The first French tea plantation in Gia Lai

The first French tea plantation in Gia Lai

Established 100 years ago, Bien Ho tea plantation is an ideal place for nature lovers and virtual live photography.

The tea plantation was built in the 1920s on the territory of Chu Pah district, about 13 km from Pleiku city center. Located on the north side of the lake (Lake T'Nung), this place is also known as Lake Ho lake.

This is the first French tea plantation in Gia Lai. Pictures of green tea in the morning light.

Many visitors say that the lake is one of the most indispensable stops in Gia Lai. Standing tall, you will be able to capture the fresh green of the tea leaves in the vast space.

Follow the red dirt road, you can smell the tea leaves in the wind. The proper time to visit this place is early morning, when the dew still stands on the grass under the sunrise.

Come here, do not forget to discover Lake T'Nung is like "Pleiku eyes". This natural freshwater lake is a large fish farm of the Central Highlands. The area around the lake is inhabited by birds of prey, gezi, le le, geese ...

You can also rent a boat to float in the lake.

Another interesting experience is wandering around the surrounding small trails, where there is a long, green passage.


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Go through tea hills, you have the opportunity to visit the sacred pagoda Buu Minh. The temple was rebuilt from a small am and is an important religious activity of the people here.

The temple is located on an area of ​​more than 500 m2, about 50 meters high, surrounded by tea fields.

Leading to the tea hill there is a small road, the two sides pine needle. The road is called the Korean road by the romantic scene.

Unique wooden church over 100 years old in Kon Tum

Unique wooden church over 100 years old in Kon Tum

Nestled in the midst of the evergreen forest, the wooden church of 100 years old  is always a pride of Kon Tum people.

Situated on the romantic and green Dak Dung River, Kon Tum is always the destination of many travelers who like to explore the unspoiled nature of the great green forest and the ancient features of the stilted houses. Ba Na people, including a 100 year old church called Kon Tum Cathedral.
Coming to the city is known as Kon Tum mountaineer, from where visitors will find the wooden church bell tower with warm brown horned up to the blue sky. An ancient and beautiful monument in Kon Tum, the Cathedral Court is always marked in the tourist map of many tourists when coming to this young and dynamic highland city.

The overall standing of the wooden church. Picture: Cbs.

The main church is named after the wooden church because this unique building was built entirely of wood, designed with classic Roman architecture combined with the traditional stilt house style of bronze. Ba Na here. Started by a French priest from 1913 to early 1918, it was completed and put into use until now. Today, the building has become a symbol of the Central Highlands, the pride of the people of Kon Tum and always has a strong attraction for visitors to the highlands.

Inside the cathedral. Photo: Ihay


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The work was made entirely of a characteristic wood, which is a stilt wood and walls, walls made of soil mixed with straw, not using reinforced concrete and even mortar to paint plaster. The church's façade is divided into four twenty-four-storey towers, four main columns and two sub-pillars linked together to form a small, Rounded glass windows with concentric joists are perfectly arranged to give the window an eye for the church. At the top of the tower is a tall wooden cross, showing the majesty and eternity of the church.

The chapel of the church consists of four 12-meter high wooden columns that run from the front to the dressing room, and the two large columns create a large, high and airy space. The two pillars outside the wall are two sub-rooms with lower ceilings, all four rows of pillars on sturdy stone platforms that withstood the time, supporting the weight of the cathedral.

Inside the church there are many small columns linked together by wooden arches to form arches to support the windows as if hugging everyone in the heart of the church. Inside the cathedral are many colored glass door frames painted in the bible, these frames both work to get natural light and create a magnificent splendor for the cathedral. The wooden pillars in the church, though not meticulously carved, meticulous but the pattern with the strong, liberal lines have shown the temperament of compatriots in the Central Highlands.

The majestic, ancient of the church. Picture: Thanh Tuyet.

For nearly a century, under the sun, the wind of the Central Highlands church still stands firmly under time and is a popular tourist attraction of Kon Tum city. Guests can visit the Kon Tum wooden church at any time of the year. If you come to the season of blooming flowers, on the way to the church you will see the rosy, white color of the flowers to add splendor Kon Tum.

If you come on Christmas period, you will see thousands of full-fledged parishioners who come to the church, who stay on the right vacant lot for a week to attend the ceremony. These are busy church days, full of life with bustling shopping. Of course, in this market there are many handicraft products from the village brought to sell. And if you go to church on a regular day, will meet the silence of a church. The two sides of the church at the time of the ceremony is a place for the laity to pray, this is the place for students to review the lesson.

Coming to Kon Tum, besides admiring the uniqueness of the wooden church, you can also enjoy the special dishes of the Central Highlands such as rice, leaf salad, grilled chicken with black shoots and jars of wine. the forest.

Highlights of Kon Tum

Highlights of Kon Tum 

Wooden church, Kon Tum prison, Kon K'lor suspension bridge are places in Kon Tum city that you can not miss.

The road leading to the bishopric of Kon Tum - one of the typical buildings in this highland city. The bishop's house was built in 1936, with Western architecture combined with the local culture of the Central Highlands.

Prior to 1975, this work included the Kon Tum missionary seminary, where the diocesan priests were trained. Not only is it a religious site, the Kon Tum bishopric is now an indispensable destination for tourists with its unique green space and architecture.

The statue of Mary is one of the highlights in the episcopal court when it combines the images of women in the Central Highlands with their hips on their backs and their children in their hands. This is the best evidence for the harmony of religion in the highlands.

Within the bishop's house is the wooden church - the most beautiful church in Kon Tum and the Central Highlands. Over the course of more than a century, the building stood as a religious symbol for Kon Tum. Not only attractive, many couples also come here for impressive wedding photos.

The wooden church is a combination of Roman architecture and traditional style building, characterized by the long houses of the Bana. The most unique feature is that most of the buildings are built of wood, creating a sense of closeness and bearing the Highlands.

Leaving the wooden church, visitors run to the area of ​​the Dak bok river to admire the beauty of the Kon K'lor Rong - considered as the largest cultural Rong Tay Nguyen. However, the Rong house was burnt so the work was restored with modifications compared to the old one.

Across the Dak Bla River is the Kon K'lor suspension bridge, the largest suspension bridge in Kon Tum province. Suspended suspension bridge for trade, travel of ethnic people in the city area. In the dry season, you can go down the river and watch Kon K'lor suspension bridge from below.

Not far from the Kon K'lor Rong house is the Rong house of the surrounding villages being erected. Kon Tum is one of the few localities to advocate for the restoration of traditional Rong houses with more and more Rong houses serving for their community activities.

If you have time, visitors should spend some time exploring the Kon Tum Museum. This is a place to display many valuable objects about the beauty of people and the Central Highlands. At the same time, there is a set of endemic specimens of the Central Highlands, suitable for visitors who like to explore and learn nature.

Situated near the Kon Tum Museum is the Kon Tum prison, which held many patriotic soldiers during the resistance war against the French. In the prison compound there are two mass graves next to the Dak Blar River.

Before the end of the journey, do not forget to visit Indochina Café on the embankment, overlooking the Dak Blak river. This impressive building was built of bamboo and supported by 15 giant bamboo sticks. The work was nominated for the "Building of the Year" category in the American Archdaily magazine.


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