come here, you will experience the clam or hunting sam. Especially, enjoy the delicious white clam which is delicious, you will have an unforgettable meal. Picture: ST

Tan Thanh beach is not gentle but flat as the surface of the pond, stretching for kilometers. You just throw up on the sand, sand dunes, water droplets and stared at the roosters nestled between the sea sky.

3. Phuoc Hai beach, Vung Tau province

Previously, visitors to Vung Tau, who are familiar with the beaches, now have a new option in Phuoc Hai Beach (Dat Do District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province), where the beaches is still pristine with a vast space of white sand, blue ocean and beautiful rocky rocks.

 

The section along the coastline of Phuoc Hai town. Photo: Mail Mail

 

Morning at sea. Picture: Peter Pham


Leaving the city of Vung Tau by highway 44 about 16km to Phuoc Hai beach. An immense space of Phuoc Hai beach appears beneath the blue ocean and the whisper of the sea breeze. The sea here in the squeezed, flicker on the sand thin little snail is calmly crawling on the sand, the waves are so playful joke ... And so, you are fun to play on a large, sloping gently with poetic accents thanks to the rocky beach right on the sea, welcome the sea waves of white foam.

 

The villagers are hard-working. Photo: Angel Angel


Residents of Phuoc Hai now live mainly by fishing and this is one of the oldest fishing villages in Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

 

Beautiful beauty, quiet charming. Picture: ST

4. Long Son Island, Vung Tau

About 100km from Saigon, Long Son is an island commune in Vung Tau City, an interesting ecotourism site that is well known in recent times.

 

Long Son floating village at dawn. Picture: ST


For many people, Long Son is probably still a strange name, but this place is famous for the focus on quality oysters, in addition to this land is known for the village on the river. If you come here you can enjoy both delicious seafood and wind near the sea, it will be a pleasant experience.

 

Long Son is a popular destination for many tourists. Picture: ST


In addition, Long Son commune is also famous for its natural beauty, the gentle and hospitable people living in the sea, making salt and farming seafood.

 

Oysters are the most prominent specialty in Long Son. Picture: ST

 

After a hard day of work and study, if you want to find a place not too crowded but different, this is an ideal place for you. Picture: ST

5. Thieng Lieng, Can Gio

It is also in Ho Chi Minh City, but Thieng Lieng Island is the place that will bring you the rare peace minutes between the noisy city life.

 

Farmers in Thieng Lieng Commune. Picture: Nguyen Viet Khoa


Many people come to Thieng Lieng simply to discover and feel the life here, experience the remote and difficult in Saigon. The scenery here is mostly river banks and canals, interlaced with forest cover on the island. Island is not too big, so popular means bicycle or walk. Motorbikes are also available but not many. Thanks to that, the air in the island is still fresh, not as dusty as in urban.

 

Simple life on the island. Picture: Nguyen Viet Khoa

Besides, visitors will also have the opportunity to learn more about salt making, watching the immense salt fields in Thieng Lieng. But the salt-making time lasts only in the sunny months, so choose the right time to go. Thieng Lieng is one of the rare areas that preserve the traditional salt-making of the area, such as rolling and woodworking.

 
For those of you who love to take pictures, this is really a place to enjoy writing your own photos. Wild scenes, not limited to shooting area, is ideal for those who passionate shooting. Even here have been the delegation to take wedding photos. Picture: ST