Locations in Lâm Đồng · 13 found
Bao Dai Waterfall (Jraiblian)
Bảo Đại Waterfall (Jraiblian) in Tà Hine, Lâm Đồng, drops about 70 m in three streams through thick forest - an abandoned former tourist site, free to visit and almost always empty, a long ride from Đà Lạt with slippery paths and no services.
Bidoup Núi Bà National Park
Bidoup Núi Bà National Park protects one of the largest remaining tracts of highland cloud forest in southern Vietnam - a roughly 64,800-hectare wilderness of montane jungle, endemic birds, and multi-day trekking routes 50km north of Đà Lạt, centred on Bidoup Peak, the highest point of the Đà Lạt Plateau.
Crazy House
The Crazy House (Biệt Thự Hằng Nga) is Đà Lạt's most extraordinary building - a Gaudí-inspired architectural fantasy of organic concrete forms, cave-like rooms, and giant animal sculptures, designed by Đặng Việt Nga since 1990 and still evolving today. Ranked among the world's 10 strangest buildings by China's People's Daily.
Đa Ploa Stream
Đa Ploa Stream in Đạ Huoai district of Lâm Đồng is a multi-tier stream in the transitional forest zone between the southern highlands and the lowlands - much of the wider Đạ Huoai stream area remains genuinely undeveloped, though at least one organised camping site with basic facilities has emerged nearby in recent years.
Đà Lạt Railway Station
Đà Lạt Railway Station is Vietnam's oldest and highest railway station - an Art Deco building (1932-1938) shaped to echo the three peaks of Langbiang Mountain, designed by French architects Moncet and Revéron. A national historical-cultural relic since 2001, it still runs a short tourist train to Trại Mát village.
Datanla Waterfall
Datanla Waterfall is Đà Lạt's most accessible cascade - a 20m multi-tier waterfall 5km from the city centre on Prenn Pass, reached by an alpine coaster (one track is among Southeast Asia's longest at 2,400m), ziplining, canyon swinging, or a gentle forest walk. Named from K'ho language for 'water under the leaves'.
Langbiang Mountain
Langbiang is a mountain range north of Đà Lạt topped by Núi Bà, its highest peak at 2,167 metres - most visitors instead reach the easier, jeep-accessible Đồi Ra-đa (Radar Hill) viewpoint, while the true summit is a genuine trek through Bidoup-Núi Bà National Park, home to the K'Ho ethnic minority and their legend of the star-crossed lovers K'Lang and H'Biang.
Linh Phước Pagoda
Linh Phước Pagoda - nicknamed 'Chùa Ve Chai' (the Bottle Pagoda) - in Trại Mát village is Vietnam's most elaborate ceramic mosaic temple, its surfaces built from millions of broken glass and ceramic fragments by artisans from Huế, with a record-holding 37-metre bell tower, a dragon sculpture built from roughly 12,000 recycled beer bottles, and an underground '18 Levels of Hell' exhibition.
Masara Hill
Masara Hill in Đức Trọng district, Lâm Đồng is a 30-hectare expanse of open grassland that turns a deep pink from roughly November to December - unlike other pink-grass spots near Đà Lạt, Masara's grass grows on bare, treeless hills rather than under pine cover, giving it a darker, more saturated colour.
Phi Liêng Waterfall
Phi Liêng is a 7-tier, 70m waterfall deep in the forest of Đam Rông district, Lâm Đồng - nicknamed 'Tây Nguyên Đệ Nhất Thác' (the greatest waterfall of the Central Highlands). 80km from Đà Lạt, no phone signal inside, a 40-45 degree descent with ropes - genuinely remote and genuinely rewarding.
Pongour Waterfall
Pongour Waterfall is one of the largest waterfalls in Vietnam's Central Highlands - a 40-metre, 100-metre-wide cascade falling through seven natural basalt tiers, dubbed 'Nam Thiên Đệ Nhất Thác' (Greatest Waterfall Under the Southern Sky) by Emperor Bảo Đại. Located 50km south of Đà Lạt.
Ta Năng - Phan Dũng Trek
The Tà Năng - Phan Dũng Trek is the most celebrated multi-day wilderness route in southern Vietnam - a 30-55km crossing through 3 provinces (Lâm Đồng, Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận) from highland to coast, passing a tri-province peak at 1,701m. Standard format 2 nights 1 day. First opened around 2015.
Tuyền Lâm Lake
Tuyền Lâm Lake is Đà Lạt's largest reservoir - one of the largest bodies of water in the area, surrounded by pine forests, accessible by cable car, kayak, or bicycle, with Trúc Lâm Thiền Monastery perched on Phụng Hoàng Mountain above the northern shore.
Local Food You Must Try
Bánh ướt lòng gà
Fresh steamed rice sheets topped with chicken offal - gizzard, liver, and heart stir-fried with lemongrass and chilli piled onto silky rice sheets, drizzled with fried shallot oil and a tangy fish sauce, a Đà Lạt morning market specialty eaten at wooden stall counters in the cool highland air
Bánh căn Đà Lạt
Miniature rice flour pancakes cooked in clay moulds with quail egg and spring onion - the Đà Lạt adaptation adds local cheese and corn to the batter, eaten with a sweet chilli dipping sauce at night market stalls where the smoky charcoal smell drifts through the cool mountain air
Bánh tráng nướng Đà Lạt
Grilled rice paper topped with egg, spring onion, dried shrimp, and chilli sauce - cooked directly over charcoal until the edges blister and curl, known nationwide as Vietnamese pizza, invented by Đà Lạt street vendors and now copied everywhere but never quite matched outside the original highland night market
Kem bơ Đà Lạt
Fresh avocado ice cream made with Đà Lạt-grown avocados - blended with condensed milk and crushed ice into a thick, creamy pale green shake, the highland avocados are richer and butterier than any tropical variety, served at dedicated kem bơ stalls throughout the Đà Lạt market area
Bún bò Bảo Lộc
Spicy beef noodle soup from Bảo Lộc tea town - a highland adaptation of the Huế classic with a richer, darker broth from longer bone simmering in the cool climate, topped with thick slices of beef shank and pork hock, eaten at dawn at market stalls surrounded by Bảo Lộc's tea-covered hills
Bánh mì nướng muối ớt
Grilled baguette brushed with chilli salt butter and toasted over charcoal - a Đà Lạt street snack where the French baguette tradition meets highland chilli, the bread chars slightly while the butter melts into the crust creating a smoky, spicy, addictive combination eaten while wandering the night market