Lak Lake located on the traffic road between Buon Ma Thuot City and Da Lat Town, in Lien Son Town, Lak District, Dak Lak Province, about 56km from south of Buon Ma Thuot City along Highway 27, is the beautiful landscape of the Central Highlands nurshing many organism of Dak Lak, as well as storing the huge freshwater for hundreds of hectares of rice fields, while also harmonizing the climate in here. For that reason, Lak Lake is considered as one of the most important creature that not only contribute to the development of the local people, but also the ideal destination for tourists to discover about the beauty of Buon me Thuot nature, and the real life of people in here.
Lak Lake, one of the large natural freshwater lakes connected to the Krong Ana River, about 500ha in width, located at altitudes over 500m above sea level, is the unique ecotourism destination attracting both domestic and foreign tourists, with a natural beauty of romantic mountains and surrounding forests. The origin of the Lak Lake waterways from the Chu Chang Sin mountain range, after wading through the large thousands of forests in the Central Highlands, all converged together in the Lac Thien town of Lak District, shaped as the vast lake in the route connecting the two cities Buon Ma Thuot and Da Lat.
Thanks to special creature, Lak Lake is the point harmonizing the beauty of the mountains and forests. In the rainy season, when the lake water up, the water of the lake is blue, and really fresh, imprinting the shadow of clouds, the lotus leaves, and the fireworks blossom blooming in the sunlight to make Lak lake even more splendid. Surrounded by the primeval forests of the Central Highlands with an area of over 12 thousand hectares, tourists to Lak Lake also enjoy a wide variety of plants and animals. There are 548 species of plants belonging to 118 families, 132 species of birds, 61 species of mammals, 43 species of reptiles, including some endemic and rare species. In addition, Lak Lake is home to a myriad of aquatic, fish and shellfish species and is a major economic resource for local residents living in the area around the lake.
Let’s come to the Lak Lake once day to learn more about the natural beauty of the Central Highlands!
