Unnamed yet. I found hundreds of Swallowtail moths while checking it. The reason why I called it that way. Almost completely uninteresting.

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After two weeks of continuous rain in the area. 20mm in the day, previous day 40, previous day 30. Even heavier rain in other areas (up to 200). I decided to give the valley of Ho Chung another try. Wong Chung stream is a really nice one for rainy days. I wanted to see if any of the other tributaries were good.

So bus heading to Saikung and I stop at the big roundabout (Nam Pin Wai). Cross the village and try to find the best approach to the stream. Unsuccessfully 😅 I mean, it took me a while to find the best approach. The villagers around have conquered the paths and stream banks for their usage. So I went back and forth a couple of times until I found my way in. Video.

(1) on the map above is 0:03 in the video. This first section has nothing interesting. Very flat. A few broken bridges and other concrete structures. The woods around start to improve when you start getting closer to (2) the bigger bridge (0:28). So next time I would go up higher on the public main path and enter on (3), a clear easy way with ribbons (0:33). On (4) you find the main fork. The right tributary is significantly better. I will write about it next time. But I wanted to explore a new one, so I went left. Not a good choice. Slippery rocks, some vine and thorny areas, and not a single remarkable waterfall or else…

In (5b – 1:31) there is a mini dam and around, the stream is slightly prettier. I saw some ribbons too. But eventually, they disappeared and I got into a tributary not marked on the map… I was just following the most amount of water. So I would say that this is the biggest of all. But without prior hiker presence, it got bushy and even thorny several times (2:25). I saw an orange house (6) and I was tempted to exit through it to a nearby road. But it was fenced and I decided to continue up. On (8 – 2:55) there is a faint path with tons of ribbons and the waterfalls were cute both under and just after. So I decided to continue up to the road (9). The upper you go the less water. On top, clay and rocks, before passing under the tunnel.

Not recommended but for the most hardcore “want-to-check-them-all”. If so go after significant rain.

Everything you should know before stream hiking.