Located at an altitude of 1,028m, Ham Rong Gia Lai mountain used to be a volcano from millions of years ago, today this is a precious geological heritage and also a very hot destination attracting followers to move.
Traveling to Gia Lai , besides the familiar check-in points such as Bien Ho, Yaly Hydropower Lake, Coffee World Museum, Chu Dang Ya volcano, there is another attractive destination, but surely the Moving followers will not be able to miss it isHam Rong Mountain. Carrying the contemplative beauty and grandeur of mountains and forests,núi Ham Rong Gia Laihas always fascinated how shifting maze soul.
Ham Rong Mountain is a famous tourist destination in Gia Lai. Photo: @ selda.capricorn
Gia Lai has a mesmerizing beautiful Ham Rong mountain!
Referring to the place of Ham Rong mountain, you will think of the “hybrid place” located at the North Pole of the country, Sapa. However, even in the land of the Central Highlands full of sunshine and wind, there is also a mountain called Ham Rong with a wild beauty but also extremely poetic.
“Roofing” of the mountain town of Pleiku
Ham Rong Mountain Gia Lai is located in Pleiku city of Gia Lai, right at the junction from Pleiku city to Highway 14. This place is also known as Chu H’Drong or Hon Rong mountain. This famous mountain is considered as the “roof” of Pleiku with an area of about 0.7km, located at an altitude of 1,028 with a rather special shape.
Ham Rong mountain viewed from above is like a funnel. Photo: Bao Gia Lai
The panorama of the mountain is like a giant funnel, with a large and deep trench cut from the side of the crater to the south. According to historical documents, Ham Rong mountain dates back millions of years ago, formed from the late volcanic eruption period.
Ham Rong is a volcano dating back millions of years. Photo: lendang.vn
As the only large mountain located in Pleiku, this place has a very important role in landscape, ecology as well as tourism of the city. This site is so famous that it was chosen to appear on the official logo of Gia Lai province.
People in the mountain town often refer to Bien Ho as a negative volcano, while Ham Rong Mountain is an ocean volcano with outstanding features such as a conical cone, a central funnel, and a sunken mouth. The outer slope of this crater is more comfortable than the big one, although there are no lakes around the mountain, the trees here are always green.
Ham Rong is compared to the roof of Pleiku. Photo: Zing
During the war, Ham Ron mountain was used as a military base of the US. After the war ended, this place was chosen as the location of Gia Lai’s telecommunications reception and broadcasting station.
Legend of Ham Rong Mountain
Coming to Ham Rong Lai mountain , visitors can not only admire the wildness of nature here, but also the legend of the natural history of Ro Lan Ly and Chu Hdrong attached to this mountain. will make you infatuated. The story is that the young Ro Lan Ly, a poor man who is very diligent and talented at playing the gong, fell in love with the beautiful Chư Hdrông, especially the son of a chief in the area dearly.
This mountain is associated with the legend of a couple’s love. Photo: Gia Lai landscape
However, events struck when Chu Hdrong was asked to marry her by the villain Ro Mah Hem and shot her. Knowing the news, Lan Ly was extremely miserable, he held Chu Hdrong in his arms and walked towards the purple horizon, where later rose a lonely mountain and people called it Chu Hdrông to remember Her beautiful but tragic love story.
The poetic beauty of Ham Rong mountain
Ham Rong is one of the tourist destinations in Gia Lai very famous, it has a wild and peaceful natural landscape with green trees. From a distance, this mountain has all the different shapes, depending on the perspective of visitors. Sometimes the mountain looks like a half circle, sometimes it is trapezoid. If viewed from above, this mountain will be shaped like a giant funnel.
The scenery on Ham Rong mountain enchants travelers. Photo: @ na.p_art
Coming to Ham Rong Gia La mountain , visitors will be fascinated by the winding roads, if you go in the right season, around October to November every year, you will have the opportunity to admire the golden color. of the famous wild flower on the way to the mountain.
On the occasion of the end of the year, the road to the mountain is full of wild flowers. Photo: @ jennyjune216
Overcoming a long way, waiting for visitors at the top of Ham Rong is the green color of trees, clouds covered with misty fog is very beautiful and impressive. This place is located at an altitude of thousands of meters above sea level, so the air is extremely fresh.
The view from Pleiku is enchanting beautiful Ham Rong mountain. Photo: Vntrip
From Ham Rong, you will have the opportunity to admire the whole view of Pleiku city, along with the rubber, coffee, and pepper plantations stretching far to the far hills. To admire the scenery of the mountain town of Pleiku from the most beautiful you can ask for permission to enter the observatory on the mountain.
Experience check-in Ham Rong Gia Lai mountain
Because it is a beautiful and impressive destination, Ham Rong Gia Lai Mountain is extremely attractive to visitors. Especially, this place is located near the city, so moving to this place is not difficult. From the center of Pleiku, you can move by motorbike or car in the direction of Ham Rong junction, where you will see a small concrete road leading up the mountain. You move another 200m to Duong Xia beach, which is also a very famous check-in point of Ham Rong. Next, you just follow the road leading up the mountain to explore the beauty of this place.
The road to Ham Rong junction. Photo: @natthanan_latcharoj
The most ideal time to explore Ham Rong Mountain is early in the morning, when fog is still covering every branch and grass. The space on the mountain in the morning is very quiet, fresh, especially the beauty here is more attractive at this time than ever.
Ham Rong Mountain has a beautiful mist in the morning. Photo: @ken_biker
Not so famous as Sapa’s Ham Rong mountain, Ham Rong Mountain Gia Lai has a wild beauty mixed with a little wildness of the great land. Wandering to explore this famous mountain is a great experience for those who love the natural beauty when coming to Pleiku city.