Coffee flower season blooms white hills
If the Northwest has white flowers as its symbol, the Central Highlands has coffee flowers, a famous specialty plant with Abarica and Robusta products that are present in many places around the world. Many tourists who come to this land first do so to explore coffee trees. And it is even more wonderful when coming to the Central Highlands in the spring, tourists not only get to directly "witness" coffee trees but also watch them bloom. This is also the season when white coffee flowers bloom all over the hills, tourists are absorbed in following the trails to enjoy the pure beauty of this specialty flower. It seems that nature has bestowed each region with its own unique beauty, creating a wonderful picture.
Coffee flowers have a sweet scent, attracting swarms of bees to come and collect nectar. From the light green tips of the buds, gradually revealing a brilliant white color when blooming, the coffee flowers have a gentle beauty that blends together to create a snow-white scene in the West. It is this flower that helps the Central Highlands put on an inviting coat every spring, a gentle white coat that invites visitors.
The coffee flower season usually lasts from February to April with two blooming periods, each blooming period lasts from 7-10 days and then quickly fades and begins to form fruit, so tourists who want to set foot in the Central Highlands at the time of the most beautiful coffee flower blooming season need to research carefully and schedule at the right time. Pleiku (Gia Lai) and Buon Ma Thuot (Daklak) are the two cities with the largest coffee flower forests, in addition, tourists can visit the coffee forests in the surrounding areas. When spring comes, the Central Highlands is ablaze with white color, standing out among the basalt hills.
The sun, the wind, and the must-see places
An indispensable destination when coming to this land is Buon Don, where the “baby elephant of Ban Don” is a familiar character in everyone’s childhood. The elephant of Ban Don has become famous throughout the country when it appeared in a children’s song and is now a famous tourist destination with special appeal to visitors from the South and the North.
Buon Don is now more spacious and beautiful but still retains its traditional beauty. Coming here, visitors will have unforgettable experiences when riding an elephant to explore the village and cross the legendary Serepok River. This is the largest river in Daklak province. Unlike all other rivers that flow downstream, Serepok flows upstream and the section through Buon Don flows horizontally. Exploring the epic river on the back of an elephant brings visitors many different emotions, a little surprise, a little fear and a little excitement mixed with the joy of conquering the majestic river with unforgettable impressions.
Around Buon Don, there are many interesting places that tourists can explore such as vine trees, ancient trees leaning over the river with beautiful long roots. Learning about the lives of the local people, precious medicinal herbs or ethnic costumes are also good memories and don't forget to enjoy a cup of coffee right in the village.
The winding uphill roads with red basalt soil and pepper gardens, coffee gardens, durian gardens on both sides are also a very unique beauty in the land of the Chơ rao birds and the shade of the Kơnia trees.
Leaving Daklak with regrets due to lack of time, we got on the bus to continue our journey to explore Gia Lai, where there is “Pleiku Eyes, Full Lake”, the lyrics of that song urged us to quickly come to Bien Ho, to the people of the legendary rubber land. Bien Ho is indeed very beautiful, the water is emerald green, the scenery is poetic and romantic. Taking a boat along the lake, watching the beautiful scenery, daily life, images of people catching fish for a living, visitors will feel the peaceful beauty here.
Exploring the rubber forests, the vibrant city of Peleiku or chatting with the villagers will give visitors unforgettable emotions.
