I wrote some time ago about the most known streams heading to the Peak area, here several more in the vicinity, a bit less known.

  • Beauty/fun: 6.5/10. You have all kind of streams next to the city. From easier ones with nice orange colored rocks, to scattered waterfalls within the jungle. A pity that part of it is disappearing due to construction above…
  • Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 4.5/10 for the light blue streams: the slope is relatively mild, the rocks can be slippery when wet but with handholds or not high. 5.5/10 for the purple: the stream is shortish, but the last waterfall, few meters from the connection with the HK trail, requires you to climb an almost perpendicular wall, 10 meters high (Update May 2020, hikers are bypassing it “on the right with plenty of bushes/trees to grab” as per Mike (thanks!), so significantly easier now, 7/10 before). 7/10 for the Ginger Flower stream: Mainly due to the third section, which includes very steep (almost perpendicular) slopes to climb in the stream but due to concrete (see below) now is significantly grippier.
  • The map (how to download to your phone)

See full screen & the Garmin record of the red track.

MTR and several buses that you can take to go to the starting areas.

Find your way next to the highway to go up the short stream under the Aberdeen Lower reservoir.

A cute streamlet with not clear water but nice colored rocks,

several tiny Buddhist statues, and turtles (according to all the Chinese writing around talking about curses for those who pick them). Find your way out through the concrete path on the left side of the stream.

Through the darker blue line connect with the Aberdeen Fitness trail and in no time you will arrive at the Go Fu Nam Hang 歌賦南坑 stream, at the other side of the catch water.

Go down the maintenance stairs and after a bridge the initial waterfalls unfold. Very pretty. Scattered in two levels with orange colored rocks.

This initial section can be a bit slippery if wet; after/during rain. Moving forward you will need to get wet.

A few small waterfalls that you will need to scramble.

Before you connect with the exit, Hong Kong trail.

Video with all the previous.

On the map I have different options moving forward. If you want to go to the Ginger Flower stream (薑花澗), red line, turn left and continue on the Hong Kong trail West direction. You will need to go down some steep concrete stairs down to Peel Rise and soon you will see the stream to hike in.

The first section starts even lower, next to the basketball courts next to Tin Wan State. But it is less interesting than before. The only significant waterfall tends to have quite dirty water.

And since Mangkhut, it is very messy with tons of trees down and thorny vegetation growing in this short section. Unless you are one of those people who want to check it all, I would suggest you avoid it.

If you want to start directly in the second section, go down to the stream easily through the left side (watch video) and start walking up, dry and wet options possible in all this section.

It is mostly quite wide and flatter.

Once up the third section is when it gets “interesting”.

The stream steepens gradually.

There is also some dense vegetation, above all around the fork marked on the map.

But soon the waterfalls start. These two pics from Ina.

This used to be a significantly tricky section.

but seems that the construction above threw tons of refuse down the stream, including concrete and now the rocks, with that extra concrete layer, have a very good grip.

There are several of these waterfalls concatenated one after the other.

Video of the second and third sections of the stream.

The top of this stream used to be some nice gardens, but there is nothing but the original door now. Constructing some new buildings there since 2017.

On the map, I have marked another little stream (purple color) that goes up from the Upper Aberdeen reservoir. You will need to find your way through a dryish creek down to the reservoir and then choose the right tributary. The stream is nice and has some interesting waterfalls on top. Here the first one.

12 meters high, with another 12 meters high waterfall above. Both have deep small pools below. The first one is relatively easy to scramble on its right. The second one is a significantly more difficult climb on the right side too. I would suggest you bring a 15 or 20 meters long rope to help weaker hikers. You could even do it this safer for all the group if you set up the rope first, hiking to the end and doing a loop through the Hong Kong trail, that is few meters apart from the upper waterfall. Update May 2020, hikers are bypassing it “on the right with plenty of bushes/trees to grab” as per Mike (thanks!), so significantly easier now.

Some more pics and the Garmin track of the first three options.

Everything you should know before stream hiking.

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