Mang Den town in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province is a plateau in the Truong Son range with an altitude of over 1200m above sea level.
In Mang Den, the climate is cool and mild all year round, the vegetation is abundant and primitive so this beautiful village is dubbed “Da Lat of the Central Highlands”.
Like the rustic, simple and wild features of the people of the Central Highlands, although Mang Den is a tourist site, it is still peaceful. Mang Den is a land of great religious significance for Catholics, where has the famous and sacred Lady Mang Den. Therefore, for the locals, the purity and peace of the land is the most important thing.
There are not too many destinations in Mang Den, but all of them are unique.
Dak Ke Lake and Dak Ke Waterfall
Dak Ke Lake is only about 1km from the main road. This is one of the seven lakes from the legend of Kon Tum people, considered as the embodiment of gods.
Dak Ke Lake is always blue and clear, surrounded by rows of trees, and a few houses on stilts, creating an extremely poetic scene.
Besides Dak Ke Lake, Dak Ke Waterfall is also a place not to miss. The fresh and pristine waterfall is located deep in the mountains and forests. Visitors can walk to explore and feel the beautiful scenery of nature.
Pa Sy Waterfall
This is the largest waterfall of Mang Den land, made up of 3 largest streams in the region, located at an altitude of 1,500 meters above sea level. Pa Sy Waterfall is not as majestic and noisy as other famous beautiful waterfalls in the Central Highlands, but gentle with a white stream.
On the way to the waterfall, visitors will see garden of wooden statues - a typical cultural feature of the Central Highlands people, showing the status, activities, and relationships of the community such as the statue of a mother carrying her child, people drinking can wine, people going to the fields, a woman whois weaving...
Mang Den pine forest
Another very poetic place of Mang Den is the primeval pine forest, about 10 km from the center of Kon Plong. This will an ideal place for camping.
Konbring Village
Konbring village is one of four community-based cultural and tourism villages of Kon Plong district, with more than 90% of the population as Ka Dong ethnic people.
Located among the vast rice fields, the small village preserves the typical traditional culture of the Central Highlands. Visitors will see traditional Rong houses, enjoy can wine, watch gong performance in Konbring village.
Besides toursit attractions, Mang Den also has special dishes such as Mang Den grilled chicken, AKay snakehead fish soup cake, Mang Den pepper hot pot...
Life in Mang Den is actually very calm and simple. It's just that the mornings when you are awakened by chilly winds with the gentle scent of wild flowers, grass, and pine needles, and the night is cuddled and lulled by cups of spicy can wine. That is enough for visitors to come to Mang Den once, they will never forget it.
Thuy Chi