June-August is the most beautiful cloud season in Da Lat.
June-August is the most beautiful cloud season in Da Lat.
Cloud hunting is an activity visitors should experience at least once when coming to Da Lat. Photo: Pham Kim Nhan.
The sudden rains of summer bring many troubles to tourists when traveling to Dalat. However, this is also the best time for tourists to experience cloud hunting in this city. Standing on the top of a high hill watching the sunrise in the midst of the sea of clouds will bring visitors an unforgettable experience.
Located at an altitude of about 1,500 m above sea level, Da Lat has many hills and mountains with different terrains and views, giving visitors many choices when they want to hunt clouds in this city. Many young people choose to camp on the hill so that they can enjoy the cold weather and watch the mountains and the streets disappear between the white clouds.
Da Phu Hill
Da Phu Hill (ward 7) is a familiar place that many tourists come to when they want to experience camping and cloud hunting in Da Lat. Located about 9 km from the city center, this place consists of green pine hills in succession.
From the top of the hill, visitors can zoom out, watching the green pine forests dyed with yellow sunlight peeking under the white clouds. Around 5am, many young people came to Da Phu hill to wait for the white clouds to cover this place and take pictures for themselves check-in.
Da Phu Hill is a familiar camping and hunting site for tourists. Photo: Linh Huynh, Vu Nguyen.
The top of Da Phu hill has a fairly flat terrain, and it is also chosen by tourists who love to experience as a camping site, watching the sunset in the afternoon, watching the sunrise in the morning with friends.
From the city center, visitors just need to follow the directions of Google Maps to Da Phu Street, from the beginning of the road about 100m, on the left hand side will have a guide up the hill. To ensure safety and avoid slipping when moving to the top of the hill, you should park your car, walk for about 15 minutes to reach the top of the hill or travel by car for 50,000 VND / person for a round trip.
Cau Dat Tea Hill
Although located quite far from the city, Cau Dat tea hill (Xuan Truong commune) is still a favorite rattan hunting spot for many tourists and photographers. This place is surrounded by immense green tea fields, bringing a fresh and peaceful atmosphere.
The tea tree is quite low in height, so visitors can easily choose for themselves an open, unobstructed position to watch the sun rise from the floating sea of clouds. The houses of the people are hidden under the white clouds, making visitors feel like they are lost in a fairyland.
The poetic scenery of Cau Dat in the early morning makes it easy for visitors to take beautiful pictures of Da Lat. Image:
Vu Nguyen, Pham Kim Nhan, Thu Trang.
Visitors to Cau Dat can visit the Cau Dat Farm Ancient Tea Museum to visit and learn about the oldest tea processing factory in Vietnam with an age of nearly 100 years. It also regularly takes place Dalat art exhibitions to serve visitors.
From the city center, visitors move along Highway 20 to Cau Dat tea hill. Because the distance is quite long, visitors should leave early to be able to catch the sunrise on the hill.
Hon Bo Peak
Hon Bo (ward 12) is a high mountain with a view that can both watch the sunrise and sunset, so many young people choose to camp here to hunt clouds. In the morning, looking to the east from the top of the hill, heaven and earth blend together to form an infinity sea of clouds. Each mountain range looms between the layers of clouds creating a scene of overlapping messages.
Hon Bo Peak has a height of 1,709 m, higher than the neighboring hills, allowing visitors to zoom their eyes to the distant horizons. If you come here on a clear day, you can easily see wind turbines from Cau Dat tea hill.
The opposing scenery of the two sides of Hon Bo peak attracts tourists to visit and hunt clouds. Photo: Vu Nguyen, Linh Huynh.
In the afternoon, you can sit here and watch the brilliant sunset over the other side of the hill. After the sun goes out, the lanterns turn on the lights to create a shimmering scene.
Visitors follow Google Maps to get to Huynh Tan Phat Street, then turn left to enter the slope leading up the mountain. The closer you get to the top of Hon Bo, the steeper the road, you should lock your car and walk up the mountain.
Thien Phuc Duc Hill
This hill is quite low, the road is easy to go, suitable for those who want to hunt clouds but love the steering wheel, afraid to move far. After parking at the foot of the hill, you just need to walk along the trail for about 5 minutes to reach the top of the hill.
Thien Phuc Duc Hill is located in Ward 7. The hill is bare, with quite a few trees, providing a wide view for visitors when they want to come here to hunt clouds. This is also a camping spot that many tourists love to experience.
The road to Thien Phuc Duc hill is quite easy, so many people come here to hunt for clouds. Photo: Nguyen Thanh Mai
The top of Thien Phuc Duc hill also has a lonely pine tree, where many young people enjoy taking photos to check-in for a while.
Visitors follow the map to the foot of the hill, park their car at the house of a nearby household and then walk a few hundred meters more along the trail to reach the top of the hill.
Golden Stream Lake
Not only can you hunt clouds on high hills, Suoi Vang lake (Lac Duong district, Lam Dong) - where there is a famous lonely pine tree - is also a unique place to hunt for clouds in Da Lat. Located in the middle of the valley, surrounded by mountains and hills, in the morning this place is often covered by white clouds drifting across the lake.
The grassy lawns shimmering in the warm morning sun bring a sense of peace to a new day. Photo: Vu Nguyen.
This is also the place that many couples choose as a wedding photography location when coming to Da Lat.
Visitors find and move to the boat station to go to the lonely pine tree at Suoi Vang Lake. After that, you park your car and be taken by the boat owner across the lake to watch the clouds and take pictures with the price from 50,000 VND/pax.
Note
Because it rains, the road to the hill is quite slippery, visitors should park their car at the foot of the hill and then walk to the top of the hill to be safe and avoid falling. Summer cloud hunting time is from 5-7am, visitors should leave early and bring warm coats and gloves to protect their health.
Whether hunting clouds is successful or not will depend on weather conditions and luck factors. Before going to hunt for clouds, you should check in advance whether the weather conditions of that day are rainy or not.
Currently, there are many units that provide cloud hunting tours combined with photography, breakfast on the hill in Da Lat, providing more options for visitors.
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