Jun Village

Jun Village (Buon Jun) is a traditional M'Nong ethnic village located on the shore of Lak Lake in Lien Son town, Lak District, Dak Lak Province, about 56 km south of Buon Ma Thuot. Known for its long stilt houses, dugout canoes and cultural heritage, the village offers insight into Central Highlands traditions. It is a popular base for exploring Lak Lake and experiencing local architecture, crafts, gong music and community-based tourism.

Visitors can expect a lakeside settlement of traditional long stilt houses made of wood and bamboo along Lak Lake. The village has narrow paths, communal yards, and views of the lake with dugout canoes moored at the shore. Visitors can walk through the village, observe traditional architecture and daily life, visit homestays, see handicrafts, and arrange dugout canoe rides on Lak Lake or guided cultural experiences including gong performances.

Jun Village is a long-established settlement of the M'Nong people, one of the indigenous groups of the Central Highlands. The village preserves traditional longhouse architecture where extended families live together, reflecting historical settlement patterns around Lak Lake and the region's agrarian and fishing traditions.

The village is a center for M'Nong cultural heritage, including stilt-house architecture, weaving, dugout canoe making, and the Central Highlands gong culture. It represents community-based cultural tourism and maintains traditional customs, festivals and crafts of the M'Nong community living around Lak Lake.