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Riding elephant and taking dugout canoe at Lak Lake – the largest lake in Central Highlands

About 60 km south of Buon Ma Thuot City, Lak Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in Dak Lak Province and the second largest in Vietnam (The largest natural lake of Vietnam is Ba Be Lake), with an area of ​​about 500 ha. Here, visitors can easily experience a variety of eco-tourism tours such as elephant riding, canoeing with dugout canoe, renting a bicycle to visit the M’nong village.

Riding elephant and taking dugout canoe at Lak Lake

Riding elephant and taking a dugout canoe at Lak Lake - the largest freshwater lake in the Central Highlands
Riding elephant and taking a dugout canoe at Lak Lake – the largest freshwater lake in the Central Highlands

Taking a dugout canoe is the ideal choice for visitors to explore the rich vegetation of the lake.

Taking a dugout canoe
Taking a dugout canoe

On the unique wooden dugout canoe, M’nong people row the boat and tell visitors about the legend of Lak Lake. In the past, after a battle between the fire god and the water god, an M’nong Rlam young boy named Y Lak caught a small eel and took him home to grow. Strangely, the eel grew as fast as it could, and soon the pond became an immense lake. The M’nong people called this lake “Dak of Lak”, meaning the water of Y Lak or The Lak Lake today.

On the unique wooden dugout canoe
On the unique wooden dugout canoe

Around the lake, there are more than 10 elephants ready to serve the needs of tourists. Elephant rides are available in many packages such as 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 60 minutes with prices ranging from 200,000 VND to 600,000 VND.

Elephant rides are available in many packages
Elephant rides are available in many packages

The journey of elephant riding is through the ancient villages, rice paddies, line of Konia trees and wading around the lake. After the end of the trip, visitors can reward the elephant with small gifts such as banana or sugarcane trees.

elephant riding through the ancient villages
elephant riding through the ancient villages

Visitors will surely surprise when seeing the elephants are free to grazing around the lake.

the elephants are free to grazing around the lake
the elephants are free to grazing around the lake

Admiring the scenery and explore the life of local people in many unique ways

Visitors can also rent bicycles to explore area with the roofs of cottage, long houses and community culture in the M’nong villages such as Jun village and M’lieng village.

bicycles to explore area
bicycles to explore area

In order to see the whole lake, tourists should visit Bao Dai Palace, the resort on the hilltop behind the town of Lien Son. This is the place, where Bao Dai King used to visit, hunting and resting every occasion to Dak Lak.

Bao Dai Palace
Bao Dai Palace

Less than 10 km from Lak Lake is Yang Tao commune, the only place in the Central Highlands preserves the ancient pottery handicraft of the M’nongRlam people. Here, visitors can learn about the art of making pottery as well as buying pottery products for gifts with affordable prices.

Yang Tao commune
Yang Tao commune

Around the lake, there are many wild places with hills, mountains, lakes, dikes, river… for tourists do trekking and recording the charming scene.

Around the lake
Around the lake

In early September, along the road from Buon Ma Thuot City to Lak Lake are the rice fields are in the harvest season, the ideal time for visitors to enjoy the natural scenery.

the rice fields are in the harvest season
the rice fields are in the harvest season
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Hi, I'm Ho Lam! That's me, the boy who wants more experience each day. I'm slowly but surely working my way, travelling and sharing is my taste. The articles of this blog are not only from me, but also from my friends and the travellers mailed to me.

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