Coming to Tonle Sap (Gia Lai), visitors have the opportunity to admire the clear water like the deep beauty of a girl's eyes in the mountain town of Pleiku. Musician Nguyen Cuong once composed a song about this famous landscape with passionate lyrics: "You are so beautiful, Pleiku. My heart wants to break! Don't dare look into those eyes, the eyes of Pleiku and Tonle Sap are full."
Coming to Tonle Sap (Gia Lai), visitors have the opportunity to admire the clear water like the deep beauty of a girl's eyes in the mountain town of Pleiku. Musician Nguyen Cuong once composed a song about this famous landscape with passionate lyrics: "You are so beautiful, Pleiku. My heart wants to break! Don't dare look into those eyes, the eyes of Pleiku and Tonle Sap are full."
Located far from Pleiku city center, T'nung Lake or Bien Ho, is a freshwater lake located in the northwest. Tonle Sap Lake is located on a flat plateau, about 800m above sea level. T'Nung Lake is also a large fish bowl of the Central Highlands, including all kinds of freshwater fish such as: Carp, carp, drifting fish, fighting fish, tilapia, tilapia...
Tonle Sap Lake has two interconnected reservoirs, nearly 300 hectares wide, with clear jade-green water all year round. Many high mountain ranges surround the lake and there is a strip of land running out into the middle of the lake, creating an interesting landscape amidst the vast wilderness.
Each season, Tonle Sap Lake has different majestic beauty. In the dry season, the water dries up, the lake bed reveals fertile basalt strips, attracting many species of rare birds to gather here to feed. During the rainy season, the water rises in the lake, creating big waves that hit the shore like ocean waves.
The annual Lunar New Year is the best time of the year to see Tonle Sap Lake. The weather is changing to a chilly spring, the lake water is clear and the flower trees are budding, giving visitors a feeling of relaxation and peace. At this time on a new day, the dawn floats in the mist, shimmering on the magical lake surface like a painting.
At sunset, the sun falls on Tonle Sap Lake through the canopy of ancient pine trees, creating a poetic scene, a charming moment, seemingly holding tourists back to the mountains and forests of the Central Highlands.
Bien Ho has a fresh, cool climate all year round, and is considered by experts to be the most beautiful natural lake in the Central Highlands region. According to scientific research, Tonle Sap is an ancient volcanic crater that was active millions of years ago. As for the ethnic minorities here, Bien Ho is associated with many interesting legends about love between couples and warm family affection in the mountains and forests of Gia Lai.
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: 22/11/2023
Minh Thu