ホントム・ロープウェイと真珠の島フーコック

Phu Quoc is Vietnam’s largest island, about an hour and a half by air from Da Nang.

The world’s longest over-sea cable car runs from An Thoi at the southern end of the main island out to Hon Thom. The cabins spend close to half an hour above open water, looking down on the An Thoi archipelago and the island’s snorkelling grounds. The ride is a destination in itself, not just a way across.

Sao Beach on the southern shore is the swimming beach people name: fine white sand and shallow water a long way out.

Almost everything here happens outdoors and depends on the weather, so the leg needs at least two nights — better suited to guests staying on after the show than to a quick hop.