Flattish open jungle stream with a really nice last high waterfall. Quite short, easy to navigate, and with short denser jungle sections.

  • Beauty/fun: 5/10 kinda short and mostly flat but for the very last waterfall, which is impressive and the first time there unexpected (for me). There are better streams around. This could be a perfect jungle stream initiation for a group of beginners with a very solid leader to help them in the last scramble.
  • Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 5/10. Most of the route is significantly less, but the final scramble might look more difficult than it is for beginners. It is high enough for a serious accident. Don’t use the set ropes unless you are completely sure they are trustworthy. I brought my own 20m rope, in case I needed to help buddies. Very good anchoring trees atop the final scramble. After significant rain, the rocks can be pretty slippery. Covered with a fine slime layer, on which Five Ten-like shoes won’t be as effective.
  • The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)

See full screen & the Garmin track.

I had a couple of colleagues who wanted to try stream hiking after their coasteering initiation. I had never brought any buddies to this area, so there we went.

Not the most convenient public transportation there. Buses arrive at Sham Tseng (Bellagio area) or Tsing Lung Tau and approx 25 min walk up, fully on a road on the latter, to the mini reservoir. We took MTR to Tsuen Wan West Station and a taxi to the reservoir instead. A short walk from the reservoir and here the entry.

Go down the stairs, cross the bridge and on your right you have the 鬼怒坑 Ghost Anger Stream. It is said that during the rainy season, the nearby villages heard the sound of the waterfall as if the roar of a fierce ghost. The reason for its name.

In previous times there, I was able to keep dry for a while. But in late July and after two days of rain (40mm the day before + 10mm that morning) this was not an option. Wet feet almost from the start.

The only significant fork on the above-left picture. Matías going up the stairs. On the right stronger flow coming from a water channeling tunnel, stream on the left. There are a few short scrambling areas, but mostly flat, with ribbons guiding you to short side paths frequently. Eventually, you will arrive at the approx mid-way pool and waterfall.

Chocolate color for us, but more clear and full of fish other days. Matías tried to climb it, but he could not. Easy scramble on the right side. Where Alexa and Jacobo were. Continue on the stream for approx 20-25 minutes and in the above right pic the start of the main attraction of the whole stream. High concatenated waterfalls.

Scramble on the right side of the stream, marked with a few ribbons and ropes on the upper section. The first time there on my own, completely dry, it felt high but easy. With them, slightly wet, Alexa needed a bit of time, but she managed it without touching the ropes. Find your way, that doesn’t need to be exactly next to the ropes. In my case, mid-way the upper section I reconnected on the right side of the waterfall. Find whichever is your best way.

Just a little after the ribbons will guide you up to this very clear path.

I have tried the next two sections (purple line) and it is not worth it. Almost no slope and getting bushier and bushier. Eventually, I connected back with the same path. At Fung Mung Au time to decide next destination. If you want to end the outing continue on the concrete down to Sham Tseng (green line).

In our case, we took the dirt path on the right to go back to the starting point and Snake Tongue stream afterward. There are different options. I tried the brown line downhill and it was quite bushy and potentially muddy slippery. Way faster on the blue line.

A long video in Chinese with all the stream.

She is far from a beginner, but with those shoes and the editing, it provides a pretty accurate feeling of what strong beginners might feel in the last scrambling (around 24min). There are relatively good hand and footholds, but they are not easy to find the first time there. Above all if slightly wet, as was our case. In the worst case, you could hike down the stream if not able to climb up. In that case, exit at the upmost point of the side road. Just next to the tunnel entry (marks 2 or 3 on the map). You can use those too if you want to avoid the initial part of the stream.

Everything you should know before stream hiking.