The Central Highlands Explorer (7days/6nights)
DAY 01: Buon Ma Thuot - Rai village
We are picked up at Buon Ma Thuot in the affternoon. Driving about 80 kms to the rural village of Nam Ka before walking the final 3 kms to our home for the night. Our homestay is in Rai village, which is an Ede minority village. Our accommodation, a traditional long house-on-stilt of Ede group, is very simple but clean and comfortable.
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DAY 02: Nam Ka forest - Buon Triet lake - Jatu village
Today, we have a full day for trekking through evergreen forest to the lovely Buon Triet lake. The trek is 18 kms but is graded easy and the temperature remains quite comfortable. |
| We are picked up by pedal boats and enjoy a ride across this beautiful lake before enjoying an afternoon swim. This evening is spent in Jatu village where our hosts belong to the M?Nong minority.
DAY 03: Jun village - Lak lake - M'lieng village |

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We will take private transport to Jun village. Enjoying a ride across Lak lake by elephant to M'Lieng village. Walking around the village to discover the daily life of ethnic minority in the Central Highlands. Back to Jun village by boat. This evening is spent at a hotel in Buon Ma Thuot where you can take the delights of a hot shower. By night, you take a walk on streets and enjoy some coffee which has the where you can take the delights of a hot shower. By night, you take a walk on streets and enjoy some coffee which has the best quality in Vietnam.
DAY 04: Buon Ma Thuot - Kon Tum
There are some interesting things to do this morning. Visit Ethnology Museum where we can see many things come from the daily life of ethnic minorities in Vietnam such as : clothes, cultivated tools, musical instruments... We continue on to Khai Doan Pagoda, the last one of Nguyen Dynasty in the Central Highlands. The architecture of this pagoda is mixed between long house-on-stilts of Ede group and traditional house in Hue. Visit Buon Ma Thuot?s bustling regional market. You can buy some souvenirs before driving to Kon Tum in the afternoon. Overnight at hotel in Kon Tum.
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DAY 05 : Kon Tum - Kon Ko Tu village
Visit the Big Seminary, the Wooden Church and drive to Kon Ko Lor II village. Start hiking through Kon Ko Ri village, across rice and sugger-cane fields. You will meet Bana ethnic people and discover the architecture of Rong house which looks like an axe blade pointing in to the sky. Later in the afternoon, enjoy a ride on the river by rubber boat to Kon Ko Tu village. |
This evening is spent in Rong house that belongs to the Bana minority.
DAY 06: Dakto - Plei Phun - Plei Ku
The private transport will take us to Dak To. Walk across a suspension bridge to visit some villages of Se Dang minority. Back to Kon Tum and transport to Plei Ku. Visit Phun village, a traditional village of Jarai ethnic group with a typical cemetery in the Central Highlands. The tombs are decorated by wooden statues. Going on to T?nung Lake ( ?Bien Ho?) before checking in hotel in Plei Ku.
DAY 7: Plei Ku - Departure
Free at leisure and depart from the Central Highlands.
End of services.
Price : 460 USD/pax
Incl : Bus fare, AC car + guide, hotels, meals, tour programmes, fees
Excl : personal expense, tip, drinks
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