Have you check Wong Lung Han and want to continue exploring all the area and challenge yourself with a higher cliff climb? Then continue reading.

  • Beauty/fun: 6/10. Less water flow that some other tributaries around, not especially picturesque waterfalls but after heavy rain. High cliff scrambling for those who want that adrenaline rush (be careful!).
  • Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 8/10 In general, the stream is simple to navigate. There are a few spots where you could be wondering which is the best way to climb up. The high mark is just due to a specific cliff (see below) that requires really high scramble with the trickiest spot just on top (best grip shoes and a rope highly recommended). Otherwise, the rating would be significantly lower. DO NOT USE THE ROPES set by previous groups unless you are 100% sure they are safe (read July 2019 comment below)
  • The map (how to download to your phone)

See full screen & the Garmin track with full loop going down through North Dragon.

Transportation. MTR Tung Chung Station. You could take a taxi from there and try to convince the driver to take you up till the barrier, marked on the map. Some are not willing to. Otherwise, you will be walking for a bit more than 3 kilometers on concrete.

You will start exactly in the same direction as Wong Lung Han. The very end of the concrete road, head into the stream and start going up. The entrance to the Crouching Dragon tributary is not obvious. You might pass it if you don’t pay attention. There is a rock where several groups have marked/carved the Chinese characters (臥龍石澗, Ngo Lung Stream) and an arrow pointing

to the tributary on its left (watch the video below for more visual clues), with several ribbons, significantly steeper than the previous.

There is a very obvious fork. With a V-shaped waterfall. The tributary to continue on is the left one.

The right one is significantly easier and beautiful route: Dragon’s Jaw.

Continue up. You will be mostly scrambling on the left side of the stream.

Sometimes the easier route is within the forest. Be careful with the loose rocks in this area though.

Arriving finally to the cliff.

The stream goes in the middle. 20+ meters walls on both sides. The scramble/climbing way is on its right. Very steep, almost perpendicular in some sections. There are different routes that people have tried in the past, and you might find ropes guiding you through them (SEE COMMENT by a reader below and updates). Here only the “easiest” one shown. Initially, you have very good feet and handholds.

It becomes more tricky the higher you go. We avoided all the set ropes around. You never know how safe they are… Or actually you do in Jul 2019.

The upmost part can get a bit sketchy. In our case, and it is that way frequently, it was slightly wet (even if there has not been any rain in previous hours) and dangerous looking. You are on the last part of the yellow line (pic from another day by Ndang Njosh).

After you pass it you get into an area with a bit more of vegetation and small sandy surface (green).

Till you get into the woods. You are safe then. Follow the ribbons around and you will get to the opposite side of the stream. Views with the lines are from there.

Moving forward the slope decreases

water faints and you will need to find your way through the bushes. Relatively easy and non-thorny (May 2019).

Connecting with a well-trodden path.

Video with all the previous.

More pics in Instagram.

And a video of 2020 where you can watch clearer the tricky section and someone struggling a bit to pass it (2m53s) even being a good climber and having her Five Tens. Going down through Celestial Book.

Everything you should know before stream hiking.

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