Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak, Vietnam

Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak: Buon Don (Don Village), Chu Yang Sin National Park, KoTam Ecological Area, Ako Dhong Buon (Ako Dhong Village), Bao Dai Palace, Buon Ma Thuot Cathedral, Lak Lake, Eakao Lake, Dray Nur Waterfall, Thuy Tien Waterfall,…

DakLak is a province in the Central Highland region. Coming here you will get to admire the wild beauty of mountains and forests, simple villages, get to communicate with honest and friendly ethnic minorities. Besides, you will also get to visit the peaceful, ancient church, and palace which is designed in a traditional style. Here we introduce to you the most beautiful tourist attractions in DakLak.

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Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

1. Buon Don (Don Village)

When it comes to the Buon Don, we can’t help mention the tradition of taming and hunting wild elephants here. Coming to Buon Don, you will be guided on how to ride an elephant to wade the river, see the old forest or simply listen to the village elders tell stories from ancient times.

If you have come here, you will certainly not be able to ignore Yok Don National Park where there is a famous forest ecosystem and which preserves the largest Asian elephant in Vietnam. Don’t forget to visit the homeland of this elephant and go to famous places such as the stilt- restaurant area, Eano island area, 7- branch-waterfall, ancient house on stilts… and especially is to join the campfire. Surely Buon Don will be a special experience for you.

• Address: western edge of Dak Lak province
• Area: 1,412.5 km2
• Population: 70,650 people

When it comes to the Buon Don, we can’t help mention the tradition of taming and hunting wild elephants here. When it comes to the Buon Don, we can’t help mention the tradition of taming and hunting wild elephants here.

2. Chu Yang Sin National Park

This is a national park with an extremely diverse and rich flora ecosystem, especially with very high endemism. When visiting this place, you will be introduced by the tour guide to extremely attractive activities such as going to the waterfall to play, canoeing, biking according to the terrain, observing wildlife, watching ancient pine trees… And the most prominent thing is to visit the thousand-year-old po mu population. Surely you will be amazed by the majestic natural scenery of this national park.

• Address: Krong Bong district, Lak district, Dak Lak province
• Area: 58,947 ha
• Chu Yang Sin National Park

Chu Yang Sin National Park – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

3. KoTam Ecological Area

This is an ecological area with extremely large and airy space. The first impression of most visitors when coming here for the first time is probably a colorful picture of flowers such as wild sunflowers, peonies planted everywhere, and the highlight will be the line of golden wild sunflowers shining under the iridescent sun.

KoTam ecological area shows the ethnic minority’s identity in Central Highlands, where there are typical rows of stilt houses, elephant worshiping festival, gong festival… held every year. With its own majestic beauty but full of rustic and attractive, this will definitely be an ecological area that will make you deeply impressed. Coming to KoTam eco-zone, you will get to take great photos.

• Address: 789 Pham Van Dong, Ea Tu, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak
• This is an ecological area with extremely large and airy space.

KoTam Ecological Area – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

4. Ako Dhong Buon (Ako Dhong Village)

When you first step into the street of the village, you will surely be impressed because whether the road or in front of each house gate is cleaned by the people here and the trees are planted a lot. The houses in the village are always designed and built in the style of stilts, so this can be considered a very characteristic feature of the Ako Dhong village.

The people here are especially Catholic and their belief is always very high. Besides, the ceremonies such as worshiping the water wharf, offering rice are always maintained and held every year. When visiting this place, it means that you have become a valued guest and are warmly welcomed by everyone through a gong performance and especially you will enjoy a specialty that is the can wine (a kind of wine made from a style of the leaf in Central Highland).

• Address: Tan Loi Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province
• Ako Dhong village with rustic stilt houses

Ako Dhong Buon – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

5. Bao Dai Palace

This is an architecture that has both the closeness of the stilt house of the Ede people and the rustic look of the M’Nong people’s ground house, and this is what gives the character and represents the life of the people here. A special thing is that in the years 1949 to 1954, King Bao Dai often came here to hunt and rest at the beginning of the rainy season, so gradually this place took his name.

• Address: Tu An, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak
• Beautiful Bao Dai Palace

Bao Dai Palace – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

6. Buon Ma Thuot Cathedral

Buon Ma Thuot Cathedral, also known as Dung Lac Church, was “born” in the 30s and 40s of the last century. The church has a very unique architecture, this place is “home” of pious “sheeps”, especially known by many tourists.

