5 DAYS NHA TRANG – DA LAT – BUON MA THUOT

DAY 1: NHATRANG – DA LAT ARRIVAL
Meet on arrival at Cam Ranh /Cam Ranh International airport and overland to Da Lat – the jewel of the Central Highlands. It is featured by a park-like environment, with lovely temperature 15°-24°C and sunlight all year round, which create numerous waterfalls, pinewood hills, lakes and evergreen forests and gardens. Take a new road to Dalat city over a very beautiful Khanh Le Pass, don’t forget to take a short stop for photos. Upon arrival, check in and relax.
Evening, free at leisure to discover the city by night and try their famous coffee and cake. Overnight in Dalat.

DAY 2: DA LAT (B/L)
AM: Depart for airy space at RoBin Hill, Dalat Cable Car Station to get the panorama view of the Dalat City and enjoy the marvelous sight of the pine forested valley stretched down to the South. After taking some photos of this, an option to take the cable car descending down 300 meters with the nice view of flower, vegetable fields dotted in the pine forested valley below to visit to Tuyen Lam Lake. Surrounding by pine forest, Tuyen Lam Lake looks like a paradise with the Truc Lam Zen Monastery, at present is the biggest Zen University in Viet Nam. Then transfer to visit Datanla Water Fall, there you can play some games at your own expense. Continue to visit Domain de Marie. Enjoy a sense of peace and relaxation at the church.
PM: Visit Dalat Flower Garden, where you can see hundreds kind of flower blossom, you can take many beautiful picture here. Hang Nga Crazy House. Transfer to Old Railway Station of Indochina with ancient French architectures, the old steam locomotive of Japan and the unique cog railway with Swiss technology offering an atmospheric slice of Dalat history before getting back your hotel (view only). If you love art work, XQ Embroidery village (XQ Historical Village) is a worthy place to see many miraculous hand made embroidery works and find out how they make those fantastic artwork, this is the head and original hand embroidered works of XQ in Vietnam, you will be surprised and admired the charming ladies working here. Keeping on visiting a giant golden statue of Sakyamuni Buddha. Finish tour, back to your place. Overnight in Dalat.

DAY 3: DALAT – BUON MA THUOT (B/L)
AM: Leave Dalat on the mountainous road in direction Buon Ma Thuot until you reach Lak Lake (approx. 4 hours, 230 km). The scenery around the largest lake in the Central Highlands is charming and the area is famous for some of the best coffee in Vietnam. Lunch is taken at a local restaurant.
The province is home to 44 ethnic minorities and the M’nong are one of the dominant groups. Discover the lake further on a scenic boat ride in a dugout canoe, made from a hollowed tree trunk (2 persons per canoe). In a nearby ethnic village you see traditional activities such as dance, music and gong performances and you try local rice wine through a long straw from a communal jug.
PM: Then go ahead to Lak lake and visit Jun village, enjoy a ride on Lak lake by dug-out canoe for 1 hour to see the local people fishing. Then visit M’Lieng village on the other side of the lake, walk around the village to discover the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands
Overnight in Buon Ma Thuot

DAY 4: BUON MA THUOT – NHA TRANG (B/L)
AM: visit the Ethnology Museum where we can see many things from the daily life of the ethnic minorities in Vietnam such as clothes, tools, musical instruments. passing the Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary, built by French colonist since 1900. Visit to Khai Doan Pagoda which boasts a unique feature, a design that is a combination of the Central Highlands long house and palaces of the Hue Royal Court.
PM: Then transfer to back to Nha Trang (approx. 5 hours, 200 km). Lunch is taken at a local restaurant on the way. Overnight in Nha Trang.

DAY 5: NHA TRANG – DEPARTURE (B)
AM: visit to Hon Chong which offers fine views of the mountainous coastline north of Nha Trang and the nearby islands. Here you can listen to the stories of communities surrounding this rock. Next stop is the famous Cham tower of Po Nagar built by Cham civilization between the 7th and 12th century to honor the Mother of Cham Kingdom. Nowadays, this site is a famous pilgrimage place for local people. End the trip by shopping at Dam market.
Free at leisure until transfer to the Cam Ranh /Cam Ranh International airport for your departure flight