When to Visit Con Dao, Vietnam
With the winter monsoon in the rearview—and high season still months away—May is an ideal time to visit Vietnam’s Con Dao archipelago. The region’s pristine waters are part of a protected national park and home to sea turtles and endangered dugongs, a marine mammal similar to the manatee. For more on Con Dao and 24 other secret islands around the globe, see Best Secret Islands on Earth.