THANH HOA – May Waterfall is located between the mountains and forests of Thach Thanh district, with pristine beauty, attracting many tourists to enjoy in summer.

May Waterfall, also known as Love Waterfall, is located in the middle of a mountain valley in Dang Thuong village, Thach Lam commune, Thach Thanh district. The waterfall belongs to the buffer zone of Cuc Phuong national forest, more than 100 km from Thanh Hoa city and about 140 km from Hanoi. This is one of the majestic waterfalls, the most pristine beauty in Thanh.

The waterfall is more than 400 m long from the foot of the mountain, with water all year round, but the most beautiful is in the summer months when there are many heavy rains.

On weekends or hot days, a lot of tourists and indigenous people will come to May waterfall for sightseeing, to take a cool bath. In the middle of the summer, the heat is at its peak, but the temperature at the top of the May waterfall only fluctuates around 20 degrees Celsius, and the weather is very pleasant.

On the weekend of mid-July, Lan Anh (red shirt) and a group of more than 30 people came to experience climbing and bathing in May Waterfall. “The scenery here is so wild and peaceful, the air is very fresh…”, said the female tourist.

Waterfall on days full of water looks like terraced fields, white foam.

In the middle of the May waterfall, there are many pools of water tens of square meters wide, visitors can swim and dive easily. Along the stream are thousands of ancient forest trees shading for visitors to rest when climbing to explore the top of the waterfall.

Many children are enjoying their summer vacation when their parents take them on a trip to explore May Waterfall.

The slope of the May waterfall is not great, but there are also some places that are easy to slip, and deep water can be dangerous for visitors, so Thach Lam commune authorities often arrange for security guards to live on-site swimming buoys and rescue when there is an emergency. unusual attempt.

Visitors to May waterfall can also enjoy many unique traditional dishes of local residents such as upland sticky rice, hill chicken, buffalo meat with lom leaves, bitter leaf soup, and bitter bamboo shoots… of which the most special is the dish. Stone snails are caught right on the limestone mountains around the village.

Around the May waterfall area is a population of Muong ethnic people, so this place still preserves a population of more than 300 ancient stilt houses, some of which are hundreds of years old. The Muong people in Dang Thuong still keep a full range of indigenous customs and habits such as rice dishes, carrying water, guardhouses, pigs… and many typical cultural activities such as beating gongs, singing love songs, etc. hit the plate, throw the ball, jump the stall…

The stone snail dish at May waterfall is steamed with lemongrass roots, lemon leaves and a little bit of flavor, delicious.

According to statistics, every year this tourist destination welcomes over 50,000 visitors to visit and experience. From May waterfall, visitors can move to visit other tourist attractions of Thach Thanh district and Thanh Hoa province such as Con Moong cave, Ngoc Trao war zone, Cam Luong magic fish stream, World Cultural Heritage of Ho Dynasty Citadel. Lam Kinh historical site…

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