Posts Tagged ‘Da Lat’

A restoration of the old train has added to the allure of Da Lat “It’s a pity that it is very short. I just want to travel like this from morning till evening!”

American tourist Kim Fieldhouse echoes the sentiments of many visitors who have chosen to tour through Da Lat on a new, old train.

“I’ve traveled to different places but I’ve never traveled by train on a plateau like this before.”

This new experience is now possible after four old carriages were restored, hatched to an old locomotive and put into operation a few weeks ago to replace the modern train on a seven-km stretch from Da Lat to Trai Mat.

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Voi (Elephant) Waterfall is located about 25 kilometers southwest of Da Lat City of Lam Dong Province in Nam Ban Townlet, Lam Ha District. Elephant Waterfall, also called Lieng Rowoa Waterfall, is considered as the most beautiful and majestic waterfall in the highlands province of Lam Dong. It is more than 30m high, about 15m wide with the water flows make an area be obscured by the very white spray.

It is unfortunate that if you visit Da Lat – Lam Dong you do not visit the secret and dreaming of Lieng Rowoa Waterfall (Voi Waterfall). The waterfall appears as many elephants are swimming together.

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The flower park is located at 2 Phu Dong Thien Vuong St., Dalat City, Lam Dong Province, which leads from Xuan Huong Lake to Dalat University. Dalat Flower Park is famous for its diverse species of flowers.

It is considered a natural museum that houses a fine collection of native and exotic flowers. The park consists of at least 300 different kinds of flowers, hundreds of which are in blossom all year round.

The flower park is open daily from 7.30 am to 4 pm.

In 1984, the lake was emptied for renovation purposes. At the bottom of the lake, scientists found many relics belonging to the hill tribe that once lived in this area. Xuan Huong lake is shaped like the crescent moon. Visitors to Da Lat and the towns people use the lake as a place to meet and talk. The lake is also where many honeymooners come to visit.

Xuan Huong lake is the most beautiful lake in Da Lat. It is approximately 5 km2. In 1919 a dam was formed on a branch of Camly river creating a small lake. In 1923, another dam was built further down stream to create yet another lake. During a severe storm in 1932, both dams were destroyed. Between 1934-35, a larger dam was built of boulders (site of Ong Dao bridge today) below the sites of the two previous dam creating one large lake named Ho Lon or Large lake. Ho Lon was later renamed after Ho Xuan Huong, a famous vietnamese poet in the 17th-century.

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Tuyen Lam is a natural lake situated on top of a hill covered with pine trees, 6km east of Dalat City. The lake has been surrounded by many stories and legends with sorrowful endings in which the heroine drowns in the lake to keep her true love forever.

A view from Thien Vien Truc Lam (more…)

General information:

Area: 390.5 sq. km
Population: 197 thousand habitants (2007)
Administrative divisions:
-Wards:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
-Communes:Xuan Tho, Xuan Truong, Ta Nung, Tram Hanh
Ethnic groups: Kinh, M’nong, Ma, Co Ho, Kho Mu, Hoa, Tay, Nung, Chu Ru

Location:

Da Lat is the capital of Lam Dong Province in Central Highland region, 300 km from Ho Chi Minh City and 200 km from Nha Trang. At an elevation of 1,500 m, Da Lat bears the look of an Old French city. It was founded in 1897 when Doctor Alexandre Yersin recommended that the area be developed as a resort town (more…)

The management board of the Tuyen Lam tourist site in the resort city of Da Lat, Lam Dong province, has announced it will plant nearly 600,000 mai anh dao trees in Da Lat from now to 2015.

Mai anh dao is a special tree in Da Lat, which blossoms pink flowers in late winter, early spring. The total funding for this project is 6 billion dong (nearly 5,000), including 1.5 billion from the state budget and the rest from over 30 investors involved in tourism projects around Tuyen Lam Lake, Da Lat. (more…)

A train built based on a 1930s French design began shuttling tourists in the central highlands resort town of Dalat on last Friday.

The train comprises four compartments which was resored from the one built by the French in 1930s in Da Lat. This train offers sightseeing tours around Da Lat’s vegetable and flower gardens along seven-kilometers of rail between the Da Lat and Trai Mat stations.

Each compartment is adorned with old-fashioned décor and the train plays old French and Vietnamese songs about Da Lat . A tour guide accompanies tourists on the trip, said Ngo Minh Chau, Da Lat Station Director. (more…)

The Lam Dong provincial People’s Committee has decided to reschedule the Da Lat Flower Festival from 2009 to 2010 to coordinate with the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.

The event, previously scheduled for December 19-23, 2009, will be held from January 1-4, 2010.

It will be the country’s first major event of 2010, kicking off a lineup of cultural activities to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. (more…)

Da Lat City is well-known for city of love and flowers with many beautiful and romantic sights, fresh air and thousands of colorful flowers. This paradise of love always keeps travelers from moving once they come here. Pictures from Mai Lan.

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