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Con Dao in December
Mixed month: December is outside the recommended season (March – September). Against it: Rough Seas: Ferries to Con Dao Cancelled.
The season opens in March, 3 months away.
3 days in Con Dao in December · from ₹15,588 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
Before you book December
Closures, crowds and rules at Con Dao this month.
Worth knowing
Rough Seas: Ferries to Con Dao Cancelled
The north-east monsoon brings rough seas from about November to February: high-speed ferries from the mainland are often cancelled, leaving only the small planes from Saigon, which sell out. Fly, and keep a spare day before your flight home.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 3 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹15,588 for two
- Room a night₹2,210
- Food a day, each₹1,430
- Main sight entry, each₹180
Mid-range
₹37,706 for two
- Room a night₹5,890
- Food a day, each₹3,300
- Main sight entry, each₹180
Luxury
₹1,04,429 for two
- Room a night₹22,080
- Food a day, each₹7,700
- Main sight entry, each₹180
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Vietnam yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Ho Chi Minh City (SGN), 233 km away
Then: Flight · 3h 30m (Vietnam Airlines to Con Dao (VCS), ~1 h)
Flights from India: from 8 cities, one way from ₹11,000
Fly into Phu Quoc (PQC), 337 km away
Flights from India: from 1 city, one way from ₹10,000
Routes compared
Entry rules
E-visa before you fly for up to 90 days, about ₹2,380
- At least a week before you fly, apply for the e-visa on the official portal, evisa.gov.vn: passport scan, a recent photo, your entry date and the airport you will land at. The fee is US$25 single entry or US$50 multiple entry (for a side trip to Cambodia or Laos), paid by card and not refunded if refused.
- Approval usually takes 3 working days. Download the e-visa, check every letter of your name and passport number and the dates, and print it.
- At immigration, show your passport and the printed e-visa. There is no arrival card. Enter through the airport or border post named on the e-visa.
- Flying straight into Phu Quoc from abroad and staying on the island: no visa is needed for up to 30 days, but you need one to go on to the mainland. India's embassy in Hanoi advises getting the e-visa anyway, in case you have to reach the mainland in an emergency.
Carry: Passport valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive, with two blank pages; Printed e-visa approval letter; Return or onward ticket; Hotel bookings for the stay.
Use only evisa.gov.vn (the Vietnam Immigration Department's portal); look-alike sites charge two to four times the fee. The e-visa cannot be extended inside Vietnam, so choose its dates and single or multiple entry carefully.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Vietnam in December
Instead in season this month.
- Ha Long Bay · great month
- Ninh Binh (Tam Coc & Trang An) · great month
- Mui Ne · great month
- Phu Quoc · great month
- Vung Tau · great month
- Hanoi · good month
- Ben Tre (Mekong Delta) · good month
- Can Tho (Mekong Delta) · good month
Nearby in Saigon & the South-East:
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Con Dao in December, day by day, priced for your group.