Truc Lam Zen Monastery in Dalat

On the way to Tuyen Lam Lake, tourists have to run right onto a zigzagging tar road at the mountain side to Phoenix Summit, on which stands beautiful famous Truc Lam Zen Monastery in an open poetic natural environment. Established in special social conditions, with the aim of restoring Truc Lam Yen Tu Xen School founded by the King Tran Thanh Tong, this Zen school has harmoniously combined different [...]

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Tuyen Lam Lake

Go alongside National Road 20 to Prenn Pass, just pass Datanla Waterfall, then turn left, and go about 2 km into the rolling pine forest, the tourists will face an immense lake with an impressive long time name of Tuyen Lam Lake. The lake is formed by Tia Stream and by source of the Da Tam River, which flows down from Elephant Mountain. In an effort to have a reservoir of water supply for irrigation [...]

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Dambri Waterfall

Dambri Falls is located in the Northwest of Bao Loc town, Lam Dong province. Dambri waterfall is a famous destination for tourists and it is the highest waterfall in the province (57m). It is surface width is 30m. According to legend, in the old time, there live to hill tribes, however, they did not get on well with each other so conflicts happened very often. The two hill tribes have a beautiful [...]

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Cam Ly Waterfall

Currents from the top of Langbian creep over surrounding mountainous areas to form Cam Ly Stream, which crosses Than Tho Lake, Me Linh Lake and gathers in a big valley, turning it into the poetically dreaming  Xuan Huong Lake. The stream then passes underneath Ong Dao Bridge and follows a geological fracture of about 2 km westward before crawling over a sloping granite bed into the beautiful [...]

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Lang Biang Mountain

Only 12km from the central of Dalat, you will see the Lang Biang Mountains standing high and beautiful as the roof of Dalat city. Legend has it that there was once a couple who were deeply in love with each other - the boy named K'lang and the girl named Ho Biang. However, there was a feud between the two tribes so they were not allowed to get married. At last, they overcame all the prejudice and [...]

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Dalanta Waterfall

Located beside National road 20, 5 km from downtown of Dalat, Datanla tourist site has an area of 312 ha set amidst the preservation forests. Datanla used to be called "Da Tam N'nha" by the native people. The K'Ho who had been living there told that: In the old time, fairies usually came there to take a bath. But people didn't know that there was a stream under the leaves there. So, when native [...]

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Bao Dai's Summer Palace

Dalat has become a very popular tourist attraction in Vietnam. The city which is referred to as the city of love gets a lot of travelers every year. There are many tourist attractions in Dalat and all these places are very popular among travelers coming here. And among them, the Emperor Bao Dai's Summer Palace is a must visit place for all the visitors to Dalat. Emperor Bao Dai had made three huge [...]

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Xuan Huong Lake

Just as Hanoi has Sword Lake (Hoan Kiem Lake) as its heart, Dalat embraces Xuan Huong Lake as its center. Used to be the site in which many indigenous people of Langbian highland inhabited, this man-made lake is nowadays the most beautiful lake of Dalat, becoming a symbol whenever people mention Dalat. Unlike others, the history of Xuan Huong Lake distinguishes it as one of the most special lakes [...]

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Da Lat Overview

Da Lat has known under many romantic names as the City of Loves, the Foggy City, the Pine Forest City, the Flowers City, Le petit Paris… That is a city in Lam Vien Highland, Lam Dong Province, 310km from Ho Chi Minh City to the Northwest. Situated at 1500m above the sea level, surrounding by mountains and forests, DaLat is in good temperate all year around. It used to be the residential area of Lat, [...]

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