GUNUNG · Vietnam

Ngọc Linh

Núi Ngọc Linh / Khối núi Ngọc Linh

Information

Elevation: 2.598 m
Country: Vietnam (VN)
Location / Range: Pegunungan Annam / Trường Sơn Nam, dataran tinggi perbatasan Kon Tum–Quảng Nam (Tây Nguyên)
Mountain type: Puncak pegunungan non-vulkanik (batuan orogenik Pegunungan Annam)
Volcanic?: No (non-volcanic)
Coordinates: 15.0667, 107.9833
Difficulty: Sedang–berat (trekking terpencil menembus hutan lebat tanpa jalur mapan, umumnya perlu pemandu lokal)
Best Season: Musim kemarau, sekitar Desember–April (jalur lebih kering; masih sering lembap & berkabut)
Permits & Rules: Kawasan konservasi terpencil; sebagian zona budidaya sâm Ngọc Linh dibatasi. Umumnya memakai pemandu/porter lokal dari desa sekitar
Hazards: Hutan lebat & mudah tersesat tanpa jalur jelas, lintah, medan licin dan basah, suhu dingin serta kabut tebal di puncak, keterpencilan (evakuasi sulit)

Description

Ngọc Linh (a Sino-Vietnamese name meaning 'Jade Mountain') is the highest peak of the southern Annamite Range (Trường Sơn Nam) and the second-highest mountain in Vietnam after Fansipan, at about 2,598–2,605 m. It rises on the Kon Tum–Quảng Nam highland border in the Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) and is the highest point of all central and southern Vietnam. The Ngọc Linh massif acts as a watershed divide between rivers flowing west to the Sê San (a Mekong tributary) and those flowing east directly to the East Sea. The area is renowned as the only natural habitat of Ngọc Linh ginseng (Vietnamese ginseng, Panax vietnamensis), a rare and highly valued medicinal plant. Reaching the summit requires a multi-day remote trek through damp, often mist-shrouded montane forest, far from any established tourist trail.

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Routes

Trekking hutan dari sisi Kon Tum (Đắk Glei / Tu Mơ Rông)

Sedang–berat

Sekitar 2–3 hari (1–2 malam berkemah)

The common route up Ngọc Linh sets off from villages on the Kon Tum side (the Đắk Glei or Tu Mơ Rông area), pushing through dense montane forest toward the roughly 2,600 m summit. Because there is no established tourist trail and the terrain is easy to lose one's way in, climbers almost always use local guides and porters, camp in the forest, then make a summit push. The trail is often wet, slippery, leech-ridden and misty, with cold temperatures at altitude.

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Climbing Experiences

Ngọc Linh (about 2,598–2,605 m), Vietnam's second-highest mountain, is reached by a multi-day remote trek through the damp, often misty montane forest of the Central Highlands on the Kon Tum–Quảng Nam border, usually with local guides and porters. The videos below document that climbing experience — from pushing through dense jungle and camping to reaching the summit marker — along with the context of an area famous as the home of Ngọc Linh ginseng.

References

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