Waterfalls loop
By motorbike, 130 km
Time: 8–9 hoursCost: 350–450k₫ + bikeRented scooter, 120–180k a day plus ~80k fuel
What makes the range.
The big one is Datanla Falls, 50–80k₫ (+coaster). Free: Linh An Pagoda. Getting around: Rented scooter, 120–180k a day plus ~80k fuel.
Hard rule. Hard rule: be off the mountain roads before dark. Unlit hairpins, no shoulders, cattle and trucks. Plan to be home by 17:30.
Stops by the hour
Datanla Falls
50–80k₫ (+coaster)
08:00 · 1–1.5h
Warm up with the alpine coaster before the queues build.
Elephant Falls via Ta Nung Pass
20–50k₫
10:00 · 1h
The pass is the best short ride out of Da Lat — hairpins, coffee terraces, pine ridges.
Linh An Pagoda
Free
11:15 · 30m
Twenty metres from the Elephant Falls gate, with a 24-metre laughing Buddha.
Lunch in Nam Ban town
~80k₫
12:00 · 45m
Small silk-weaving town. Point at what looks good — no English menus out here.
Pongour Falls
20–30k₫
14:00 · 1.5h
The payoff. Seven tiers, a hundred metres wide, the most photogenic falls in the province.
Return via QL20
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by 17:30
Straight road home. Fuel up before you leave Duc Trong.
When to go. Dry season, Nov–Apr. Skip it in heavy rain.