Dankia Lake - Golden River 

Dankia Lake - Golden River is 17km north-west of Dalat city, in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province.

History of Dankia Lake


Before 1919, on Lang Biang Plateau there were many villages of Lach (Lac, Lat, M'Lates) and Chil (Chin, Cil), the largest of which was Dan Kia village on the Da Don river. Dan Kia comes from "Dang Ja" meaning grass hill.

Dan Kia lake in Da Lat

On the afternoon of June 21, 1893, after coming to the area of Da Lat, Doctor Alexandre Yersin crossed the Da Don River to Dan Kia and slept there a night and returned to Riong (today's Lam Ha district).

Receiving Doumer's private letter, on July 19, 1897, Dr. Yersin wrote a letter introducing Lang Biang Plateau to establish a resort and proposed to select Dan Kia.

Da Lat Gold Spring lake

At present, visit the Dan Kia - Suoi Vang lake area, visitors also can visit the Golden Valley, Ankroet waterfall, gold river dam, Dan Kia lake. Visitors also see the panoramic view of Dan Kia - Suoi Vang lake on the Radar Mountain summit of (1950m high) in Lang Biang tourist sight.