When Mavis Vi Vu Ky told her friends about a "terrestrial Ha Long Bay" in the Central Highlands, they asked her wide-eyed: "Why does the Central Highlands have a sea? It's even more impossible to have a beautiful place like Ha Long?" So there it is!Originally, Mavis wanted to avoid comparing Ta Dung with Ha Long to make it easier for you to relate because Ta Dung was formed completely differently. According to indigenous people, in 2012, the construction of a hydroelectric dam changed the flow, thereby creating a green Ta Dung Lake valley with nearly 50 large and small islands around it. These islands were all mountain peaks, so inside the lake, there are still vestiges of houses of ethnic minorities in the past.

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 1. Moving to Ta Dung:

From Ho Chi Minh to Ta Dung, about 260km, you can choose to go by bus or motorbike. However, if you have health, you should go by motorbike more. The road is long but very easy to go. On the way, visitors must visit the beautiful Lieng Nung fairy waterfall. If you go in the right butterfly season, walking on the mountain road with the same message, butterflies fly around. There's nothing like it!

The lake is located in Dak Glong district, Dak Nong province. When coming to Gia Nghia town, you follow Highway 28, which takes about 45km to reach the lake.

 2. What time should you go to Ta Dung?

Since the lake provides water for the hydroelectric dam, the lake's water level will also fluctuate according to the rainy and dry seasons of the Central Highlands.

In the dry season, the lake water dries up, revealing the edge of the islands, which will not be as beautiful as in the rainy season - when the lake is full.

It would help if you went to Ta Dung Lake from September to January next year is the most beautiful time. The trees are green when the lake is full. Other times Ta Dung is also beautiful, but not as good as these months.

3. Stay when to visit Ta Dung:

There are few tourist services around the lake, only a few homestays or farm stay. Her friend Mavis chose to stay at Freedom Green Village. This place is quite good, like a small village, there are two types of lake view bungalows or camping tents. She highly recommends this place because it is close to nature and living with the host. Here, each spice jar, vegetable garden or homemade lemongrass lemonade is taken care of and makes visitors feel at home. The owners are also very friendly and contribute to helping you have many interesting experiences during the journey.

 4. Amazing experience not to be missed in Ta Dung:

• Ride a motorbike to Ta Dung Lake with a rolling hilly road surrounded by butterflies.
• Brew yourself a cup of honey coffee, and zoom your eyes down to the beautiful blue lake that gradually appears in the morning dew.

• Visit the majestic Lieng Nung fairy waterfall along the way.
• Cook together, and gather to dine with the village owners.
• Be treated to the Central Highlands Bi Ky Nam specialty wine from the "village elder" owner.
• See the starry sky twinkling above the lake, occasionally whizzing past a shooting star.

• Campfire, people gather together, bake potatoes, bake eggs, play guitar and listen to stories.

• See the moon and stars through the Village telescope.
• Go to the chicken coop to get some chicken eggs, make your omelet with hot bread, and have breakfast while enjoying the lake view.
• Have a daring off-road trip with a tractor driven by the owner, going on a bumpy mountain road with an endless coffee forest on one side and a blue lake on the other.
  

• Take a boat ride around the lake, and swim in the fresh green lake.
• Find a deserted island in the middle of the lake, explore, find a place to grill fish, grill chicken.

• Play with the very cute and smart Lisa dog at the Village.
• Go to the garden to pick ingredients for cooking and harvest a basket full of vegetables.
• Watch when the red sunset falls on the fanciful lake, surrounded by high and majestic mountains.

According to Mavis, the time in Ta Dung is 2 days 1 night is just enough to experience or 3 days 2 nights to explore more (including traveling by motorbike). The cost of this trip is about 2 million.
Suppose you are looking for a place with many virtual check-in locations or existing tourist areas. In that case, Ta Dung is not a reasonable choice. However, if you are looking for a wild place close to nature to "go to hide", "go chill," and slow down after tiring days in the city, Ta Dung is extremely beautiful. It's worth considering!

Imagine, every day, when you wake up, you make a cup of hot coffee, scramble an egg, pick up your guitar and sing and look down at the blue lake with countless small islands, then get on a boat to visit animals around, drink a cup of warm ginger lemongrass tea, gather around a campfire in the evening, roast chicken, watch the stars, listen to endless village stories. With Mavis, that is more than enough for a great trip!

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