Love Waterfall is a scenic spot in Sa Pa tourist area , Lao Cai province. The waterfall is located in the area of San Sa Ho commune, about 4 km from the center of Sa Pa town to the southwest and about 3 km from O Quy Ho pass in a straight line. Love Waterfall is also the starting point of the trekking tour to conquer Fansipan peak, the highest mountain in Vietnam.
Love Waterfall is a scenic spot in Sapa tourist area , Lao Cai province. The waterfall is located in the area of San Sa Ho commune, about 4 km from the center of Sa Pa town to the southwest and about 3 km from O Quy Ho pass in a straight line. Love Waterfall is also the starting point of trekking tour to conquer Fansipan peak, the highest mountain in Vietnam.
Love Waterfall has a relative height of nearly 100m and an absolute height of nearly 1800m above sea level. The waterfall is located on the Golden stream, originating from the top of Fansipan, flowing through the high and steep terrain. From a distance, the waterfall looks like a cone, on both sides of the waterfall is a lush green forest vegetation. Love Waterfall is located in the core area of Hoang Lien National Park and is a new place to be put into tourism.
The name ” Love Waterfall ” originates from a legend about the love story between the woodcutter O Qui Ho – the eldest son of the mountain god who reigns on the Ai Lao mountain range and the seventh fairy. The waterfall falls down to form a natural bath and in legend, the fairies chose this place as a bathing station and were engrossed in playing until the sun went down the mountain to fly back to the sky.
The path leading visitors to Love Waterfall is a red dirt road running through the vast, green bamboo forest that looms somewhere, reflecting the gentle beauty of azalea flowers with red, white, and yellow colors. quite fresh; In harmony with the beautiful scenery here, visitors will occasionally hear in their ears the rustling sound of forest trees swaying in the wind… When you have gone this way, you will meet a stream, continue to go along. Following the stream, visitors will come to Love waterfall.
Love Waterfall has a height of nearly 100m. The waterfall originates from the top of Phan Si Pang and carries the cold air of the mountains flowing through the high and steep terrain; pouring down, rushing down the Golden stream, splashing white foam. From afar, visitors will see the waterfall like a cone; looming behind each thin layer of water flowing on both sides of the waterfall is a lush green forest vegetation; At the foot of the waterfall, the iridescent Golden stream bends and bends with smooth green grass stretching at the foot of thorny bamboo bushes…
The Legend of Love Falls
Called Love Waterfall According to legend, in the past, the fairies of the Heavens used to come down here to cool off. Every time they take a bath, the girls are very passionate and excited about the beauty and space here. Once, the Seventh Fairy discovered that a woodcutter was cooking rice by the Golden stream, while waiting for the rice to be cooked, he took out a bamboo flute to play. The sound of his flute is sometimes low, sometimes high; resounded through the mountains. Once, because she was so absorbed in listening to his flute, she forgot that she had to go to Heaven. Then, unable to stand the cold night in the mountains, she went to his fire to warm herself. That night, by the flickering firelight, the woodcutter used his flute to play to her enchanting love songs, he played so well that deer, deer, tigers, leopards and wild birds… danced together. dancing and harmonizing with the melodious melody of the flute,… That vibrant space lasted until the sun peeked through the treetops, then she hurriedly flew back to the sky. Then every day, until she was discovered by God and did not allow her to follow the sisters down to Love Waterfall to bathe. She misses the woodcutter very much, in the afternoon, she goes to heaven’s gate to look down at the Love waterfall, hoping to hear the woodcutter’s flute, but he is nowhere to be found; she was too sad and ended up turning into a golden bird that flew around the top of the mountain and kept crying 3 times she went to heaven’s gate to look down at Love Waterfall hoping to hear the woodcutter’s flute, but he was nowhere to be found; she was too sad and ended up turning into a golden bird that flew around the top of the mountain and kept crying 3 times she went to heaven’s gate to look down at Love Waterfall hoping to hear the woodcutter’s flute, but he was nowhere to be found; she was too sad and ended up turning into a golden bird that flew around the top of the mountain and kept crying 3 times O Qui Ho was inconsolable.
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