Cham Yang Prong Tower appears as the magical work that contribute to the cultural value of the Central Highlands. Once away from the remote region, Cham Yang Prong located in a forest in the area of Earok commune, Easup district, Dak Lak province, taking the provincial road No. 1 to the Northwest about 100km, tourists will come to a remote area of the province, through the green area of the jungle with ancient linden trees, vines, abundant lichens, and the low-lying lush orchids. Referring to the land of the Central Highlands, tourists able to imagine a painting of aquatic animals, harmonizing in the cultural space of Gongs that hides mysterious things.

In the middle of the deserted space, the Cham Yang Prong tower impress tourists with special architectue that demonstrates the ancient erosion of Khomer culture in the legendary Central Highlands. Because Cham Yang Prong Tower built by the Cham in Dak Lak in the 18th century, corresponding to the Cham dynasty, Jaya Sinhavarman III, and the Tran dynasty of Dai Viet in the north, the tower architecture brings the unique architecture of the ethnical groups of the Central Highlands. Yangpong tower is not relative high, the tower is only 9m in height designed in the shape of flower buds, and square in the background. The entire tower is built of red brick on a platform of green stone. Thanks to the higher the design, the smaller the structure, and the top of the tower create the unique architecture of the tower. Looking around, people only discover a single entrance opening to east with a width of 1.6 meters. The space in the tower is only 5m wide, looking at the three walls are the false door symbolic nature.

The name Yang Prong has many different meanings. For the Ede, Yang Prong is a great god. The story behind the tower is what attracts tourists to find Yangpong in the journey to Dak Lak. The Yang Prong Tower is considered to be a religious site worshiping Siva in the form of Mukhalinga in Cham culture. This tower also has become a spiritual place of the people of Easup, from the Gia Rai, Ede, M’nong to the Kinh people. In the eyes of tourists, Cham Yang Prong is still the mysterious tower located in the beautiful terrain covered under the canopy of old jungle Easup of the Central Highlands. Around the tower, during four seasons, lush green trees brings the cool atmosphere for tourists to immerse in the tranquility of this area.

Let’s come to Cham Yang Prong Tower to witness the harmonization between nature and cultural value of the Central highlands!