Mang Den is cool in the middle of a thousand

Wanting to go to Mang Den, only the winding pass on the back of the Truong Son range from Kon Tum city up here makes visitors "out of breath". But in return, Mang Den is cool, thick vegetation, healthy, clear space and low temperature threshold all year round.

Wanting to go to Mang Den, only the winding pass on the back of the Truong Son range from Kon Tum city up here makes visitors "out of breath". But in return, Mang Den is cool, thick vegetation, healthy, clear space and low temperature all year round.

Mang Den eco-tourism area has only been known in recent years. Photo TTH.

Mang Den - the sparkling point of the green road of the Central Highlands@In the heart of the great thousand, Mang Den is just a small town in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province with only 4 residential areas Kon Pring, Kon Chet , Kon Brayh, Kon Xuh. Over the years, it has been quiet, desolate and sometimes it seems that this land cannot be turned into a true tourist area. Mang Den is silent with many finished and abandoned villas next to pine forests, a dull and lonely tourist life for many years.

But that also makes Mang Den retain the atmosphere of the great thousand, the quality. Central Highlands forests, which are lost in most of the tourist areas, develop too quickly, disrupting other planning.

Indigenous people's lives are peaceful by Dak Ke Lake in Mang Den. Photo: TTH.

At times, a few villages in Dak Long commune did community tourism and tourists began to know about Mang Den thanks to that. The separation of Mang Den town from Dak Long commune with the goal of building a spearhead tourist area and service is enough to show the determination of the locality to form a green and cultural tourism path of Kon Tum.

 However, Mang Den is still having a slow investment beat, speculative land, weak and lacking human resources, not enough to provide essential tourism services. Indigenous people are mostly Ba Na and Ede people who are not familiar with the type of community tourism.

Recently, the road from Kon Tum city to Mang Den has been re-constructed, easier to walk, cut. cornering and downhill. The old pine forest on forestry land right in Mang Den town is currently green and will be a valuable capital for tourism of this land. 

A service restaurant by Dak Ke lake in the late afternoon. Photo: TTH.

But despite overcoming the fear of traffic, Mang Den still finds it difficult to escape the dreary look of a mountain town, with poor accommodation and food. Around the town, there are only romantic villas but the inside is shabby due to the absence of guests for too long without investment, some restaurants must be booked in advance if visitors want to eat some familiar dishes such as wild vegetables, grilled chicken, and grilled chicken. Grilled sticky rice with tube vau.

Kon Plong urban master plan to 2030 has been approved and implemented by the Prime Minister Decision No. 298/QD-TTg. The tourist attractions of Dak Ke lake, Pa Sy waterfall, the statue of Our Lady, Khanh Lam pagoda, Tu Rang village, and high-tech agricultural production facilities are all being renovated and kept their native character. and primordial charm. 

 Season of purple phoenix flowers in Mang Den. Photo: TTH.

 Mang Den 7 lakes and 3 waterfalls.

There is a legend about Mang Den that is loved by tourists which is an ancient nuance in the legend of the land "7 lakes, 3 waterfalls".

  Mang Den terrain is rugged and has many faults, covered by natural forests, creating many lakes, waterfalls and natural flows of rivers and streams. Between the valleys are lakes and broken terrain creating beautiful and majestic waterfalls. Pa Sy Waterfall is the first waterfall that has become a romantic picnic destination. The waterfall is likened to a young girl's hair falling to the ground from the green forest. 

Currently, next to Pa Sy waterfall, the tourism investment construction unit has erected a garden of wooden statues in the traditional sculptural style of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands. The suspension bridges, accommodation and rest areas all have the appearance of the ancient basalt land. The area of ​​​​Dak Ke Lake has been repaired and exploited, including a typical communal house of Ba Na people, the landscape of purple phoenix flowers and lakeside cherry blossoms each season has a different beauty that makes Mang Den never boring.

 Ho Dak Ke, the heart of Mang Den. Photo: TTH.

In 2023, Mang Den has changed significantly thanks to the trend of building farmstay, a type of farm combined with a resort tourism model. This place currently has 5 planning points dedicated to tourism, including Kon Pring Culture - Tourism Village, Dam Bri Lake, Pa Sy waterfall, Eban Farm eco-tourism site and Thien My Farm eco-tourism site. 

Do is located at an altitude of 1,200 meters above sea level, surrounded by mountain ranges and primitive forest flora, Mang Den town has a cool and mild climate all year round. Right from the early decades of the 20th century, the French came to Mang Den to survey and plant pine trees with the intention of building a resort on this land. Currently, the pine trees are still preserved and kept, numbered inviolable. 

Tourists favor Mang Den mainly because of the climate and green landscape. Although it is assigned with the name "Da Lat of the North Central Highlands" and is planned to become a national eco-tourism area, Mang Den is far from Dalat, with a slower pace of tourism.

 For the summer, Mang Den is recommended for a trip to escape the heat, quiet, deserted and cool. 

 The garden villa in Mang Den has not been exploited to its full capacity yet, so a lot of it is empty. Photo: TTH.

Mang Den - the potential of tourism in the North Central Highlands is still there.

Previously, Mang Den was just a hidden land, with 148 square kilometers and a population of nearly 7,000 people, mostly copper. Ba Na people live and only a few villages are sparsely hidden in the valleys and hillsides. But Mang Den has a special geographical position when it is located on the arterial road connecting the Bo Y border gate with the central coastal provinces, also a "green road" for a long-term tourism strategy from the mountains. to the sea and islands, from the border gate to the coast and connecting with Cambodia.

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Update day : 01/06/2023