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About Buon Ma Thuot City
Buon Ma Thuot is the city of Dak Lak province which is in Central Highland in 400 – 800m high above sea. There are beautiful and famous waterfalls such as: Thuy Tien, Trinh Nu, Krong Kmar, among many big lakes such as Lak, Dak Mil…Coming to there, tourists are able to get in the primitive forests of the Chu Yang Sin, Yok Don National parks, visit Buon Don.

How to get here: Dak Lak is 183km from Nha Trang (by National Highway No. 26), 180km from Pleiku (by National Highway No. 14), 352km from Ho Chi Minh City (by National Highway No. 14), 200km from Dalat (by National Highway No. 27), and 1,390km from Hanoi.

Air - Buon Ma Thuot Airport is 10km from the city centre. There are daily flights from Danang and Ho Chi Minh City.
Buon Ma Thuot Sightseeings
DON VILLAGE: Don village lies in Krong Ana commune, 42km from Buon Ma Thuot city. It wins kudos not only for its magnificent landscapes, its customs bearing the deep imprints of the Central Highland, but also for its tradition of gunting and taming wild elephants. There are also the other attractions in Don village: Tomb of king of elephant hunters and vestiges of ancient stilt house.

LAK LAKE: Located 56km from Buon Ma Thuot, is in the southern part of the province, close to National Highway 26. This great body of water, hemmed between low mountains, is home to many kinds of wading birds.

YOKDON NATIONAL PARK: lies in Krong Na commune, 40km wast of Buon Ma Thuot city, as the largest national park in Vietnam. Its jungles bear the characteristics of tropical forests in Southeast Asia. The most attractive thing for tourist is its diverse kinds of forest. This park is the only in Vietnam where great numbers of precious animals are still preserved: elephants, will bulls, gayals, sambar deer, peacocks, water varans, and so on.