Tay Nguyen discovery: 4-day escape

An exciting journey in 4 days to the high land of Vietnam, Tay Nguyen. Tay Nguyen (Dega) has long been an independent and autonomous land, inhabited by indigenous ethnic minorities, and has not yet developed into a complete country, with only rudimentary states. Records of the Ede, Giarai, Ma,...

4 days 3 nights

Vietnam

Trekking Tours

- Short Trips

Attractions

Kon Tum - Pleiku - Buon Ma Thuot

Duration

4 days 3 nights

Code

TN43

Overview

This trip focuses on Tay Nguyen, where you can make authentic, off-the-beaten-path visits. You will have the opportunity to explore the culture, history, and traditions of the ethnic groups by visiting the ethnographic museum, villages, etc. In addition, you will also enjoy the natural beauty of waterfalls. , coffee and pepper plantations. You'll also get to participate in various activities: canoeing, trekking, elephant riding, etc.

Highlights:

Meeting of Ede and H'mong ethnic groups to discover their daily life, their custom, their tradition, and their language.
Walk on Lake Lak in a canoe, visit the Jun and M'liêng villages inhabited by the M'nông then ride on the back of an elephant.
Gong Show, classified as intangible heritage by UNESCO.

Itinerary

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Meet at the hotel in Buon Ma Thuot at 8:00 a.m. or at Buon Ma Thuot airport in the morning.
Visit the Daklak Ethnography Museum : 3 spaces with a beautiful exhibition of traditional costumes with natural dyeing, agricultural tools, musical instruments, and especially tools used to capture and domesticate wild elephants; biodiversity, and local history. Then visit the Tuor village (Ede ethnic group) with wooden longhouses on stilts and gardens of coffee, pepper, and cocoa trees.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon, depart to visit the beautiful Drei Sap and Drei Anur waterfalls, 30 km from the city.
Night in Buon Ma Thuot.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure to visit the villages of the Sedan ethnic group: Kon Du, and Kon Bil (40 km from Kontum) with many stops en route to see common houses.
Discovery of the Mang Den plateau with a visit to the Pa Sy waterfall, the Konbring village.
Lunch at the restaurant. Continue to Pleiku.
Visit the Pleikep village of Jarai.
Walk in the country of the animists to discover their culture, their cemetery decorated with funerary statuettes, and the water point next to the rice terraces. Stop at the tea plantation.
Night at the hotel in Pleiku.

After breakfast, drive to Kontum with a stop at T'nung Lake and the tea plantation. Continue towards the village of Pleikep which is 35 km from Pleiku.
Walk in the country of the animists to discover their culture, their cemetery decorated with funerary statuettes and the watering hole next to the terraced rice fields.
Arrival at Kontum.
Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. First, visit the ancient wooden church built in 1913 then the former seminary of Kontum (current bishopric).
Continue towards the village of KonKotu des Bahnar with a beautiful common house, dwellings on stilts, and traditional fabric weaving.
Return to Pleiku for lunch before transferring to Pleiku Airport for the flight to Da Nang or Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon.
End of our services.

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Trip notes

Tour includes:

English-speaking guide
All transfers by private air-conditioned car/minibus/bus
Accommodation in a double/twin room in the hotels mentioned
Excursions and visits mentioned
Elephant ride at Lake Lak
Other cruises in a private boat/boat as indicated in the program
Meals mentioned (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
Traditional gong and dance performance
Taxes and service charges

Tour excludes:

International flight & Domestic flight with taxes
Alcoholic drinks, bottled water, beverages other than those included with meals.
Additional cost of “Early check in/Late check out” (early check-in at the hotel/late check-out)
Telephone call charges.
Laundry and laundry.
Travel insurance (required).
Price for Christmas or New Year's Eve which will be applied depending on each hotel (if obligatory)
Personal purchases such as souvenirs, cigarettes, etc.
Tips for guides, drivers, baggage handlers.
Visa in Vietnam. (25USD/person/invitation letter, 25USD for the stamp)