Half way to Prenn Pass, 5 kilometers from DaLat, Datanla Waterfall is not so imposing or tumultuous as some others in Dalat but it exerts an extraordinary attraction to adventurers.
Datanla or Datania is a word compound in K’Ho language, ‘Đà – Tàm-N’ha’, meaning ‘water under the leaves’ – related to the war of Chăm, Lạt, Chil in the 15th-17th centuries.
Turning off national Road 20, down a slope of about 300 meters into a smallvalley, tourists can see Datanla waterfall with a wild and attractive landscape. Water falls down from 20 meters above, worms through many steps of rock-slits, and then hides itself inside the jungle, flowing alternatively in and out of sight, challenging tourists’ curiosity. There are beautiful and glossy rock slabs where fairies from heaven legendarily used to bathe and get amused; therefore it is also called Fairy Stream.
Going farther down, tourists are soon in front of an immeasurably deep chasm, called ’Death Chasm’. This is a rather dangerous place where accidents easily happen. Unless guided by professionals and equipped with safety devices, tourists should not recklessly explore the mysteries of Death Chasm at Datanla.
