Central Highlands
A kilometre long path snaking through a red basaltic soil hill with sculptures carved out of its sides is set to become a popular tourist attraction in the Central Highlands City of Da Lat. Located near the famous Tuyen Lam Lake, the path embodies the vision of its founder Trinh Ba Dung to tell the…
A lot of hearsays have it that Bao Loc City in the Central Highlands of Lam Dong is home to numerous wonders. The most typical one, as widely agreed, is certainly the Dambri Waterfall, but the wonderland is also said to be well known for other extravagant venues, such as Suoi Mo, or Fairy Stream,…
It might be an interesting experience for tourists to be a gardener at Trai Mat, an outskirt area which is 8km away from Dalat City. From the city downtown, people can follow Tran Hung Dao and Hung Vuong streets to get to the site after a 20-minute drive on motorbike. Tourists can also take a…
Many visitors to Dalat City often pick Tuyen Lam Lake as one of the stops of their tours to the Central Highlands city of Dalat thanks to its evergreen pine forest and picturesque scenery. Located some eight kilometers from downtown Dalat, the magnificent lake was created after a dam was built from 1982 to…
Cu Lan Village, a tourism area, about 20km away from Da Lat in Lat Commune, Lac Duong District in Central Highlands Lam Dong Province, is located in a valley of 30ha amid the vast greenness of pine trees. The local cool air plus its beautiful scenery has attracted many visitors from near and far. Cu…
With its foggy atmosphere, wintry evenings and winding roads encircling hills and mountains, Pleiku has the feeling of a beautiful painting. After a two-day assignment, I had one day to discover this city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. Waking up early, I opened the window at my hotel and was charmed with…
Bien Ho (sea lake) is a must-see destination for visitors to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai thanks to its picturesque beauty and serenity. Locals called Bien Ho as T’Nung Lake that means the sea on a mountain. Tourists can admire the romantic scenery of pine trees along the way to Bien Ho before…
Don Hamlet is the most attractive tourist site in Viet Nam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. Located in Ea Huar Commune, Buon Don District and about 36km west from Buon Ma Thuot, the hamlet is famous nationwide as being a legendary land for elephant hunting and taming, and home of many skilled elephant hunters,…
Gia Nghia Town, the capital of Dak Nong Province which is 230km from Ho Chi Minh city. Covered by green hills the town has fresh, cool weather all year round. Nearly, they will see the romantic beauty of the Co Tien and Lieng Nung Waterfalls and learn about the brocade-weaving craft of the ethnic people.…
Trinh Nu also called as Dray Nur waterfall is located in Dray Sap commune, Krong Ana district, Dak Lak province. Its name means “female waterfall”. So, it has also another informal name which is Vo waterfall (Wife waterfall). The waterfall has another part of lower Dray Nur, which is located in Dak Nong province. According to…
Gia Long or Dray Sap Thuong (Upper Dray Sap) waterfall, located in Dak Sor commune, Krong No district, Dak Nong province, is the upper reaches of the system of three waterfalls: Gia Long, Dray Nur and Dray Sap in Serepok River. The locals living here long after called Gia Long waterfall that is derived from King…
No one can deny the reputation of Dalat as one of the most attractive cities in Vietnam, which can be accounted for by the fact that its architecture was the perfect combination of French and Vietnamese style. The Domaine De Marie (Dominion of Marie) Church is one example of that interaction between the two cultures. Today,…
Compared with the true love which has to surpass several obstacles, the Valley of Love in Dalat had to surpass many challenges in the past in order to gain its rightful name as today. In the beginning, the valley was called Vallée D’amour (Valley of Love) by the French before being renamed The Valley of…
Used to be the site in which many indigenous people of Langbian highland inhabited, this man-made lake is nowadays the most beautiful lake of Dalat, becoming a symbol whenever people mention Dalat city, Lam Dong province. Unlike others, the history of Xuan Huong Lake distinguishes it as one of the most special lakes in Vietnam. In…
Elephant (Voi) Waterfall is located about 25 kilometers southwest of Da Lat City of Lam Dong Province in Nam Ban Townlet, Lam Ha District. This waterfall, also called Lieng Rowoa Waterfall, is considered as the most beautiful and majestic waterfall in the highlands province of Lam Dong. It is more than 30m high, about 15m wide with…
