Experience the Best Things to Do in Dalat, Vietnam
1. Join in Adventure Sports
If you are thrill seeker and interested in extreme sports on the rivers or waterfalls, then Dalat would be the fantastic place for these amazing activities such as rock climbing, rafting, kayaking on the foaming water, canyoning and paragliding as well.
You can refer to Phat Tire Ventures - a reliable address you can get for this good tour packages to ensure perfect holiday with professional and experienced guides in these terms.
2. Take Cable Car
If you want to admire the whole city of flowers, Dalat from above, the cable car would be the ideal choice, in which the cable car riding with 2.5km from/to Truc Lam Monastery is the popular way for sightseeing romantic landscapes of rivers, pine forests..... Besides, Truc Lam Monastery is famous for its beautiful pagoda; therefore, it is often crowded on national holidays or weekends. Also, this is the best place for picnicking thanks to the cool Dalat weather and beautiful sceneries.
3. Hiking in Dalat
Hiking is the exciting activity to discover Dalat further, one of the most favorite activities for those who love nature. Doing hiking, you will have leisurely sightseeing tours to contemplate beautiful natural sceneries of majestic waterfalls, caves and even animals.
Especially, Langbiang Mountain is the most popular destination for a half or full day of hiking, from 12km to the north of Dalat downtown. Besides, other fantastic destinations for hiking you can consult including the Lake of Sighs and Pongour Falls - the largest waterfall in the area.
4. Visit Crazy House
Crazy House or Hang Nga villa is inspired and designed by a Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nga with strange style. The house includes several buildings, guest houses, cafes and art galleries.
Especially, when coming into the house, you will be overwhelmed by space and the interior layout consisting of caves, winding corridors and staircases, weird furniture along with the huge animal statues. You will never see any straight lines or corners in the house. Everything is in the odd forms but isn’t less interesting. Therefore, crazy house in Dalat will make you a new experience in your stay.
Inside Crazy House
5. Paddle Boats
If you visit Dalat with your family, especially along with children, then the game of Paddling Boat gives your family exciting memories in your holiday. Sailing around Dalat Lakes with a big swan paddle boat gives you a great opportunity to admire stunning views of natural sceneries, listen to stream and touch to fresh water. Several beautiful places you can visit such as the Lake of Sighs, Xuan Huong Lake and other lakes inside Valley of Love.
Paddle Boat on Xuan Huong Lake
6. Ride Ostriches and Elephants
If you want to have a new and different experience, let’s try to ride elephants or ostriches in the Da Tien area or Prenn waterfall. Climbing up the back of an ostrich or elephant could be difficult but when you do that you will find it’s so exciting and ostrich or elephant is so friendly. These lovely animals will take you pass the beautiful natural areas of lush forests, lakes…
7. Overnight in an Ancient, Isolated Villa amidst the Pine Forest
Dalat is known for its beautiful ancient French villas as well as other unique architectures, some of them turned into the guesthouses or hotels with high standards for visitors. Spend one night in one of the beautiful villas, in which Ana Mandara Dalat is the outstanding one to feel the poetic and serene space here. Certainly this would be the memorable experience in your way to visit Dalat.
The average price around $8.96 (200,000 VND) basing on the convenient location.
8. Take a Walk around Market
Thanks to cool weather, Dalat has various fruits, flowers, vegetables and unique street foods that visitors have not seen before. Thus take a walk around Dalat market is not a bad choice to discover the daily life of locals.
Here, you will feel the noisy atmosphere of the announcements from sellers on the streets and the variety of other commodities such as sweaters, coats, gloves, hats…
