Conquering “the roof of Da Lat”

[nguyen to loan]

Lang Biang is the highest mountain in Lam Vien plateau with 2,167 meters above sea level. The mountain is in Lac Duong (Lam Dong) and is about 12 kilometers far from Da Lat city. The moutain’s name - Lang Biang - has origin from the love story of K’Lang and H’Biang. 

Tragic story

According to the legend, K’Lang is in Lat tribe and H’Biang is in Cil tribe. K’Lang chanced on H’Lang when they went for  hunting and picking fruits in the forest. When H’Lang got in an accident, K’Lang bravely saved her from the flock of wolves. Therefore, they esteemed and loved each other. However, because of the curse between two tribes, H’Biang could not get married to K’Lang. However, they still tried to  overcome all of strict customs to be able to live together. When they became husband and wife, they were chased by their family, so they went to a hilltop to earn their living.

When H’Biang got sick, K’Lang found all treatment methods but H’Biang did not recover. He had to come back his tribe to tell them her illness and find a way to save her. Unluckily, H’Biang died because of saving K’Lang from the poisoned arrow of their tribe.

K’Lang cried a lot after his lover’s death. His tear flowed into a big stream, now it calls Da Nhim (crying stream). Then he died. After K’Lang and H’Biang’s deaths, H’Biang’s father were very regretful, he decided to united two tribes into a tribe called K’Ho. Lang Biang has been chosen to be the symbol of Da Lat city.

Conquering the top

With the guide of Hot Ha Sien, in the first stage, we conquered the hill “Yen Ngua”. When being 650 meters far from the hilltop, we had a challenge with the abrupt mountain slope. Ha Sien said: “Thanks to JICA (Japan), this section of the road was built stairs to be easier to travel”. After an hour and 45 minutes, we reached the roof of Da Lat at the height of 2,167 meters. The top of mountain area is only about 50 square meters. People took some photos with the landmark and Da Lat panorama.

To travellers who are not brave enough to conquer the top of 2,176 meters, they can turn left from the ranger station to go to the top of radar at the height of 1,950 meters. There are the symbols of K’Lang and H’Biang, catering service and photography here.

To someone being lazy of walking, they can go to the service of hiring a Jeep in the mountain foot with 240,000 VND. Beside a hillside near the foot of mountain, there is a 100-year valley that is designed as an eco-tourism area.

Lang Biang is an interesting destination for going for a picnic, adventuring, exploring the nature and the local people’s culture.

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