Talking about the sights of Dak Lak, people will immediately think of the three legendary waterfall clusters Dray Nur, Dray Sap and Gia Long, but few people know that only a few steps away is a Virgin waterfall also has a beauty. majestic and lyrical no less.
On the Krong No river – a tributary of the Serepok river, in Ea T’Ling commune, Cu Jut district, the border between Dak Lak and Dak Nong provinces, and about 20km from the center of Buon Ma Thuot city, there is a Trinh waterfall. Women with poetic beauty and many interesting entertainment activities are becoming an attractive eco-tourism destination in the Central Highlands.
Interesting legend about the Virgin Waterfall
Legend has it that in the past, in this land, a beautiful Ede daughter was in the spring, her parents forced her to marry a rich old chief. Although she was determined to resist, she still did not receive the consensus, so resentful she planted herself in a river on the Krong No river to keep her love for her loved one.
Strangely, it seemed that her sacrifice had touched the god of the river, so the river where she left off suddenly flowed violently, rushing into the rocks, releasing white foam and making a sounding roar. Who resent like the cry of the girl. Since then, villagers have given this place a unique name ” Virgin Mary “.
Fast flowing water emits noises like resentment
The majestic and wild beauty of the Virgin Waterfall
The first impression when arriving at the Virgin waterfall is that even though we are only a few hundred meters away we can hear the rumbling water, combined with the sound of cicadas and birds singing in the bushes. into a melodious forest song attracting the footsteps of tourists to admire.
And then following the stone steps leading downwards, appearing before our eyes is an extremely magnificent and wild landscape of sprawling rocks, stretching hundreds of meters along the two sides of the stream, sometimes blue water The gentle jade gropes through the rock, but there are sections where it is like anger flowed and fastened surprisingly.
The scene is very wild and majestic (Photo @jenny_thefiretiger)
Moreover, the Virgin Falls does not have white water flowing straight down from above like a soft silk strip like other waterfalls but just a river rapids. But in return its highlight lies in giant basalt rocks whose geological age is expected to be from 2 to 5 million years ago.
Accordingly, the rocks also have many impressive strange shapes: there is a standing stone leaning against the vertical rock, forming a large cluster like a group of people gathering “eight” stories, some of which are contemplating. stand alone, watching the clouds and thinking about life. In addition, some are overlapping to form deep caves or winding like a solid neck, some are smooth as toads exposed in the sun, but also ruffled. angle like a salamander slowly crawling ashore …
Stone has many shapes (Photo Fb Tuyet Nghi Duong)
In addition to the typical dark gray, they also embellish many different colors such as white, blue, yellow … reflecting the sunlight through the clear water becomes sparkling and iridescent like crystal. Thereby, it can be seen that nature must favor the Virgin Falls stream so much so that it can create such outstanding works of art.
Stone with many colors (Photo @duong_xuan_phi)
Revealing an interesting point is that the Geological Museum is applying for recognition of this basalt area as a geological heritage and building a geopark here, so surely their uniqueness will make you Get away from surprise to delight for viewing.
Memorable experiences at Trinh Nu waterfall
To see and feel all the different mysterious beauty of each section of Dak Lak Trinh Nu waterfall , visitors should go along winding roads and solid rock steps. When you are tired, stop on the giant rocks under the lush green primitive trees to rest and listen to the murmur of water, the murmur of leaves and the soft sound of the garden. mellow wind.
Relax under the trees and watch the falls (Photo @ win.ttkq)
In particular, because this place has been exploited by Dak Lak Tourism Company to become a tourist area with a scale of about 100 hectares, so on the tall branches of the old tree, there are also lovely wooden leaf-roof huts for visitors to have. can gather to relax. Or you can also participate in many other interesting activities such as fishing, crossbow shooting, elephant riding, horse riding, climbing rope on cliffs and cultural exchanges with indigenous ethnic minorities such as Thai, Ed. dike…
Climb the bridge here (Photo by Fb Vuong Phuong Diem)
Another attractive experience that anyone visiting Trinh Nu tourist area cannot ignore is to enjoy the delicious and attractive Central Highlands specialties such as grilled rice, grilled wild boar, and rice noodles. grilled meat, rice flakes soup with giang leaves or wine should be warm …
Super delicious food (Photo @everyjourneysg)
And even if you want to stay here overnight to experience the feeling of being in nature, there are many small apartments designed according to the architecture of long houses, traditional stilt houses of the Ede and M people. ‘The shallow lying nestled beside the green bamboo rows can satisfy that. Moreover, although built in the forest, they are all equipped with fully furnished and comfortable furniture, giving visitors the most comfortable moments of rest, like the enthusiastic and sincere welcome that people Tay Nguyen is for you.
In addition, if you have time, you can also go hundreds of meters to admire the famous waterfalls in the thousands such as: Dray Nur , Dray Sap and Gia Long waterfall … Their dreams will make you admire, just surprised.
Poetic Drau Nur Waterfall (Photo @ hin_2909)
How to move to the Virgin Virgin waterfall
From the center of Buon Ma Thuot city, tourists go southwest to Le Duan Street / Highway 14, to Cu Jut intersection, turn left upwards to enter Hung Vuong Street, to SamSam Milktea store turn again. left on Nguyen Du street, when crossing the intersection with Hai Ba Trung street, then turn right on the unnamed road, go all the way to reach Trinh Nu waterfall tourist area .
Summer is here, if you are tired of crowded and sunny beaches, go back to the thousands to “fall into your arms” fresh and airy of Trinh Nu waterfall in Dak Lak , surely will not make you have to Where’s the disappointment.
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