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Đắk Nông Province

Đắk Nông is Vietnam's youngest province and one of its least visited - a wild highland frontier of volcanic crater lakes, UNESCO-listed lava tube caves, and cascading waterfalls cutting through coffee and pepper plantations. The Đắk Nông Global Geopark contains the longest lava tube system in Southeast Asia, running for over 50km beneath the red basalt earth. For adventurous solo travelers, it's the Central Highlands without the crowds.

Volcanic Landscape · Lava Caves · Waterfalls · Coffee

Locations
2
Capital
Gia Nghĩa
Known For
Lava tube caves, volcanic lakes, UNESCO Geopark
Best Time
Nov – Apr (dry season)
Đắk Nông

Locations in Đắk Nông · 2 found

Local Food You Must Try

Canh chua kiến

Canh chua kiến

Sour soup made with weaver ant eggs and young ants harvested from forest trees - the ants add a natural citrusy tartness replacing tamarind, a M'nông forest delicacy eaten during ant season in the highlands

Lẩu lá rừng

Lẩu lá rừng

Hotpot cooked with a dozen wild forest leaves foraged by ethnic minority communities - each leaf adds a different bitter, sour, or aromatic note, eaten with pork or fish and dipped in fermented shrimp paste

Canh thụt đọt mây

Canh thụt đọt mây

Young rattan shoot soup pounded inside a bamboo tube with fish and highland spices - the shoots are slightly bitter and crunchy, a traditional M'nông dish cooked over open fire deep in the Đắk Nông forest

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