A city on the Đắk Bla River, with a century-old wooden church, the towering Kon Klor rông house and Ba Na villages that keep their traditional way of life.
ABOUT
About Kon Tum
Kon Tum has preserved Ba Na and Xơ Đăng culture more completely than anywhere else in the Central Highlands. Walking or cycling is the best way to explore the city and the riverside villages.
Kon K’Tu village, 5 km from the centre, still has wooden stilt houses, a rông house and rice fields beside the Đắk Bla River.
Where to go
01
Kon Klor rông house
One of the largest rông communal houses in the Central Highlands, next to the Kon Klor suspension bridge.
02
Kon Tum Wooden Church
Built in 1913 from cà chít wood, blending Romanesque architecture with the Ba Na stilt house.
03
Kon K’Tu village
Cycle through a Ba Na village, have lunch in a local home and listen to village stories.
04
Kon Tum Prison
A historical site on the banks of the Đắk Bla River.
Quick facts
BEST TIME TO VISIT
November – April. In February – March the coffee blossoms turn the hills white.
GETTING THERE
Fly to Pleiku (50 km away); Chi Bu Trip will pick you up at the airport.
DISHES TO TRY
Kon Tum leaf salad, bamboo-tube rice with grilled chicken, sturgeon, rượu ghè (jar rice wine).