Do you love adventure and going outside your comfort zone? Go canyoning in Dalat! I thought it was the ultimate adventure and went outside my comfort zone. That’s what made this day so amazing. Jumping from an unprecedented height, sliding down natural slides and hiking through the nature of Vietnam. What more could you want?
I can recommend everyone to go canyoning in Dalat!
The Town of Da Lạt, Vietnam
I went to Dalat, in the mountains of Vietnam. Đà Lat is the capital of Lâm Đồng province and is in the highlands of Vietnam. The city has an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level. Đà Lat is very popular with tourists because of its cooler climate and great surroundings. There are many tourist attractions such as the flowers, wine and vegetables that are grown there. But a cable car in the mountains is also an important attraction.
The Street Scene in Dalat
I thought it was a very nice little town. The center has, like every Asian place, many small shops and restaurants. When you go down you come to a large covered market and if you walk a bit further you come to the large lake. The markets are of course always fun to visit, this market was largely covered, I bought some delicious sweets there for the bus to Nha Trang 🙂
Canyoning in Dalat – Vietnam
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Tip: Later that evening I went to the market again and sat by Xuan Huong Lake with a nice warm cup of kumquat tea!! Blue Lake restaurant offers you a wonderful view over the lake.
That morning when I went canyoning in Dalat, I was at the office early after a nice pancake breakfast, I could hardly wait to start 🙂 We had a group of 6 and that’s ideal. Not too big and therefore not waiting too long for each other 🙂
You do have to keep in mind that you wear open sandals or sneakers that get wet. Regular flip-flops really won’t work, you’ll lose those on the first descent in a waterfall.
The Ultimate Adventure – Canyoning in Dalat, Vietnam
Safety – Canyoning in Vietnam
After we arrived at the starting point, we first got a lesson on how to properly secure yourself to the rope. They taught us the knots and explained how to use them. Then we got a dry lesson in descending a small wall. So you got the feeling of how to hold the rope, how fast you have to let it slide through your hand to experience how fast you descend 🙂
I thought it was all very professional and it gave me confidence in the instructors and in this already great, sunny day!
Abseiling and Slides
The instructors were two men, these were also the first sporty Vietnamese men I saw. They even looked attractive because of that and I hadn’t experienced that before 🙂
From one waterfall to the next waterfall we of course had to walk through the river 🙂
What an adventure! Canyoning in Dalat
We walked a bit before we arrived at the first descent. Here we would slide down… It was a smooth rock and they had figured out that this was the slide. The instructors showed how we should sit, lie down or whatever pose they had come up with and then they let us go and we slid down.
I went once sitting, lying with my head first 🙂 and the last time together with another person. It was really fun to do!
With a Spanish guy going down the waterfall
It was really fun in the water – Dalat, Vietnam
Well-Organized Lunch
Before we really continued with the canyoning we got lunch, at the top of the big waterfall. They had brought a delicious healthy lunch with them and for us it was time to rest for a while and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
The Real Work During Canyoning in Dalat
Descending in the Waterfall!
So after lunch the real work could begin. They gave a good explanation of how we would slowly go down the waterfall and then at the end we had to let go and drop into the water. I thought it was amazing!
At the top of the waterfall, the water of course has considerable force and splashes high against you, amazing! I was still a bit afraid that I would slip but slowly I started leaning back more and more. Before I knew it, I was over the point that makes it a bit scary, that you have to hang in the rope and therefore have to trust that you won’t fall.
When you look back, it’s quite high!
When you’re at that point, you can hardly see anything anymore because so much water splashes against you that you can only go down slowly. I went nicely, step by step further and the water became a bit less and I could see something again!
Suddenly I heard the instructors shouting… I had to let go of the rope and let myself fall!
I looked down and saw that it was still quite high…
I didn’t want to let myself fall…
I was afraid that if I just let myself fall I might scrape along the rocks.
I had to let myself fall? Seriously?
I didn’t really want to but had to anyway… There’s no option back when you’re standing there… hanging… So I pushed off well and let go of the rope without thinking about it further…
It was so cool!
The Washing Machine – Canyoning in Vietnam
The last waterfall they had named “The washing machine.”
We had to descend into it and it was very steep down so at some point you were hanging from the rope. When you then get into the water, the section was so narrow between the rocks that the water takes you along and washes you completely clean 🙂 After that you had to swim to the side again, which was also quite a challenge. I also enjoyed this descent twice! If you’re there anyway, you have to make the most of it, right?
Outside Your Comfort Zone – 6 Meter Jump
Finally, we had to jump off a rock, 6 meters high! I had never jumped from that high before and when you’re standing there it’s REALLY high! But when I had done it, I thought it was actually good to go again…
And so I just jumped again 🙂
It was a really great day! The group was also super fun. Everyone in the group crossed a boundary, from descending the biggest waterfall, to swimming or jumping from 6 meters high!
I love such challenges!
And of course, huge thanks to the instructors for taking these amazing photos!
Staying in Dalat
Check out this nice Pi Boutique Hotel. Super nicely decorated and has free bikes for you to borrow. It’s located more than 1.5km from the lake so you can take the bike and go exploring in the city.
Take on the ultimate adventure and book your canyoning trip in Dalat!
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