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Đắk Lắk

Vietnam’s coffee capital, with Ê Đê and M’nông villages on the shores of Lắk Lake and the Dray Nur waterfall, more than 30 metres high.

ABOUT

About Đắk Lắk

Buôn Ma Thuột is the gateway to the Central Highlands: it has an airport and is the starting point of many journeys. The city smells of roasting coffee, with the World Coffee Museum and garden cafés.

50 km from the city, Lắk Lake and Buôn Jun are where the M’nông people live by fishing and farming. Chi Bu Trip does not offer elephant rides.

Where to go

01

World Coffee Museum

Architecture inspired by the Ê Đê longhouse, telling the story of coffee around the world.

02

Lắk Lake & Buôn Jun

Paddle a dugout canoe at sunset, sleep in a longhouse and eat grilled cá lăng (river catfish).

03

Dray Nur Falls

A waterfall more than 250 m wide, with a cave behind the curtain of water.

04

Coffee gardens

Pick coffee in the harvest season (October – December) and roast and grind it yourself with the farmers.

Quick facts

BEST TIME TO VISIT

November – March. In March there is the Buôn Ma Thuột Coffee Festival (in odd-numbered years).

GETTING THERE

Direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang to Buôn Ma Thuột Airport (BMV).

DISHES TO TRY

Bún đỏ (red noodle soup), bún chìa, Bản Đôn grilled chicken, phin-filter coffee, cơm lam (bamboo-tube rice).

TOURS IN ĐẮK LẮK

Journeys through Đắk Lắk

Tours are being updated – contact Chi Bu Trip for advice.

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