Full and detailed Buon Ma Thuot travel experience in 2021

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Traveling to Buon Ma Thuot, you will be captivated at first sight by the impressive natural beauty, stretching coffee hills, majestic waterfalls and the old forests of thousands. 

Referring to the city of Buon Ma Thuot of Dak Lak, many people think that this place with only hills and coffee is a rather dull destination, but perhaps you do not know that this country has many wonderful things and Surely when you come here you will be fascinated by billions of interesting things. 

Buon Ma Thuot tourism has recently become a trend chosen by many young people. This city, known as the coffee capital of Vietnam, is increasingly popular with tourists when in addition to possessing majestic beauty and unique indigenous cultural beauty, Buon Ma Thuot now has more check-points- printed novelty and become a prominent highlight on the tourist map of the Central Highlands. 

Buon Ma Thuot tourismBuon Ma Thuot is not boring but there are billions of interesting things waiting for you to discover. Photo: Bao Tran

When is the best season to travel to Buon Ma Thuot?

The climate in Buon Ma Thuot is divided into two distinct seasons: the rainy season and the dry season, the rainy season lasts from May to October and the dry season from November to April next year. The most ideal time to visit in Buon Ma Thuot is the dry season because at this time the weather is favorable and not hot, so you can explore the destinations. In the rainy season, at some point, you can still relax because the rain will not last long. In addition, if you want to go to Buon Ma Thuot to see coffee flowers, you should go in March or if you want to see wild sunflowers, go in November. 

Buon Ma Thuot travel timeShould come to Buon Ma Thuot in the dry season, so feel free to explore. Photo: phuotbazantravel

Experience in moving and staying when coming to Buon Ma Thuot 

Currently, to travel to Buon Ma Thuot, you can travel very smoothly by both air and road. Accordingly, there are currently quite a few routes to Buon Ma Thuot such as Thanh Hoa, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Vinh. Buon Ma Thuot travel experience to optimize the cost that you should pocket is to book your flight tickets early and take advantage of the airline’s promotions. 

moving when traveling to Buon Ma ThuotYou can travel by air or by road to Buon Ma Thuot. Photo: @vutrangiah

When coming to Buon Ma Thuot, you can hire a taxi for convenient transportation. For those who are passionate about backpacking and want to go to many check-in points far from the city, they can refer to renting a motorbike to be more active. 

Regarding accommodation, you can book rooms at hotels in the city center for convenient transportation and fun. In addition, Buon Ma Thuot also has many beautiful homestays for you to stay such as The Highland House or Lee’s House … 

Where to stay when traveling to Buon Ma Thuot?Besides hotels, homestay is an attractive choice to stay in Buon Ma Thuot. Photo:@ngannt__

Buon Ma Thuot: typical attractions

Traveling to Buon Ma Thuot, you will not worry about lack of check-in places because this place has many beautiful places for you to stop. Here are the best destinations that you should not miss. 


Coffee World Museum 

This is a tourist attraction in Buon Ma Thuot that anyone will check-in when visiting this highland city. The museum is located right on Nguyen Dinh Chieu street, in the heart of the city. This is a complex of exhibition spaces, galleries, light libraries, conference spaces and very attractive cafes. 

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism CHECK-IN THE MUSEUMCoffee World Museum is a very attractive check-in point in “Buon Me”. Photo:@gody_travel


The architecture is built in the style of typical Longhouses of the Central Highlands with a large dome that stands out among the green space, making this place very impressive. In particular, the outside space of the coffee world museum is covered with very toxic volcanic basalt stone, the inside is a place to display more than 10,000 artifacts related to the stages of coffee production and processing. Coming to the coffee capital, you will definitely find it hard to miss this place. 

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism CHECK-IN THE MUSEUMThis place has countless virtual living corners for you to relax. Photo:@bong.vimie


Temple of Sac Tu Khai Doan 

This famous temple is a very attractive tourist attraction in Buon Ma Thuot , located in the city center at 117 Phan Boi Chau street. The pagoda has a very unique architecture with an impressive space that is the perfect combination of Hue royal architecture and the long house architecture of the Central Highlands. The monasteries are very massive and majestic one after another.

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism, beautiful pagodas, four revelationsSac Tu Khai Doan Pagoda has very beautiful architecture. Photo: @ngocdiepstagram

The pagoda has a dominant deep brown tone, which further enhances the ancient and contemplative features, on each column there are sophisticated and elaborate sculpture lines. Currently, Tu Sac Khai Doan Pagoda is the largest and oldest temple in Buon Ma Thuot and the Central Highlands. 

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism, beautiful pagodas, four revelationsThis is the largest temple in Buon Ma Thuot. Photo: @lisatian23


Lak Lake 

Lak Lake is a very famous destination of Buon Ma Thuot, this place is about 56km from the center and is the largest natural freshwater lake in the region. The scenery of Lak lake is very poetic, you can take a walk by canoe or ride an elephant to visit and visit the village of the M’Nong around the lake. Near Lak lake, there is also Bao Dai’s special palace, a unique architectural work built by Queen Nam Phuong herself. Around the lake, there is the Lak Tented Camp resort with beautiful scenery and delicious food, or very chill cafes.  

