Back to the land of coffee to discover the wild Central Highlands

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Referring to Buon Ma Thuot, we immediately think of the traditional communal houses, the flickering lights of the wild gong dance, and the immense coffee garden on the fertile basalt red soil.

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With a beauty close to nature, in recent years Buon Ma Thuot has been loved by young people to travel with the name “little Bali” of Vietnam.

Buon Ma Thuot is known for its rich cultural identity and is home to a community of more than 40 ethnic minority groups. 

If you love adventure travel, close to nature, Buon Ma Thuot will not disappoint you. Not known for recreational tourism services, this land captivates people by mysterious forests, immense coffee fields, poetic waterfalls and wild and idyllic tourist attractions. …

Mr. Tran Hoai Nam (born in 1989, a local teacher) shared that coming to Buon Ma Thuot, visitors will have unique experiences only here, such as enjoying gongs, drinking can wine, and lighting a fire. Camps, living in stilts with ethnic minorities… Especially the security is very good, the people are friendly, enthusiastic and hospitable, the food is attractive, the nature is both majestic and poetic, causing nostalgia for people.

In terms of weather, Buon Ma Thuot has a typical climate of the Central Highlands with two distinct rainy and dry seasons. The most suitable time to travel to Buon Ma Thuot is in the dry season from December to April next year. At this time there is no rain, cool, not too hot. This is also the time when festivals of ethnic minorities take place. December has brilliant wild sunflowers, and February to March has romantic coffee flowers. 

The rainy season is from May to November, causing travel difficulties on some dirt roads far from the center.

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Buon Ma Thuot city is hidden in the lush Central Highlands with natural scenery that is both poetic and wild, able to conquer every travel-loving heart.

Buon Ma Thuot is a big city of Dak Lak, with a modern investment and construction transport system, convenient to move to other localities. From Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, visitors can fly directly to Buon Ma Thuot airport. From the airport to the city center is only about 10km, you can take a motorbike taxi or take a taxi. Besides, you can take a bus from Ho Chi Minh City, the travel time is about 8 hours, from 9 pm to 5 am the next day is to arrive.

The roads are quite nice, but the attractions are quite far from the center. Visitors can take a tour with a shuttle car, or rent a motorbike to experience the beautiful roads.

Coming to the land of coffee to explore the untouched Central Highlands, you cannot ignore famous tourist attractions such as: Elephant Mother rock, Buon Don, Ea Kao lake, Buon Don dipterocarp forest, cluster of 3 Dray Sap waterfalls – Dray Nur – Gia Long, Sac Tu Khai Doan pagoda… and enjoy specialties with mountain flavor.

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The cluster of 3 waterfalls Dray Sap, Dray Nur and Gia Long belong to the famous Serepok river. This place is about 25km from Buon Ma Thuot city along Highway 4. This is one of the famous tourist attractions of the Central Highlands, a majestic waterfall with clear, cool water, surrounded by mountains and forests. thousand

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The cluster of 3 waterfalls has a legend about the love of a man and a woman, which is tragic but also beautiful. Around the waterfall is a large, ancient forest, covering the path. The sunlight shining through the leaves creates a natural scene like a charming watercolor painting, moving people’s hearts

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Yang-tao Elephant Rock is about 40km from Buon Ma Thuot city center in the direction of National Highway 7. Elephant Yang-tao rock cluster includes Elephant Father rock and Mother Elephant rock, located about 5km apart. Two stone slabs shaped like an elephant appear in the middle of the mountains and forests of the Central Highlands

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Mother Elephant Rock has a length of up to 200m, a height of more than 30m, known as the largest monolith in our country. Mother Elephant Rock is also a favorite check-in place for young people when coming to the sunny and windy Central Highlands

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Ea Kao Lake, about 12km southeast of the city center, is the largest freshwater lake in Buon Ma Thuot. Although it is an artificial lake, it has beautiful natural scenery, peace and cool air. Around the lake are thousands of mountains and forests, green lawns, and diverse flora and fauna, in the distance are unspoiled villages.

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Ako Dong village is known as the only one that still retains the unique appearance and features of an Ede village. This place is about 2km north of Buon Ma Thuot city center. In recent years, the government has paid much attention to the construction and development of tourism. Coming here, visitors will experience the unique traditional culture of the Ede ethnic group

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Coffee World Museum, also known as Trung Nguyen coffee village, is an attractive new destination in the Central Highlands coffee capital. Here, visitors can learn about coffee types as well as the history of the world coffee industry

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This place attracts tourists to visit and check-in because its unique architecture is a harmonious combination between the long house architecture of the Central Highlands people and modern architecture.

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Sac Tu Khai Doan Pagoda is known as the largest ancient temple in Buon Ma Thuot city. This place attracts visitors with its rich history and unique architecture. This is the last temple in Vietnam to receive the title of the feudal system. The pagoda has golden brown tones, and the architecture of the Tay Nguyen stilt houses combined with Hue’s ruong house architecture creates an ancient and dignified appearance.

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Buon Don is a famous tourist destination about 42km from Buon Ma Thuot city center. This place owns dipterocarp forest – broadleaf forest, deciduous in the dry season, only in Vietnam in the Central Highlands. Coming to admire the dipterocarp forest, visitors can camp, wander around to admire the scenery, and immerse themselves in the poetic natural scenery like Europe.

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Coming to the Central Highlands, visitors should not miss the immense coffee and cocoa gardens of the local people, discover how to care for, harvest, and process agricultural products.

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Visitors also have the opportunity to visit beautiful tourist areas, enjoy mountain specialties such as grilled chicken with lam rice, ethnic pig, Srepok river trout, wild meat dishes, wild vegetables… changed according to the taste of the people here, very bold in the mountains

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