En tant qu occident desirrant aller au Vietnam, on doit faire le Delta Mekong, Ho Chi Min, Hue et Hanoi. Je lis que le climat du nord et du sud s' oppose. Mais le voyageur rendu au Vietnam, va pas faire rien que le nord ou rien que le sud.
Alors, vu tout ca, quel mois est ideal pour faire ce pays?
Bonjour, si je me fie à l'agence Groupe Voyages Québec qui se spécialise dans les voyages de groupes, avec laquelle j'ai voyagé 2 fois (Prague et la Tunisie), voici ce qu'ils offrent pour le Vietnam. J'imagine qu'ils ont choisi les dates de façon consciencieuse! Par contre, je ne sais pas s'ils vont visiter le Sud ou le Nord ou les 2. Je ne connais pas le Vietnam mais je rêve d'y aller un jour!
Vietnam classique
27 février 2008 au 15 mars 2008
Vietnam et Cambodge
19 février 2008 au 14 mars 2008
Vietnam forfait PLUS
26 février 2008 au 20 mars 2008
Bonjour. Si je me fie à l'excellence de cette agence qui remporte des prix à chaque année, ou presque, je pense qu'ils n'enverraient pas leurs clients à des périodes non propices.
Comme ce sont des employés de l'agence qui montent eux-mêmes leurs programmes, je suis portée à les croire.
Si je compare avec Prague, ils choisissent les meilleures périodes et ils évitent les mois d'été, entre autres. Beaucoup trop de monde!
Même chose pour la Tunisie. Ils choisissent le printemps et l'automne. Jamais dans les périodes trop chaudes ou trop froides.
Je voulais seulement t'aider. 😐 En tout cas, si je regarde les forfaits dans le journal Le Soleil, c'est la même chose. Donc, toutes ces agences ne doivent pas être dans les patates! 😛
Ces questions sur le climat reviennent souvent et je conçois que c'est important pour le voyageur, mais peut-être n'a-t-on pas toujours le choix de partir quand on veut... Et le climat n'est pas immuable selon les saisons comme on le croyait.
Je m'explique : en épluchant les guides touristiques, j'en avais conclu qu'il fallait partir au printemps (Mars/Avril) en commençant le séjour par le Nord, ce qui permettait de s'habituer doucement avant d'aller trouver la chaleur du Sud. En effet, à cette période, dans le Nord, c'est le printemps, comme en France, un peu frisquet le matin, mais très agréable dans la journée. Si on reste un peu de temps dans le Nord (une quinzaine de jours (...) et qu'on redescend vers le Centre, on a la surprise de constater que dans le Nord, le riz en était au stade du repiquage et, juste après le Col des Nuages, on le moissonne déjà !
Le repiquage et la moisson du riz sont des spectacles à ne pas rater !
A partir du Col des Nuages, le ciel est bleu et, de là, la descente vers le Sud se fera dans la chaleur.
C'était la description du TEMPS IDEAL ! Je ne l'ai rencontré que lors de mon premier séjour en 1996 : une période où le climat n'était pas encore détraqué !
Pour les deux derniers voyages : en 2003, ce fut tout de suite la canicule dès l'arrivée à HANOI (35°) à l'ombre ! Du Nord au Sud, ce fut pareil ! Mais bon, faut pas se plaindre de trop de soleil !
Cette année, ce fut encore plus déconcertant : 15 jours de temps exécrable (froid, brouillard ou pluie) au Nord, le Centre, un peu sous la grisaille (mais c'est épatant pour les visites extérieures !), mais pas de pluie. C'est un peu plus tard que nous avons rencontré les premières pluies de mousson : des trombes d'eau nous sont tombées sur la tête ! Le Delta du Mékong sous la pluie, c'est pas le pied ! Mais dormir sous une paillote bercé par le chant des grenouilles ravies de voir arriver la pluie, c'est pas mal quand même !
Dans l'idéal, si je devais repartir, je repartirai durant la même période : voir le changement de saison en accéléré du Nord au Sud, et, cerise sur le gâteau, GOUTER AUX FRUITS DU SUD où c'est la pleine saison ! Se BAIGNER DANS UNE EAU DEPASSANT LES 25°. C'est ce que je vous souhaite !
Excusez la longueur de mon message, mais quand je parle du Vietnam, je suis intarissable !
En général, c'est le mois d'Avril qui est le meilleur mois du compromis. Dans le Sud, la période de ciel bleu d'azur commence à céder le pas aux influences de la mousson qui vient des Bengales et du golfe de Siam. Dans le Nord, la période hivernale avec des crachins et des brumes se termine avec la chaleur qui rend le ciel plus clair voire bleu. Le bon compromis pour 1 mois, ce serait du 15 Avril au 15 Mai, en remontant du Sud vers le Nord.
Lucky that we have a home/Our Home is Nha May Man/Passing rain and dry seasons/In a full-of-love atmosphere/Besides my new family/I have brothers and sisters/The sun shines over the skies/Let's stay here, with all of us,
Dans le sud (Ho Chi Minh, Mekong), il fait toujours chaud ; ce sont les premiers orages, fin avril/début mai, qui signalent le changement de saison et le début des pluies. L'arrivée à HCM, avec la bouffée de chaleur et de moiteur à la sortie de l'aéroport, est très caractéristique et marquante. Le Delta avec l'opulence de ses fruits et la tiédeur des soirées à Saïgon sont un délice.
Nous avons visité Hanoï et la baie d'Ha Long en février. C'était l'hiver, frais (prévoir veste polaire) et brumeux. C'est superbe pour la baie d'Ha Long, fantômatique à souhait mais pas question de s'y baigner ni de prendre le soleil sur le toit de votre jonque !
Dans l'absolu, je rejoins donc le conseil d'Abalone : mi-avril/mi-mai, du sud vers le nord.
Très bon voyage à vous 🙂
De la fin Fevrier jusqu'à la fin Avril, et dans le sens du SUD vers le NORD.
Debut Mars, il ne fait plus froid dans le NORD (22°c en général, température idéale pour faire la visite)
Début Mai, la pluie commence à tomber progressivement dans le SUD.
Je confirme, mars-avril c'est l'idéal, je le fais chaque année dans le sens sud-nord au moment des vacances de Pâques, et j'ai sur 15j au maximum un jour de pluie ( à Hue ou Hanoi, ça dépend)
Température : chaude au sud (35°), bonne au nord (20-25°)
Qu'ils soient d'ici où de n'importe quel parage
Moi j'aime bien les gens qui sont de quelque part
Et portent dans leur cœur une ville ou un village
Où ils pourraient trouver leur chemin dans le noir
je compte partir début 2008 pour 3 semaines au Vietnam et j'ai toujours du mal à me décider pour la période même si je pensais à mars-avril. Mais je lis également que février c'est bien aussi...
et pourquoi du sud au nord et non le contraire?
Merci bcp pour vos informations qui me seront très précieuses
Tout est dans le titre. Avec ma compagne nous souhaitons nous rendre 15-17 jours au Vietnam. J’ai déjà eu des infos sur la baie d Halong. J’aimerai y rajouter…
J'aimerai savoir a quelle période il vaut mieux voyager au Vietnam et Cambodge j'ai vu qu'en mars il y avait du brouillard sur la baie d'Halong et en novembre…
Grand dilemme pour mes prochaines vacances car je voudrais absolument traverser le vietnam du nord au sud (ou l’inverse) fin décembre / début janvier pendant 3…
Ça fait longtemps que je souhaite découvrir le nord du Vietnam et reporté sans cesse car je ne trouve jamais vraiment qu'elle serait la bonne période. Certains…
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