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism, Lak lakeLak Lake is a very famous check-in point. Photo: CARD

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism, Lak lakeAround the lake, there are many chill corners for you to live virtual. Photo:@jennyyypham


Mother Elephant Rock 

On the way from Lak Lake and the city center, don’t forget to check in the mother elephant rock, which has the largest monolith in Vietnam with a circumference of 500m, a height of 30m, and a length of 200m. From this large rock, you can enjoy a wonderful view of the Chu Yang Sin range or the poetic scenery of Yang Reh Lake. Especially living virtually on this big rock is a very wonderful experience. 

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism kicks mother elephant Mother elephant rock is the largest monolith in Vietnam. Photo: @imngan.95

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism kicks mother elephant The view from the rocky mountain Mother Elephant is very beautiful and you are free to invite your friends to live virtual. Photo: @xiuxiu2802


Don village 

Referring to Buon Ma Thuot or Dak Lak tourism, the name Don village has become very familiar. Coming to Ban Don, you will be able to see the rustic space, typical of the ethnic minority village with the harmonious scenery between rivers, water and majestic mountains. At Ban Don, you can also experience the unique activities of the people such as drinking can wine, enjoying local specialties…  

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism in Don villageThe wild and interesting Don village. Photo: @thudollyyy


Dray Sap Waterfall – Dray Nur – Gia Long Waterfall 

This is a very famous waterfall cluster and attracts tourists when traveling in Buon Ma Thuot , the majestic waterfalls, white foam on the Serepok River always make people fascinated and immersed. Coming to this famous waterfall cluster, in addition to admiring the majestic beauty of the waterfall cluster, you can stroll through the precarious suspension bridges, walk under the canopy of the primeval forest or participate in interesting activities such as climbing. mountains, boating or cycling to enjoy the scenery. 

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism check-in waterfall The waterfall tossing white powder creates a wonderful scene. Photo: @_minchouchou

Lake EaKao 

EaKao Lake is located only 12km from Buon Ma Thuot center, this is a very attractive tourist destination because of its picturesque scenery. As an artificial lake, the lake still has a heartbreaking beauty with ancient green trees and grass stretching in the middle of a large space. The ecosystem of EaKao Lake is also very diverse with many freshwater creatures such as fish, shrimp, aquatic products… Especially around the lake area, there have also appeared many restaurants, amusement parks, creating a tourist complex and engaging entertainment. Sunset at EaKao is a great “specialty” that you should not miss when coming here. 

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism check-in waterfall EaKao Lake has a peaceful beauty. Photo: @opink266_kum

In addition to the above attractive places, when traveling to Buon Ma Thuot, you can check-in many other attractive destinations such as Kotam eco-tourism area , cocoa garden (111 Y Ngong), Buon Ma Thuot museum, resorts Troh Bư, village Cafe Trung Nguyen … Especially in Buon Ma Thuot there are many cafes appeal to you to check-in and chill as many time as The Cicrle Coffee, Soul Roastery BMT, Hygge Coffee BMT, Lacafe Concept… 

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism check-in waterfall Trung Nguyen coffee village is also an attractive destination. Photo: @narcyxie

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism check-in cafeBuon Ma Thuot has many beautiful cafes for you to chill. Photo: @hoanglinh041193


Delicious food and places to eat in Buon Ma Thuot 

Buon Ma Thuot has many attractive and diverse specialties for you to comfortably “fill your hungry stomach”. Besides the specialties of the people, you can immediately do a morning – lunch – dinner food tour with a list of extremely attractive dishes and restaurants such as having breakfast with Tay Nguyen dry pho at Dutch dry noodle shop in Hanoi. 2 Phan Trong Tue Street, Northern Banh Cuon at 84 Mac Thi Buoi, eat vermicelli noodles at Mai restaurant at 98/12 Dien Bien Phu street, or spring roll vermicelli at Miss Chua’s shop at 222 Nguyen Tat Thanh street. 

 Buon Ma Thuot travel to eat vermicelliNoodles with spring rolls, a very famous dish in Buon Ma Thuot. Photo: wecheck_in


 Buon Ma Thuot travel to eat vermicelliRed vermicelli, a very famous specialty of Buon Me mountain town. Photo: @citastyfood


For lunch, you can eat salmon hotpot at My Lan Cau 14 restaurant at 112 QL14 Tan Thanh, eat grilled chicken with rice lam at alley 838 Nguyen Van Cu street, Tan Lap ward or eat beef dipped in tamarind at Ca Te Quan at No. 140 Le Thanh Tong. 

 travel to Buon Ma Thuot to eat salmon hotpotDelicious and attractive salmon hotpot. Photo: CARD

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism eat grilled chickenGrilled chicken with rice lam is an attractive choice for lunch. Photo: Dinh The Bao


Dinner in Buon Ma Thuot, you will also have a lot of attractive choices such as eating wet cake with stacks of plates at 43 Tran Nhat Duat, eating fish cake soup with Dam Huong at 57 Hai Ba Trung, eating fish hotpot with striped melon at Ngu Quan Hoang Street Van Thai, eating red vermicelli on Phan Dinh Giot street.

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism eat beef dipCa Te beef restaurant is very popular with traveling followers. Photo: Ca Te Quan

 Buon Ma Thuot tourism eat wet cakeWet cake with grilled meat is also an attractive choice for dinner in Buon Ma Thuot. Photo: @phuongtmai


Traveling to Buon Ma Thuot, you will never forget the wonderful scenery and the warm and sincere affection of the people here. If you love the wild beauty of the Central Highlands with vast forests, majestic waterfalls and beautiful villages, then please visit Buon Ma Thuot. 

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