Small stream with just a few interesting trees and man-made structures. Very little flow, small climbable waterfalls, and relatively slippery rocks.

  • Beauty/fun: 3.5/10 too small and too little flow for being really interesting. Even the small Wo Lei just next to it is significantly better. For the want-to-hike-them-all, above all, if they enjoy old man-made structures. By the way, high mineral content in this stream. Iron like that makes quite some of the rocks red. In case you are very sensitive to highly mineralized water (she discovered here that she is 😅)
  • Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 4.5/10 just because there are a few sections where you need to climb on the waterfalls themselves and on slippery rocks. If the flow is as little as in the picture and you are confident on your shoes’ grip this is a short easy one.
  • The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)

See full screen & the Garmin track.

I continued checking small streams in New Territories. Lei Muk Shue was already marked on the openstreetmap. Usually a good sign. On my own, jog up from the Tai Wo Hau Station (the map above recorded that day) and down Wo Lei right tributary which I also had pending to check. None of the two is especially good.

Quite some months later Odelette wanted a really short outing with the possibility of doing a bit more. She hadn’t hiked with us for a while. This could be a good option to gain confidence again in her Five Ten grip. Closest transportation option Shing Mun Reservoir stop. Not even 15 minutes walk on concrete and you can see the bottom of the stream dropping into the catchwater.

You could jump down and up, but there is a lot easier entry just a few meters before. Here on the entry to Wo Lei.

Get next to the stream, up a few stairs, and find your way back to Lei Muk Shue above the man-made wall. Very mossy from the beginning and with quite some man-made old walls. Remains of really old abandoned plantations. On the map, I have marked a tree, on the right side of the stream. Huge and climbable. Odelette on it.

The stream itself is quite straightforward. A few ribbons and most of the time the easiest way up on the waterfalls themselves.

With tons of rain, they must look a lot better (as every stream), but this 2023 had been quite dry and still lacking water everywhere. On top, you have a small concatenated waterfall section with a huge tree down on the stream (#7 on the map). It fell quite some years ago and it is very slowly decomposing. So far it was safe to pass under it but check carefully before doing so. Just a little after you will arrive at one of the main paths in the area.

If you want to exit, just go down the right path. Odelette had some more time and felt more confident with her shoes. So we went up on the left and hiked downstream Wo Lei. Left tributary that has way less vegetation.

Everything you should know before stream hiking.