Besides the design that is extremely close to this land, Buon Ma Thuot Cathedral is also a place that reflects the cultural identities bearing the breath of the Central Highlands ethnic minorities. That is shown when ethnic brothers make up a quarter of the total 1,500 parishioners of the church today. If you have been here once, you will surely never forget the closeness and friendliness of the people here.

• Address: 02 Phan Chu Trinh, Thang Loi, Buon Ma Thuot City, DakLak
• Area: 24,474 km²

Buon Ma Thuoc Cathedral – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

7. Lak Lake

Coming to Buon Ma Thuot City, visitors cannot help mention Lak Lake. This is a very large natural freshwater lake and is covered by large mountains and primeval forests. This place is also famous with a legend telling that this is a lake with a bottomless depth and is connected to the Great Lake. Since ancient times, the hero Lak of the M’Nong ethnic group has had merit in protecting this land, so his name was given to the lake.

Because the lake is always surrounded by extremely rich flora and fauna, Lak Lake becomes an extremely “popular” eco-tourism destination. When you come here, you will enjoy the natural and wild beauty of white waterfalls, immense and poetic sunset sunlight.

• Address: Lien Son town (or Lac Thien) in Lak district, Dak Lak province
• Area: 6.2 km²

Lak Lake with the poetic beauty in the afternoon sunshine – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

8. Eakao Lake

Lake Eakao is an artificial freshwater lake with beautiful natural scenery with extremely cool and fresh air. The lake has great value in irrigation, being an indispensable part in serving the need for irrigation for coffee and rice.

Around the lake are forests with many ancient trees, rich flora, and continuing hills mountains. With a spacious space and lying on the green and soft grass, this place will surely make you relax.

• Address: Ea Kao commune, a suburb of Buon Ma Thuot.

Lake Eakao – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak is an artificial freshwater lake with beautiful natural scenery – one of the Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Dak Lak

9. Dray Nur Waterfall

This is an extremely magnificent waterfall that nature has bestowed on the people. The first time you set foot and admire this waterfall, you will surely be impressed by the white foam and dense steam. The most interesting and adventurous activity is rushing straight through the water curtain, you will feel the burning sensation when the water enters the ears and head.

In addition, Dray Nur Waterfall is also famous for its huge cave behind the waterfall. Visitors can move behind the waterfall but without getting wet at all. The feeling when standing inside the cave and looking out at the wall of water with dim light will definitely make you feel strange.

• Address: Road to Dray Nur waterfall, Dray Sap, Krong Ana, Dak Lak

This is an extremely magnificent waterfall that nature has bestowed on people

10. Thuy Tien Waterfall

The road leading to Thuy Tien Waterfall in Dak Lak has made visitors fall in love with the vast green rubber and coffee fields. And then when looking from afar, the white color of the waterfall looming behind the morning mist makes us feel like we are seeing a magical fairyland.

White flowing water.

Not falling directly from the mountain top like  Dray Nur hay Dray Sap Waterfall, but this waterfall flows slowly in 3 distinct layers, with funny rocks lying on top of each other, interwoven with the fresh green color of the great thousands of the Central Highlands, making anyone also admires it.

Accordingly, the first floor has a small slope, and there are many stairs up and down, so the water flows quite smoothly. On both sides, there are many tree roots hanging down like a hammock, forming a poetic and charming painting.

The first floor flows smoothly and peacefully.

The second floor is more unique with many stone steps placed on top of each other, embracing a shallow lake in the middle like a mini swimming pool.

 

The 2nd floor is like a mini swimming pool.

The last floor of  Thuy Tien Waterfall is the most different. At first, the water rushes with strong flow, hitting the undulating rocks below, sending white foam, then suddenly gently forms clear streams slowly flowing downhill. a sudden change in the blink of an eye makes everyone admire and be surprised to witness.

The 3rd waterfall falls strongly.

It can be said that, with a beauty that is both gentle and strong, both majestic and wild, and with a bit of mystery, Three-Floor Waterfall deserves to be the most attractive landscape in Dak Lak that tourists cannot ignore.

• Address: Ea Puk commune, Krong Nang district, Dak Lak province