Vietnam Highlands with 9 unique things

Vietnam Highlands not only surprise you with the elephant riding, the village discovering or enjoying the sweet Buon Me Thuot coffee, but also give you a chance to participate in the gorgeous Space of Gong Culture.

Depending on the period of travel to the windy and sunny Vietnam Highlands, you can schedule your own time to experience the following interesting things:

Enjoy a gong show

Gong culture is the abundant intangible heritage of the local ethnic minorities. Gongs are musical instruments made from copper, sometimes mixed with gold, silver or dark bronze. Every festival along the year, from a ceremony for an infant to grave rituals, new rice celebrations, warehouse closed ceremony, buffalo sacrifice, needs gongs as a mean to connect people within the Vietnam Highlands.

Visit Tombs’ statues

Vietnam Highlands’ people consider the death as the beginning of a new life in the world of spirits. Tombs and the statues in grave are made to cater for grave rituals or the last goodbye of the living people to the dead one. Tomb’s statue is inspired by the daily life.

Enjoy a cup of fragrant Buon Me Thuot coffee

Nowhere has delicious coffee as in the Vietnam Highlands. Perhaps by sitting in the basaltic land of sunshine and wind, between the fresh air of heaven and earth, the art of enjoying coffee is much more amazing. The Coffee Festival in Vietnam Highlands is to honor the coffee tree, which has brought prosperity for this central highland.

Discover Ako Dhong Village

Ako Dhong Village or Co Thon Village is a E De village located at Tran Nhat Duat St., Buon Ma Thuot city. This is a big village with long history and retaining many traditional values ​​. Now it is a touristic spot of the city. Coming to the village, you will better understand the life of people around the Vietnam Highlands - living along with the sunshine and the wind in the mountainous areas.

Ride elephants in Don Village

Riding an elephant through the Yokdon national park, or rowing a canoe on Dak Min lake sounds interesting. The rustic wooden house, the eyes of the ethnic people, the herd on the meadow, the sparkle Sre Pork river will not waste any moment of your Dak Lak trip.

Conquer Indochina intersection

You should not miss taking a look at Bo Y border gate in your trip to Vietnam Highlands. This is the important border between Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia, a significant national territory milestone.

Visit Vietnam Highlands in flower seasons

December is an ideal time to visit Vietnam Highlands because it’s the festive time and also the time of yellow wild sunflowers blooming on basaltic soils.

In early January, the land changes into the yellow and red color - the color of the rubber tree.

In March, the white coffee flower starts blooming. Each flower season lasts until late spring.

Enjoy unique herbal salad

If you have a chance to visit the mountainous province located in the north pole of Vietnam Highlands (Kontum), don’t forget to try its specialty: the special herbal salad. The dish is made from more than 40 different types of leaves, some only available in this land. The dish is often served with pork bacon, fried shrimp, sliced ​​pork skin mixed with roasted glutinous rice flour.

Conquer the giant waterfall

There are countless spectacular waterfalls in Vietnam Highlands for you to explore, such as Yaly Waterfall situated in Ya Tang commune, Sa Thay district, Kon Tum province. Additionally, there are other famous cascades such as Thuy Tien, Dieu Thanh, Ba Tang... Also, some beautiful waterfalls near the city of Buon Ma Thuot are Dray Sap, Dray Anour, Dray H'Linh.

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