BEST VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLAND DISCOVERY TOUR – 5 DAYS

* BRIEF ITINERARY:

Day 1: ARRIVAL – DALAT SIGHTSEEING TOURS

Day 2: DALAT SIGHTSEEING TOURS TO MYSTERIOUS LAK LAKE

Day 3: LAK LAKE SIGHTSEEING TOURS TO BUON MA THUOT – BUON MA THUOT ADVENTURE TOURS

Day 4: BUON MA THUOT ADVENTURE TOURS – KONTUM TREKKING TOURS TO VILLAGES

Day 5: KONTUM – PLEIKU – DEPARTURE.

DAY 1: Vietnam Tour from Da Lat to Lao Lake, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Kon Tum: ARRIVAL – DALAT SIGHTSEEING TOURS (L-D) 

Our guide and driver pick up guest at Saigon, Phan Thiet or Nha Trang then transfer to Dalat, the city of flower over 1.500m altitude above the sea level with cool climate all year round. On the way, passing through legume gardens such as carrots, cauliflowers, and patatoes. On arrival to Dalat. Check-in hotel and have lunch. Spend the remainder of day visiting Tuyen Lam Lake, Truc Lam pagoda and central market.

Tonight, we’ll be honored our guests the welcome dinner with specialties from Da Lat. Overnight at hotel in Dalat.

DAY 2: Vietnam Tour from Da Lat to Lao Lake, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Kon Tum: DALAT SIGHTSEEING TOURS TO MYSTERIOUS LAK LAKE (B-L-D) 

After breakfast at hotel, we’ll continue exploring Da Lat. First, visit the Valley of Love, XQ Embroidery, Dalat railway station. After lunch at a local restaurant, we’ll travel by car to Lak Lake. Arriving late afternoon, we’ll check-in the hotel and spend the rest of day at leisure for swimming.

Enjoy dinner tonight with the gong music dancing show of the M’Nong ethnic people and drink “Can” wine or Ruou (wine drunk out of a jar through pipes)

Overnight at Lak Resort.

DAY 3: Vietnam Tour from Da Lat to Lao Lake, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Kon Tum: LAK LAKE SIGHTSEEING TOURS TO BUON MA THUOT – BUON MA THUOT ADVENTURE TOURS (B-L-D)

After breakfast at Lak Lake restaurant, we’ll check-out to visit some villages of the M’Nong hilltribe as Jun and Le. Take the Elephant ride and dugout canoe around the lake. Lak Lake (Ho Lak) covers 600 hectares in the rainy season, but shrinks to 400 hectares surrounded by rice paddies in the dry.

On the south shores, near the town of Lien Son, Jun Village reveals an enigmatic slice of traditional M’nong life. The rattan and wood houses are all built on stilts, which was a way of keeping the animals out. After having lunch, drive to Buon Ma Thuot City for visting Khai Doan pagoda, Ethnographical Museum, Central Market. 

Dinner and overnight in Buon Ma Thuot City.

DAY 4: Vietnam Tour from Da Lat to Lao Lake, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Kon Tum: BUON MA THUOT ADVENTURE TOURS – KONTUM TREKKING TOURS TO VILLAGES (B-L-D) 

Breakfast at hotel then transfer to Kontum. On the scenic drive, guests stop to see the rubber plantations, pepper gardens. On arrival to Kontum, we’ll check-in. Lunch is served then.

The afternoon is spent visiting the Wooden Church followed by the Pleitonghia village of the Banah in Kontum town, the village Konklo of the Banah and drop into the community Rong house and the seminary of Kontum). It’s notable that Nha Rong is the heart and soul for the local villagers as it preserves the local sacred, spiritual and cultural values. Nha Rong is not only a communal house to gather the whole village for traditional ceremonies but also for children to come to learn more about their culture and history as well as listening to stories from the older generations.

Dinner and overnight in Kontum.

DAY 5: Vietnam Tour from Da Lat to Lao Lake, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Kon Tum: KONTUM – PLEIKU – DEPARTURE (B-L)

After breakfast at hotel, we’ll travel to Pleiku to visit T’Nung Lake (Bien Lake), Pleiphum village of the J’rai in Ia M’Nong where guests witness the community Rong house, the grave’s cultural statues. Lunch. Transfer to Pleiku airport for your departure flight.

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* Inclusive 

• English or French speaking guide
• Porters (to carry food and luggage)
• All needed transport
• All indicated meals, plus snacks (B as breakfast; L as lunch; D as dinner)
• Water on the whole trip
•  Mosquito net
• All entrance fees and permit
• Overnight in local house or tent

* Exclusive

• Personal Pocket Money
• Domestic Flight
• Soft drink (beer, coca cola…)
• Insurance
• All other services not indicated above