Kontum Overview
The remote Kon Tum province is located in the northern most region of Vietnam’s Central Highland area. It shares the common border with Laos, Cambodia on the west, with Quang Nam province on the north, Gia Lai province on the south and Quang Ngai province on the east. 50% of the province’s area is forest with valuable species of plants and birds.
Coming to Kontum, travelers enjoy mountainous landscapes such as Chu Mon Ray Primitive Forest, Ngoc Linh Mountain, Dak Tre Tourist Site, and Dak To Hot Spring. Visitors are interested in historical relics such as Kontum Former Prison, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Dak Glei Prison, Dak To, Tan Canh Battle Field.
Travelers would observe beautiful wooden stilt houses in Ba Na villages and Communal House (Nha Rong) that only be found in villages on the north of the Central Highlands.