{{Short description|Waterfall in Mizoram, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox waterfall | name = Vantawng Khawhthla | photo = Vantawng Khawhthla.jpg | image_size = 300 | photo_caption = Vantawng Khawhthla | location = [[Serchhip district, Mizoram]], India | coords = {{Coord|23.25692|92.76246|format=dms|type:waterbody_region:IN|display=inline,title}} | type = Tiered | height = {{convert|230|m|abbr=on}} | average_flow = | watercourse = Vanva River |embed=|map=India Mizoram#India|relief=y}}
The '''Vantawng Khawhthla''' is located {{convert|5|km}} south of [[Thenzawl]] in [[Serchhip district]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Mizoram]]. It is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in [[Mizoram]]. It is about {{convert|92|km|miles}} away from [[Aizawl]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Vantawng-Falls-14604.htm | title = Vantawng Falls | publisher =india9 | access-date = 2010-06-24 }}</ref>
==The falls== Vantawng Khawhthla or Vantawng Falls is the highest and most spectacular of the waterfalls and cascades in the fast-flowing rivers of Mizoram. It is located in Vanva River near Thenzawl and is named after Vantawnga, who was said to be an excellent swimmer. So good a swimmer was Vantawnga that he could hover in the cascading water like a fish, but during one of such performances,<ref name="Pratidin Time 2023">{{cite web |title=Most Beautiful Waterfalls in Mizoram |website=[[Pratidin Time]] |date=21 March 2023 |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/north-east/mizoram/waterfalls-in-mizoram |access-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929021350/https://www.pratidintime.com/north-east/mizoram/waterfalls-in-mizoram |archive-date=29 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> a drifting log fell from above and killed him.
The height of the fall is recorded as {{convert|750|ft}}. Though it is difficult to get close to it because of the sheer forested hillsides surrounding it, a viewing tower has been constructed.<ref name="Pratidin Time 2023"/>
==See also== *[[List of waterfalls]] *[[List of waterfalls in India]] *[[List of waterfalls in India by height]] *[[Tourism in Mizoram]]
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{{Mizoram}} {{Hydrography of Mizoram}} {{Hydrography of North-east India}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Mizoram]] [[Category:Waterfalls of Mizoram]]
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