Highland Eco Tours
Highland Eco Tours
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8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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Weiffen
Singapore, Singapore23 contributions
Apr 2022 • Couples
Highlight of Kon Tum was our time with Mr Manh, who customized a tour for us that brought us to learn about the Jarai, Banar, Xo Dang, and Mo Nang ethnic communities in Kon Tum and Mang Den. He was really thoughtful about communication, meals, and transport, and even helped us with getting our bus back to Da Nang. He knows the best local food, and is able to identify all the local plants and crops as well. We’ll always remember fondly his love for kem!
Written May 2, 2022
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jp g
Brussels, Belgium3 contributions
Dec 2022 • Couples
Interessing visit , one day trip visiting the local communities. Mr Huynh speaks very well english and french.recommended for people staying a few days, the city in itself has nothing much attractive.
Written December 31, 2022
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Paraic Garry
Phnom Penh, Cambodia2 contributions
Mar 2020
I did a 2 day/1 night cultural tour where I biked around the beautiful countryside around Kon Tum and visited interesting, friendly and charming minority tribe villages. I stayed in a lovely homestay in one of the villages and got a delicious and plentiful dinner and breakfast there, as well as another lunch on the road. My guide, Nhi was very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Her English is excellent and she speaks several languages of the local tribes as well as Vietnamese. Even when the tour was finishes, the company was very helpful and kind, inviting me to other events in the town and allowing me to use their motorbike. It was an incredible trip and great value for money! The airport in Pleiku is also very nice and small and easy to go through.
Written March 10, 2020
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Milamalou
Belgium11 contributions
May 2016 • Solo
I had an amazing 2 day tour with my guide Bom visiting minority villages. It was a top experience in my 2 weeks holiday in Southern Vietnam. Once we left the city of Kontum, we saw zero tourists, but oh so many amazing things. It was local life, but baffling to me. Exactly what I came for.
The manager of Highland Eco Tours, Mr Man, visited me at my hotel the night of my arrival to discuss my wishes : off the beaten track, homestay, see different minority villages. My flight out of Kontum was 3 days later, but Mr Man advised that I would see everything I came for in 2 days.
The first day, Bom and I did a trekking to her home village. She is a farmer's daughter and taught me many interesting things about the crops we saw. She showed me how to pick berries very high up the tree with a stick. She told me about the difficulties of the rain season, eating rats (only the rural ones ! never in the city !), the catholic churches, marriage, orphans... all very interesting. In the evening, I was invited to the family dinner, consisting of what Bom would have cooked if I had not been there. The fish in tomatoes with manioc leaves was delicious. I also tasted the home brewed banana wine. I stayed overnight in a space for tourists attached to her house, a space built with natural products (bamboo, leaves,...). I have slept in 8 different places in Vietnam, and slept the best in Bom's place.
The next day I sat in the back of Bom's scooter and we visited villages of different minorities. Bom told me about the specificities of the different ethnic groups. We walked on the very small paths in the rice paddies and over tiny bridges. We saw the inside of a communal house, a cemetery , children swimming over the river with the cattle, and having fun jumping on and off the animals in the water, ... We had a very cheap, but oh so tasty lunch of spring rolls in the city of Kontum. And Bom recommended another , absolutely excellent place for dinner.
Bom speaks English well and was a great companion. We had lots of fun and I had an incredible local life experience.
The manager of Highland Eco Tours, Mr Man, visited me at my hotel the night of my arrival to discuss my wishes : off the beaten track, homestay, see different minority villages. My flight out of Kontum was 3 days later, but Mr Man advised that I would see everything I came for in 2 days.
The first day, Bom and I did a trekking to her home village. She is a farmer's daughter and taught me many interesting things about the crops we saw. She showed me how to pick berries very high up the tree with a stick. She told me about the difficulties of the rain season, eating rats (only the rural ones ! never in the city !), the catholic churches, marriage, orphans... all very interesting. In the evening, I was invited to the family dinner, consisting of what Bom would have cooked if I had not been there. The fish in tomatoes with manioc leaves was delicious. I also tasted the home brewed banana wine. I stayed overnight in a space for tourists attached to her house, a space built with natural products (bamboo, leaves,...). I have slept in 8 different places in Vietnam, and slept the best in Bom's place.
The next day I sat in the back of Bom's scooter and we visited villages of different minorities. Bom told me about the specificities of the different ethnic groups. We walked on the very small paths in the rice paddies and over tiny bridges. We saw the inside of a communal house, a cemetery , children swimming over the river with the cattle, and having fun jumping on and off the animals in the water, ... We had a very cheap, but oh so tasty lunch of spring rolls in the city of Kontum. And Bom recommended another , absolutely excellent place for dinner.
