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. Coming Lak district, you will be able to explore the following 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 Luxury 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 10 km from Lien Son Town, you will see the 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.
Indigenous peoples tell a legend about the lake, saying that it has no bottom or it goes through Tonlé Sap (Cambodia). The more than 5-square kilometre lake joins the Krong Ana River. As 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 indigenous M’Nong people. From the Lak Lake tourist site, you can reach Jun village and stay at long houses or visit Luxury Palace of King Bao Dai.
Chu Yang Sin National Park
Chu Yang Sin National Park is situated in Lak and Krong Bong districts, Dak Lak province, about 60 km 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 2,405 metres. The natural area of the national park is 59,667 ha, 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 Jun 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 traditional Can wine, you hear legends and myths of this land.