Itinerary:
Day 1: Dalat off-road motorbike tour to Lak Lake (L, D) – 165km
Our tour today will visit some famous tourist spots in the city before moving to Lak Lake. The first stop is crazy house, Bao Dai palace, museum… then follow the trail southward through pine forests to the farms growing flowers, vegetables, fruits… Here we have small experiences to visit and learn from the indigenous people about how to cultivate the fields located on the hillsides… We keep following the trail. We will come to flower fields with hundreds of different types of flowers from all over the country presented here creating a beautiful scene. It gives a feeling of being in Europe combined with the chilly air of Dalat, feeling very comfortable for everyone.
Continuing on the way we will stop at weasel coffee and coffee farms, where we will learn from the people about how they grow and process coffee and enjoy the best cups of coffee of the Central Highlands. Back on the motorbike, we stop to visit the silk factory, silkworm farm… the largest red flesh dragon fruit garden in Dalat. Then we stop to visit Elephant Waterfall, one of the most majestic and unspoiled waterfalls in Dalat. Also, Linh An Pagoda is famous for its largest Buddha statue in Southeast Asia, located next to the majestic waterfall, it feels like we are lost in a fairyland.
Stop at a small restaurant on the roadside, we will have a wonderful lunch with dishes imbued with local culinary culture. Yes, after a meal the feeling of relaxation will of course be in the hammocks at the small Café. In the afternoon, we continue on motorbikes on trails alternating with villages to visit and interact with indigenous people K’ho, M’Nong… before coming to Lak Lake, where we will stop. overnight in a small village.
Overnight in Lak Lake
Day 2: Lak Lake motorbike tour to Ta Dung lake (170km) (B, L, D)
Lak Lake is one of the two largest natural lakes in our country with a water surface area of more than 600 hectares. This is also an abundant water source for the Central Highlands for living and production. You can wake up early to watch the sunrise on the lake, or on canoes where the indigenous people here use to fish. Catching fish on the lake in the early morning, the interesting thing for visitors is that we can use the service of riding elephants across the lake.
After breakfast, we get back on the motorbike to Ta Dung Lake. On the tour today, we are riding through a lot of villages with ethnic tribes’ people M’Nong, Ede, HMong … Taking a single trail will bring us to see many of farm plantations as rubber tree, black pepper, passion fruit or macadamia… stop by the route we visit Dak Mam volcanic rice fields there which is a biggest rice fields in the Central Highlands.
Lunch time stop in the small town with many different kinds of food as Grilled meat broken rice, grilled chicken lam rice or noodles soup… In the afternoon, we take long or short ride depending the time on the single track to Ta Dung Lake, which is so beautiful as Halong Bay on the Central Highland with over hundreds of islands… specially ridding on the top of mountain and stop by the panorama view… we arrive Ta Dung lake around 4:30-5:00 pm
Offroad: 40-50km
Overnight in Ta Dung
Day 3: Ta Dung Lake motorbike tour to Dalat – 160km – (B, L)
Wake up early in the morning for welcome the new day with a beautiful sunrise on the lake, take a little walk through the coffee plantation, black pepper… we visit Heritage banyan tree, where the canopy is thousands of square meters wide, and the trunk is large for tens of people.
Or take a boat trip to visit the lake… go back to the hotel for breakfast and heading back to Dalat on the beautiful single road and some of dirt trails passing the tribe villages where the Châu ma people, K’Ho… take a rest to visit and learn about their culture. stop to visit tea plantation, mushrooms farms and special visit the biggest waterfall in the central highland (Pongour waterfall). Before returning to Da Lat, we stop in the chicken village with big rooster and learn stories why they call Chicken Village. We arrive in Dalat around 4:30-5:00 pm.
End of the trip
Inclusions:
+ Motorbike(s) (Honda or Yamaha)
+ Helmet(s)
+ Driving gears (Helmet, elbow + knee pads & Gloves)
+ Gasoline on tour
+ English speaking guide
+ Accommodation as indicated in the itinerary (based on Twin or Double room)
+ Homestay permission
+ Meals as indicated in the itinerary
+ Entrance fees & Sightseeing fees
+ Coffee or bottled water or 1 soft drink for every stopover en route.
+ Government’s taxes
Exclusions:
+ Tips, Drinks for meals
+ All other meals as not indicated
+ Personal expenses