Bom speaks English well and was a great companion. We had lots of fun and I had an incredible local life experience.
Written June 19, 2016
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vietnor2016
Sandnes, Norway147 contributions
Mar 2018 • Solo
I cannot write enough complimentary accounts of our tour of the Central Highlands. My son & I had a 3 day battlefield tour that included visits to mountagnards & local attractions.
I had been searching the internet for a guide or agency to help revisit old battlefields. Online Booking was easy.
We scheduled dates we would be in Kontum during our 3 weeks in Vietnam. Then contacted Eco Tours to confirm dates, price & itinerary. Itinerary was flexible and open to suggestions. We had excellent communication several times even during TET. We were picked up at agreed time & place in Pleiku. Once the tour ended we were delivered to the bus station.
My main objective was revisiting areas where I served in 1967-68, Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku, Kontum, Ben Het, Dak To as well as local villages and places of historical interest. We visited nearly all these places. We heard stories for every place we visited. Our guides knowledge of Vietnam history and battles were fascinating. We visited cemeteries and had tea with the old NVA (Vietnamese) soldiers.
We visited Bill, a Montagnard, who played an electric guitar and sang Hey Jude as well as many other old songs. We beat on the drums, had tea & "snake" juice. We left on top of the world. Also another village and watched them weave cloth.
Based on my experience, I could advise anyone to visit Vietnam, especially this off the beaten track The Central Highlands. It is a beautiful country with friendly people.
I had been searching the internet for a guide or agency to help revisit old battlefields. Online Booking was easy.
We scheduled dates we would be in Kontum during our 3 weeks in Vietnam. Then contacted Eco Tours to confirm dates, price & itinerary. Itinerary was flexible and open to suggestions. We had excellent communication several times even during TET. We were picked up at agreed time & place in Pleiku. Once the tour ended we were delivered to the bus station.
My main objective was revisiting areas where I served in 1967-68, Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku, Kontum, Ben Het, Dak To as well as local villages and places of historical interest. We visited nearly all these places. We heard stories for every place we visited. Our guides knowledge of Vietnam history and battles were fascinating. We visited cemeteries and had tea with the old NVA (Vietnamese) soldiers.
We visited Bill, a Montagnard, who played an electric guitar and sang Hey Jude as well as many other old songs. We beat on the drums, had tea & "snake" juice. We left on top of the world. Also another village and watched them weave cloth.
Based on my experience, I could advise anyone to visit Vietnam, especially this off the beaten track The Central Highlands. It is a beautiful country with friendly people.
Written April 17, 2018
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Stephanie K
31 contributions
Jun 2017 • Solo
I see that most references (but not all) are good, so I am a bit sad to write a rather negative one. I arrived by myself at the office to inform myself about possible tours the coming 1-2 days. I got a not very clear description of 2 possibilities with a drawing on the office-board. No paper information, no price list. I still booked a day tour and was told that it is from 8:30 am to 5/5: 30 pm. He fetched me at my guesthouse by motorbike and we drove . He made different breaks to show something , but I would have liked to have more informations, more explaining and orientation where we'll go next , culture, people, landscape , agriculture... He liked to talk about women and told me that a costumer who asked many questions annoyed him. For lunch he took me to any food place (I would have expected local highland food) and ordered two dishes and the little hike he told me about in this office did never happen. He told me to make 1 hour brake because we were fast. So we had I hour break after lunch and still we was finished with showing around 1,5 hours before the end. I told him to continue with some guiding because so much time was left even with 1 hour siesta-break. So we went to another village where he spoke in local language with the people and I went with the children because he didn't include me or translate their conversation. After all I had the impression that he wanted more driving around a younger tay woman than guiding, explaining ...
Written June 20, 2017
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Ilari N
2 contributions
Jan 2017 • Couples
Me and my partner went on an overnight trek from Kon Tum. The journey was a bit different than in the description, which said we would go by motorbike to the village Kon Kotu and start walking from there. Actually we started walking from the hotel and spent the morning on the way to the village, about half of that was quite boring walking along the road. In the afternoon we walked a few kilometers onwards, had a lunch on the riverside and then took a 15-20 minutes boatride back to Kon Kotu. The village seemed to be quite a tourist destination, there were a few other trekkers and a bigger tour group. Homestay in which we spent the night was more like a very basic tourist hotel than what I would call a homestay. Our guide was friendly and spoke decent english but didn't help much at making any contact with local people. Picnic lunch was unsatisfying, same with breakfast on the following morning, but the dinner was quite good. For the 24-hour period we were provided merely one liter of drinking water each.
