Vietnam 
In numbers.
7.0m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Nov
Best months
916m
Elevation
The water at Elephant Waterfalls, month by month
It roars from August to November.
The fullest months: from August to November. The thinnest: from January to April.
- 3.3 m³/sJan
- 1.7 m³/sFeb
- 1.5 m³/sMar
- 1.9 m³/sApr
- 6.4 m³/sMay
- 9.8 m³/sJun
- 12 m³/sJul
- 14 m³/sAug
- 16 m³/sSep
- 16 m³/sOct
- 13 m³/sNov
- 7.3 m³/sDec
From about 1.5 m³/s in the lowest month to 16 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Đưc Trọngnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Lien Khuong Airport (DLI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight line
- From August to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 46 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 49 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 5viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmNhà Nghỉ, Khách Sạn, Motel PHƯỚC SƠN, Ivy Farm - Ngôi nhà nhỏ trên thảo nguyên, Vinci Hotel
- 14restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Đưc Trọng11 km in a straight line
- Đinh Văn11 km in a straight line
- Huyện Lâm Hà13 km in a straight line
- Xã Tân Văn13 km in a straight line
- Xã Tân Hà18 km in a straight line
- Ðà Lạt18 km in a straight line
- Thạnh Mỹ19 km in a straight line
- Lạc Dương22 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| Night °C | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 112 | 127 | 137 | 154 | 166 | 154 | 118 | 48 |
| Wet days | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (916 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6% | — | 9% | 39% | 104% | 218% | 223% | 254% | 172% | 302% | 167% | 119% |
| 2021 | 13% | — | 41% | 344% | 153% | 156% | 192% | 187% | 204% | 216% | 180% | 50% |
| 2022 | 32% | — | 690% | 268% | 156% | 159% | 233% | 247% | 185% | 114% | 98% | 315% |
| 2023 | 314% | — | 9% | 15% | 198% | 180% | 344% | 147% | 224% | 108% | 71% | 100% |
| 2024 | 61% | — | 11% | 1% | 171% | 186% | 417% | 213% | 181% | 102% | 54% | 226% |
| 2025 | 45% | — | 127% | 87% | 278% | 233% | 141% | 121% | 220% | 202% | 259% | 169% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Elephant Waterfalls
Vietnam
- —Height
- 7.0 m³/sAverage flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q10825676) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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