The Central Highlands is a beautiful and peaceful area in Central Vietnam. It hides stunning views and beautiful nature and the area is famous for it’s coffee and many ethnic people live here. If you are looking for a off the beaten path and authentic Vietnam then this is the place! The landscape is hilly and covered with forest, coffee and cacao gardens. You’ll find to most beautiful and impressive waterfalls in this area and it is home to various ethnic people and a perfect way to visit one of there villages.
Highlight
- An ideal journey to discover the highlights of Vietnam's Central Highlands.
- Encounter ethnic minorities in small villages and admire the beautiful nature.
- Minority groups: J'rai, E-de, M'nong
- Visit: French wooden church, Orphanic Vinh Son, Daklak museum
- Landscapes of: T'nung Lake, Yaly hydro-electric power, Draysap waterfall, Lak Lake
- Gong music dancing show
- Elephant riding
Day 1: Pleiku - Kon Tum
Depart from your hotel in Pleiku City then depart to visit T’Nung Lake with its surface area 250ha. Lunch at a local restaurant then stop at a tea plantation for visiting.
In the afternoon, drive to YALY hydro-electric power plant, Vietnam’s largest underground hydro-electric power plant with its capacity of 720 MW.
On arrival in Kon Tum, a small and beautiful town in the Central highlands on the bank of the Dakbla River, check in at the hotel.
Day 2: Kon Tum - Pleiku
8:00 AM: Enjoy breakfast at hotel then drive to visit Konklo suspension bridge and Rong house nearby the river. Visit the wooden church built between in 1913 and 1918 by French priest Guise Decrouille with the architecture style, an interior decoration mixed between the local and western culture inside the town.
While we walk back to the church, visit the Vinh Son orphanage where people take care for over 700 ethnic children. The orphanage is supported by the Sisters who provide food, shelter, clothing, education, and medical care for the children regardless of their religious background.
Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the village of J’rai people in where guests witness the community Rong house, the grave’s cultural statues.
Dinner and overnight at in Pleiku.
Day 3,Pleiku - Buon Ma Thuot
8:00 AM: After breakfast at hotel, Overland to Buon Ma Thuot on NR 14 with photo stops at pepper gardens and rubber tree farms. Visit Akodhong village of the Ede people with its long houses-on-stilts, weaving embroidery…
Lunch and check-in at hotel.
In the afternoon, depart to Dray Sap waterfalls, away 30km from Buon Ma Thuot City, Draysap in E-de language means the Misty waterfall. The misty is by the its water falls from about 30m height, 100m length creating an amazing veil of mist.
Dinner and overnight at hotel in Buon Ma Thuot.
Day 4: Buon Ma Thuot
8:00 AM: Start the day with an overall the central highlands about cultures and history through Daklak museum.
Continue depart to Lak Lake. On the way to climb up the biggest elephant rock, walk around the village to join in the local people’s lifestyles and hear about their traditions and cultures.
Enjoy Elephant riding and dug-out canoe trip on the Lak Lake to get such amazing experiences.
Have lunch at Lak lake restaurant with some local specialties. Visit and have photo Bao Dai King’s house on the top hill.
Join in Gong music show with rice wine drinking with the M’Nong people at Le village.
On the way back to Buon Ma Thuot, stop to see the coffee and pepper gardens.
Drop off at the airport. End of the Central highland tour.