Written January 2, 2017
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Jehu
Dubai, United Arab Emirates531 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
My opinion on this place is based in a comparison to all similar places we visited during our three week journey in Vietnam.
We were lucky to have Mr. Huynh as our guide for a day to visit several minority villages around Kon Tum. He knows the area very well since he was born there, gives good explanation with all sorts of details and, what's more, we had with him one of the best local meals in Vietnam. It was all ready for us in a minority village, inside a rural house of bahnar people. A delightful experience I will never forget and I consider it to be one of the highlights of our trip. No words needed, loved everything.
It was all inclusive in the price he gave us for the day and, I have to say, compared to the price of another guide who was suggested by my travel guide book, Mr. Huynh offers much more for less and, very important, he knows how to speak bahnar language because he is from the area and you will have the chance to interact with the people. We had an unforgettable day..! So I strongly recommend you this experience!
We were lucky to have Mr. Huynh as our guide for a day to visit several minority villages around Kon Tum. He knows the area very well since he was born there, gives good explanation with all sorts of details and, what's more, we had with him one of the best local meals in Vietnam. It was all ready for us in a minority village, inside a rural house of bahnar people. A delightful experience I will never forget and I consider it to be one of the highlights of our trip. No words needed, loved everything.
It was all inclusive in the price he gave us for the day and, I have to say, compared to the price of another guide who was suggested by my travel guide book, Mr. Huynh offers much more for less and, very important, he knows how to speak bahnar language because he is from the area and you will have the chance to interact with the people. We had an unforgettable day..! So I strongly recommend you this experience!
Written September 7, 2014
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dashanedho
Copenhagen Region, Denmark41 contributions
Feb 2019 • Friends
Kontum was the destination because of the possibility to visit villages of different ethnic minorities. Actually one can visit them on foot or by bike independently. Only in this way one doesn't learn hardly anything because of the language barrier. Therefore we looked for a guide and found very good reviews of this company. Originally we wanted to go for a three day trek but because it was unusually hot for February (31± degrees), we agreed on one day hike and two days motorcycle tour. Very well worth for the money (all rates are clearly mentioned on the website) because of the conversation we had with both guides: Ní, a Bahnar girl who walked with us through the mostly Bahnar villages, and Mr. Huynh, the owner of the agency, poet, ex literature teacher, polyglot and beer lover.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
Written February 23, 2019
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Subhyatrafr
Paris, France29 contributions
Mar 2013 • Couples
We have done a 2 days treck (one day of trekking into the jungle, homestay and second day was driving around in minority villages).
- Banh was our guide. She speaks a very good enligh as well as banhar, the language of the communities where she is from. She was great about telling us about the place. She told us stories and legends about the place and people. She really tried to make the trekking interessting.
- The homestay was great as we had our own room and with an access to the bathroom. The dinner was exellent.
- During the second day, we visited using motorbike some villages around and she kept on telling and explaining about all of this.
On top of this, this company wants to help the communities and pay, according to the manager, more the communities that perform the home stay. A two day trip is expensive but worth it.
Last advise : for the trekking, make sure you mentionned how is the forest and if you will be in the forest or on the field (eventually burning). The villlagers perform burning of the forest to grow manioc and a trek into a jungle of smoke, while interesting, is probably not what you are looking for.
- Banh was our guide. She speaks a very good enligh as well as banhar, the language of the communities where she is from. She was great about telling us about the place. She told us stories and legends about the place and people. She really tried to make the trekking interessting.
- The homestay was great as we had our own room and with an access to the bathroom. The dinner was exellent.
- During the second day, we visited using motorbike some villages around and she kept on telling and explaining about all of this.
On top of this, this company wants to help the communities and pay, according to the manager, more the communities that perform the home stay. A two day trip is expensive but worth it.
Last advise : for the trekking, make sure you mentionned how is the forest and if you will be in the forest or on the field (eventually burning). The villlagers perform burning of the forest to grow manioc and a trek into a jungle of smoke, while interesting, is probably not what you are looking for.
Written March 31, 2013
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
vietnor2016
Sandnes, Norway147 contributions
I am planning yo take this tour in March 2018: KT_011B: BATTLEFIELD ĐAKTÔ/ BEN HET/ PLEI KLENG
I read Julie's account of a battlefield tour but not much detail mentioned. Also I see no mention by Trip Advisor on this particular website even tho the website looks genuine. Would appreciate some feedback from Julie and attraction staff.
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