Central Highlands to the Sea 7 days

Transfer to the airport for your flight from Da Nang to Buon Me Thuot. The region is inhabited by the Jarai hill tribe, the largest ethnic group in the Central Highlands with an estimated population of 330,000 people. The remainder holds interesting natural attractions including lakes, waterfalls and national parks. It was originally a part of the Kingdom of Champa and was annexed by Vietnam in the 16th century. Pick up and transfer to the hotel. Buon Ma Thuot has lovely outdoor coffee shops to blend in with the locals and laze away the evenings. It is a must to have some coffee on this journey.  Overnight in Buon Me Thuot.

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Tour guide: None

A day trip to explore Lak Lake. Visit Jun ethnic minority village, where people still follow their ancestral ways of fishing, weaving brocade, and water farming. Enjoy an elephant ride through Lak Lake.  On the way back to Buon Ma Thuot visit Dray Sap waterfall in the middle of the hardwood rainforest (30 km from Buon Ma Thuot). According to legend Dray Sap or Misty waterfall, was created by an enormous creature that used its trunk to disrupt the water. Overnight in Buon Ma Thuot.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Tour guide: English speaking guide

Today you will go to Kontum via Pleiku, passing by countless coffee, rubber, and pepper plantations. On the way, we will stop to visit T’Nung Lake, located in an ancient crater, and the Village of Dektu, inhabited by the minority Jörai (or Gia Rai).  After settling in, venture out to visit Gia Rai villages. The Gia Rai hill tribe group believes in the existence of genies and hold rituals connected to this faith. The group is a matriarchal society, in which the women are free to choose who they marry. The husband lives with the wife’s family and inheritance is passed on to the daughters. Each village has a communal house called a rong, a central stilt house with a tall steeply pitched thatched roof. No nails are used in bamboo construction. Overnight in Kontum.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Tour guide: English speaking guide

Begin this morning with a 1-hour drive to visit the Sodra people in Kon Ray and Kon Bil villages. Their homes are long stilt houses built out of bamboo and straw, secured with rattan. Drive on to a Jo Long hill tribe village called Kon Du, catching glimpses of hand-weaving on giant looms or the eerie wooden statues in the cemeteries. After checking out of the hotel, drive 30-minutes to the Bhanar Village of Kon Ko Tu. On arrival, start a 4-km trek from Kon Ko Tu village along the Dak Bla riverbank, where local villagers are hard at work tending buffaloes, preparing crops for harvest, and transporting their produce to the village market. Return by a pirogue to Kon Ko Tu village. Tonight’s dinner is a local treat, including a Gong show and Xoang dancing and the chance to sample some local rice wine.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tour guide: English speaking guide

A car picks you up at KonKoTu Village and transfer back to Kon Tum town and then transfer straight to Qui Nhon. Check-in hotel and overnight in Qui Nhon.

Meals: Breakfast
Tour guide: None

Leisure beach time. Overnight in Qui Nhon.

Meals: Breakfast
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Transfer to the airport for your flight to the next destination.

Meals: Breakfast
Tour guide: None