Endowed with favourable natural conditions, many high mountains, long
rivers and large lakes, the tourism industry of Lak district is
relatively developed and is an important chain in tourism development of
Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces. Vietnam Business Forum invites to
explore three scenic sites.
* Lak Lake
Lak Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in Dak Lak province
and the second largest in Vietnam after Ba Be Lake. It is surrounded by
high mountains covered with primeval forests. Jun, a famous village of
the M’nong people, lies by the side of the lake. Around the lake are
distinct historical architectural works like the palace of King Bao Dai
and long houses of the M’nong people.
Lak Lake lies
by Lien Son town, also called Lac Thien, in Lak district which links to
Buon Ma Thuot city, the capital of Dak Lak province, by the 56-km-long
National Road 27. After passing by the Lac Thien Pass, about 10km from
Lien Son town, you will see Lak Lake on the right. The Lak Lake’s space
of historical forests, culture and environment covers Bong Krang, Yang
Tao and Dak Lieng communes.
Elderly tell a legend
about the lake, saying that it has no bottom or it goes through Tonlé
Sap (Cambodia). The over-5-square-kilometre lake joins the Krong Ana
River. Surrounded by high mountains, the water surface is always very
calm. Legend has it that Lak Lake is created by Lak Lieng, a hero of
M’nong people.
Lak Lake is also a place that keeps
unique and characteristic cultural values of M’Nong people. From the Lak
Lake tourist site, you can reach Jun village and stay at long houses or
visit the palace of King Bao Dai.
* Chu Yang Sin National Park
Chu Yang Sin National Park is situated in Lak and Krong Bong
districts, about 60km from Buon Ma Thuot city to the southeast.
Chu Yang Sin is a multi-peak mountain range. Chu Yang Sin Summit is
the highest in Dak Lak province at an altitude of 2,405m. The natural
area of the national park is 59,667ha, characterised by tropical climate
and mountainous sloping terrain. There are many kinds of forests here
with a variety of plants and animals, including 44 rare animals and
plants recorded in the Red Book of Vietnam like big-size kingfishers,
hornbills, white-headed hornbill and flag-tailed crows.
If you are adventurers or as scientific researchers, you should make a
visit to Chu Yang Sin National Park to climb to Chu Yang Sin summit to
explore the wonderful and charming nature.
* Jun village
Situated by the side of romantic Lake Lak, Jun village has a pristine
beauty of a highland village imbued with traditional identities kept by
generation to generation.
In the village, seeing
traditionally styled stilt houses of hill-tribe peoples nestled under
the shade of high trees and watching village maidens working assiduously
on brocade looms, you will surely feel like returning the peaceful
fairyland recorded in poetic epics. Despite undergoing historical
changes, Jun village still preserves and promotes the beauty of
traditional cultures, customs and traditions handed from their
ancestors. Distinctive lifestyle and livelihood of Jun villagers were
shaped thousands of years ago.
Visiting Jun village,
you will be able to ride elephants to discover mountains, villages and
lakes. If you visit Jun village once, you will feel the marvel of
sitting by the window of stilt house, watching fairy-like moon and
feeling gusts of strong cool winds from Lak Lake. Sitting together to
taste a kind of traditional wine sucked from jars through bamboo pipes,
you hear legends and myths of this land.
Another
interesting experience is you can row boats on Lak Lake and enjoy
bamboo-tube rice and specialties of Lak Lake like fish, eel and snail.
If you visit Jun village during festive time, you will be immersed in
the jubilant atmosphere of excitement with resounding gong sounds and
traditional lyrical and romantic dances.-VNA