Cycling · Trekking · Homestay · Dak Lak, Vietnam

Wild Roads of the Central Highlands

Ride red-earth lanes through coffee country, trek forest trails to the peak of Chu Yang Lak and sleep in villages on the edge of the jungle. Private adventures led by local guides who grew up here.

Choose your adventure

Three Ways Into the Highlands

Every trip starts in Buon Ma Thuot and is private: your dates, your pace, your group.

Road through pine forest in Dak Lak

Cycling Tours

Day rides and multi-day loops on quiet roads through coffee, pepper and rice country, with a support vehicle always close.

Dense jungle in the mountains of Dak Lak

Trekking Tours

Forest trails, boulder streams and the peak of Chu Yang Lak above Lak Lake, on a two day trek with a local team.

Wooden stilt house lit up at night near Lak Lake

Homestay Tours

Sleep in Ede and M’nong villages in Buon Don and by Lak Lake, and share dinner with your hosts.

Featured tours

Our Adventures in Dak Lak

Small groups or just the two of you. Every route can be shortened, extended or mixed with another.

Lak Lake and Ethnic Villages Trek Lak Lake

Lak Lake and Ethnic Villages Trek

Walk between M'nong villages, rice fields and hills around Lak Lake, paddle a dugout canoe and stay at Y Sol House by the water.

  • 3 days
  • Easy
Pal Sol Grassland Trek Pal Sol

Pal Sol Grassland Trek

Walk through forest to the wide, rolling grassland of Pal Sol and camp under the stars in the mountains of southern Dak Lak.

  • 2 days
  • Moderate
Chu Yang Lak Peak Trek Chu Yang Lak

Chu Yang Lak Peak Trek

Climb through forest and bamboo to the peak of Chu Yang Lak, with wide views over Lak Lake and the valleys of southern Dak...

  • 2 days
  • Challenging
Yok Don Jungle Trek Buon Don

Yok Don Jungle Trek

Two or three days on foot through Vietnam's largest national park, along the Serepok River and deep into open dry forest, starting from Buon...

  • 2 days
  • Moderate

2 days

To the peak of Chu Yang Lak and back

40–55 km

A typical riding day, at an easy pace

100%

Private tours, never mixed with strangers

Nov–Apr

The dry season, best for trekking and riding

Where we go

Destinations in Dak Lak

Dray Sap waterfall in the rainy season

Dray Nur & Dray Sap

Thundering waterfalls on the Serepok River, at their wildest in the rainy season.

Lak Lake with mountains in the distance

Lak Lake

Mountains, rice fields, M’nong villages and dugout canoes at sunset.

Hiker on a rock above the rice fields near Lak Lake

Chu Yang Lak

Forest trails, boulder streams and a peak with views over Lak Lake, on a two day trek.

The Serepok River in Dak Lak

Buon Don

Bamboo bridges over the Serepok and old stilt houses on the edge of the forest.

River and dry forest in Yok Don National Park

Yok Don

Vietnam’s largest national park, with open dry forest along the river.

Coffee village in Buon Ma Thuot

Buon Ma Thuot

The coffee capital and the start of every adventure.

Why Lak Tours

Local Team, Wild Places, Your Pace

Off the Main Roads

Red-earth lanes, forest trails and village paths, chosen so you feel the Highlands instead of watching them from a bus window.

Local Guides

Our guides, drivers and porters are from Dak Lak. They know the villages, the trails and the families you will stay with.

Safe and Supported

Good bikes, a support vehicle on every ride, rangers and porters on every trek, and routes that change with the weather.

Private and Flexible

Every trip is private. We adjust distance, pace, meals and nights to suit you, your family or your small group.

Ready when you are

Your Highlands Adventure Starts Here

Tell us your dates and what you love doing, and we will design a private trip around you.