Madagui is one of the most popular tourist sites in the southern province of Lam Dong. In the local language, Madagui means the river of the Ma ethnic minority group. The resort leaves a special impression in the hearts of domestic and foreign visitors with its dreamlike and romantic beauty.
Located right at the foot of Deo Chuoi (Banana Pass) on National Highway 20, about 152km from Ho Chi Minh City and 148km from Da Lat city, the Madagui Forest Resort is part of Nam Cat Tien National Park covering about 1,200ha in area. The resort is situated among rolling hills in a fresh and cool climate with breathtakingly beautiful natural landscapes surrounded by uninterrupted systems of streams, rivers and cave-chains and a vegetation cover of rich and diverse unspoilt forests.
The resort spreads along the Da Huoai River and encompasses all factors ideal for visitors to relax or discover the mysterious beauty of unspoiled primeval forests. Madagui is home to a rich vegetation cover with diverse kinds of flora of different species such as bamboos or ebony-trees, and rare woods that have existed for several thousand years. Madagui vegetation cover consists of 1,600 kinds of flora of 762 species. The park is also home to the Konia-tree that is endemic to the Central Highlands' forests and is a sacred plant to the local community. Here, visitors can find perennial trees with its big and long roots exposed to the air and whose trunks carry unique shapes that could hardly be found elsewhere.
In addition, the resort is proud of its rich and varied fauna with 300 kinds of birds, 70 reptile types, 40 mammals and 30 fish species.
Madagui Forest Resort offers visitors a chance to discover mysterious natural caves and hugely grandiose stones carved by craftsmen into such giant artistic works as "Song Tuong Trieu Phuc" (the two elephant statues), "Tam Dai" (lion, tiger, bear), "Tu Linh" (the four supernatural creatures: dragon, unicorn, tortoise, phoenix), "Ngu Qua" (the five fruits), and "Cuu Phuc" (the nine bats). Visitor will also have a chance to go sightseeing in the tropical rain forests, visit bamboo woods and the banana-collection area with hundreds of types and a variety of the southern and central highlands' fruit-trees.
A number of entertaining and relaxing services are also provide to visitors to Madagui Forest Resort such as the Gong performances, horse riding, fishing, target shooting, all-terrain cycling, rafting, exploring a labyrinth, swimming, tennis, and billiards. Close to nature but sufficiently convenient with modern and well-equipped facilities, Madagui Forest Resort meets its guests' comfortable relaxation needs with high-class villas, elegantly relaxing houses for guest groups and dreamlike and romantic outdoor camping tents by the stream bank. Visitors also have a chance to try authentic local dishes prepared with materials taken from the forest and local streams.
Lately, businesses under Mekong Group made a field survey to Madagui Forest Resort. The objective was to turn the resort into an ideal venue to visitors in the future.
Aware of the ever-increasing demand for entertainment and relaxation, the resort continually introduces new attractive tours and invests in new service facilities such as the building of the Tra My Vang (Camellia Flava) Restaurant) featuring a Central Highlands' communal house that can serve 400 guests simultaneously. International-standard service facilities are available such as swimming-pools, tennis courts, and a breathtaking swimming pool with unique design consisted of three waterfalls (over 2,000sq.m of water area) which is appealing to any visitor.
