One of the cleanest streams hiked in Lantau. Relatively easy to hike, with side paths for “trickier” sections. The exits are quite bushy nowadays.
- Beauty/fun: 7/10 Crystalline water. Tons of pools where to dip into. Some few smallish waterfalls.
- Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 5.5/10 The navigation is relatively simple, even the mid way exit through the bushes, with tons of ribbons. Mildly sloped. After substantial rain, at its best, it requires walking in the water. Cover yourself properly to avoid scratches.
- The map (how to download to your phone)
See full screen and Garmin track, including the bus ride back, forgot to stop the GPS recording…
There are several transportation options till Pak Mon. Few buses. Taxi. Otherwise you can take the MTR till Tung Chung and start walking East direction. There would be two options. 100% concrete through the skycrapers and the waterfront, partly grey line that we walked/jogged back. A nicer concrete + rock + dirt path heading to the Olimpic trail too, dark blue line. A bit more than 1 hour easy hike.
Walk up the concrete road towards the village and just before arriving you will see the stream below.
You can go directly down or go up a bit through the village and find another entry. The stream is not completely open, but there is no nasty vegetation from the get go.
On the little dam. Pristine water.
In rainy season you will need to walk significant parts in the water.
Arriving at the most remarkable waterfall. Climbable if with best grip shoes, skills and waterproof bag; as you have a deep pool under it.
It connects with this in three steps.
If you want to do it simple just find the side path just few steps before the pool on your right.
Second waterfall. You can climb it on the left side, cross where she was sitting and continue on the right side.
The third. Not specially high but with the strongest flow. Trying to hold my arm up under the waterfall. Shower style head under, no way.
You can go in directly through the waterfall or from a side entry on its right, looking upstream. Pic from another day with less water flow.
There are couple of easy scrambles to pass it on the right side, with ribbons on both (June 2019).
Continue with mossy rocks.
And some more slider type waterfalls.
Until you arrive at the pool mid way.
Most people leave mid way and therefore the exit path is a little bit less bushy. June 2020 update: not any more. The upper exit is significantly better.
Anyhow if you try this exit, just turn left and get into
the forest/jungle, with tons of ribbons guiding you up through a steep route.
Till you connect with the main hiking path, somewhere around here
You can go down or up. Your choice. In our case we were hoping to catch public transport down and therefore reconnect with the starting point. Once we were not successful, we went back to Tung Chung next to the waterfront. Under construction in Jun 2019.
After the midway you can continue up the stream. You would be able to see more waterfalls (thinner the higher you go) and mossy cute areas.
I have marked on the map the area that is a bit denser nowadays (June 2020) up the stream. Bring pruners just in case. We did not need them, as someone had passed some days before us (we could see the cut vines clearly).
The mentioned waterfalls
and walls to scramble on.
Find your way. You can go in or on the sides depending on your shoes/skills.
Shaded and cool even if the water becomes scarce.
This might look like the trickiest area to climb. Just a bit higher than 2 meters perpendicular wall. But it is easier than it looks initially. Just use the tree roots to pull yourself up.
Just a little further up the water disappears (unless it has been raining heavily recently) and you find the wall that ends the pure stream section. Lunch break point for the guys.
Just above, a little wood section
and a bit of bush walking. But significantly better than the mid way section. Garmin track of the checking in training mode and the full stream up + Pok To Yan and down to Tung Chung through tricky stream.
Everything you should know before stream hiking.
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