Don Village, the very charming legendary land associated with the long history of the Central Highlands development.
Don village is located at the western edge of Dak Lak province, crossing by the poetic Serepôk River, is the legendary land being famous for hunting and domesticating elephants, possessing the very rich and diverse cultural identity as the most special charming tourist attraction in the Central Highlands, Vietnam.

Don Village is not only beautiful for its majestic landscape but also the value of ancient culture. The records indicate that Don Village derives from the Ede and M’nong, meaning Island Village associated with a particular geographic location, and also because it was a village built on a floating island of the Serepok river, one of the most important waterway of the region, the significant spot of goods exchange between the Lao, Cambodian and indigenous people in here. For that reason, tourist coming to the Don village, will have opportunities to blow their mind with the multiple cultural exchanges among Lao, Cambodian, and the Central Highlands ethnic groups such as Ede, M’nong, Gia Rai, Thai people, Kinh, and some ethnic groups in the north of the Central Highlands, and choose for relatives the valuable presents as the unforgettable memories right at this place.

Coming to the Don village, it is easy to see large elephants wandering under the supervision of the local people. Especially, having a picnic with the Don elephant to visit the life of the village, walking in the river and wandering into Yok Don National Park containing many interesting things will be the great experiences that tourists cannot ignore. Don Village also has a unique boat riding on the scenic Serepok river, a rare river in Vietnam that flows back to the west, and admire the suspended bridge of the village made of bamboo, forest acrossing the river, on the middle of the old shady, and looming ancient bunch of roots in the very charming scene.

Moreover, tourists can learn about the cultural life, customs and activities of many ethnic groups, listening to the history of the Don village, the art of hunting and domesticating elephants, visiting the house, and the centuries-old storeroom that also preserve many of the traditional relics, and architectural grave of King Khunjunop. After visiting, tourists will able to enjoy the specialties of the Don village in the restaurants and food outlets such as rice, blue chicken sauce, green pepper, sour lobster soup, and so on. When the night falls down, the camp fire with jars of alcohol, listening to folk song seems to be interesting experiences for tourists to immerse in the life of the Don village.

Let’s come to Don village and dive in the cultural value of the local people in here!