The Waterfall is located on Dak Tit Stream, the natural border between Nhan Co Commune (Dak R'lap District) and Quang Tan Commune (Tuy Duc District), of Dak Nong Province, about 220km from HCM City centre. It is also called as Lieng Nung in the local M'nong language, Dieu Thanh has been stood in the middle…
In Dak Nong province there are many waterfall such as Ba tang, Gialong, Trinh Nu, Dieuthanh waterfall, all of which have natural beaty, covered green forests. Of those waterfall, Ba tang is ideal place for bathing, picnicking, exploiting natural landscapes. Three layers( Ba tang) waterfall is a beautiful landscape of Dak Nong province. It is…
Driving along National Highway 20 from Ho Chi Minh City to Dalat, turning left about 24 km at Milestone No.174, Tan Phu cross-road; you will reach Cat Tien National Park. Belonging to three provinces of Dong Nai, Lam Dong and Binh Phuoc, Cat Tien National Park is one of the most important national parks in Vietnam. Covering…
On the way from National Road 20 to Tuyen Lam Lake, tourists in Vietnam travel have to run right onto a zigzagging tar road at the mountain side to Phoenix Summit, on which stands beautiful famous Truc Lam Zen Monastery in an open poetic natural environment. Established in special social conditions, with the aim of restoring Truc…
Prenn Waterfall is situated right at the foot of Prenn Pass, 10 kilometers from the center of Dalat city, Lam Dong province. According to the language of Cham people, Prenn means “the land of invasion”. From Ho Chi Minh City to Dalat, tourists in Vietnam travel must go through Prenn Pass which is 10 kilometers long. This waterfall…
Dalat’s Datanla Waterfall is just 5 km away from the city center (on the way to Prenn Waterfall). The imposing waterfall is pretty deep; it takes about 10 to 15 minutes to walk from the top to the bottom. According to a legend, the waterfall had a deep cave hidden in the forest so it was…
As not far from the centre of Dalat, just about 12 km, tourists in Vietnam travel will see the Lang Biang Mountains standing high and beautiful as the roof of Dalat city, Lam Dong province. Legend has it that there was once a couple who were deeply in love with each other - the boy named K'lang and…
Known as a very popular tourist attraction in Vietnam, Dalat, referred to as the city of love, gets a lot of tourists in Vietnam travel every year. There are many tourist attractions in Dalat and all these places are very popular among travelers coming here. And among them, the Emperor Bao Dai's Summer Palace is a must-visit…
The 30m falls, which are also known as Cai or Vo (wife), originate from the Krong Ana River. According to a ancient story, a long time ago, a man of Kuop Hamlet fell in love with a girl who lived on the other side of the Serepok River. Their love remained hidden from their parents until…
Don Village has the long-standing fame for elephant hunters and trainers. All Vietnamese children remember their heart a song about the elephants at this village. Don Village is located northwest of Buon Ma Thuot in Krong Na Commune, Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province close to the Cambodian border, approximately 42km from Buon Ma Thuot. It is built…
Far from 12km south of Buon Ma Thuot City, Ea Kao Lake is a famous tourist resort of Dak Lak Province. This tourist resort is built with a large and modern scale, but its traditional identities are still preserved. The tourist resort of Ea Kao Lake covers an area of 120 hectares (not counting the surface of…
Situated in Ea Sup District, 100km away from Buon Ma Thuot, Yang Prong is known as the only Cham Tower in Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen). It was built at the end of the 13th century to worship the God Siva or also called Mukhalinga – symbol of fecundity, to wish for a peaceful and happy…
Whenever tourists joining tours in Vietnam travel to Dak Lak, they usually stop at Buon Don, a famous tourist attraction. Being proud of its bio-diversity and the largest national park in Vietnam, which attracts both tourists and scientists. YokDon national park covers 115,000ha, not including 10,000ha of its belt zone. Its jungles bear the characteristics of tropical…
Buon Ma Thuot, with 536 m in height, is the capital of Dak Lak province and also the biggest city in Central Highlands. The city has a calm, cool weather during the year, with an average temperature of 23oC. In the language of the E-de ethnic people, Buon Ma Thuot (or Buon Ama Y Thuot)…
