The right tributary of Right Kau Kwun Hang 九管右坑右源 is a decent stream with low flow, several high waterfalls & a small slab.
- Beauty/fun: 6/10 very decent short stream after significant rain with a few high waterfalls. The upper section, after the bifurcation, slab area included, must have very little flow most of the time. Some bush, but not thorny.
- Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 5/10 some high scrambling but with relatively good holds if you take time to find them, not the easiest navigation, very different if dry or wet.
- The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)
See full screen & the Garmin track (includes going down the Left stream in purple).
I continued checking further West these hills above MacLehose stage 10. This time on my own slow pace, after a week of flue like symptoms. Finally that very morning my running nose stopped and I headed to the area. Bus to the Tuen Mun interchange (there are tons of fast direct buses to here from all over HK) and a second one to the Avignon.
Concrete path up, crossing small village (an open fence included) and arrive at the MacLehose catchwater section. The entry is here.
I crossed to the opposite side on its left. There is a bridge for doing so. Video starting exactly there.
It had been raining significantly in the area the days before. 40mm three days before, 140+ two days before. It would end up raining 40+ that day too, although it started sunny. Full flow waterfalls with Gold Coast views below.
There were quite some ribbons, sometimes taking you out of the stream. I prefer to be in all the time. That means crossing under tunnel like structures a couple of times. The first one on the map at (3) with a big section of quartz rock (1:00 in the video and the pic above).
Just a few minutes later the main fork (4 – 1:06). There was more flow on the left tributary but it did not looked hiked and atop is very bushy. So I followed the ribbons on the right. A little later another tunnel (this tighter and longer). Vegetation got denser here. Small fork with ribbons on the left tributary (6). And the main feature of the stream: a semi slab that tends to be dry but had quite some water this time (7).
I was able to scramble up relatively easy on its left side (1:58). Once I passed the slab section the ribbons were guiding me to the right side. So I followed them. It seems that it is the way to avoid a slightly higher climb if you would continue up on the left. In any case, through the right side I soon reconnected with the stream above. Slightly bushy. It had been raining for a while already and with the flow it was very easy to follow it up to the hiking path that crosses it. The stream continues up the hill, but the vegetation looked very dense, with no hikers traces. I decided to take the left path and head North West to check the upper part of Left Kaw Kun Hang (next post).
Pics by wildconquerors to see it in similar conditions with people in and my same route in dry mode by GoHikingHK including posterior Left downhill.
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