Small stream with big boulders best enjoyed after significant rain days. Finding your way around, above & under the boulders is fun!
- Beauty/fun: 6.5/10 the most fun of the streams in this area, even the water flow might be the worst of all. Big boulders to navigate around, above and through. The only remarkable waterfall is at the very top.
- Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 5/10 if with enough time to find your easiest way up. There can be high scrambling, tight tunnel crossings and others if you choose your way wrongly (or correctly if you are into that fun 😉). Add difficulty points if so. Also, as usual +1 if going downhill. Bring a torch (my Garmin Instinct 2 torch was good enough) and full body cover for full enjoyment.
- The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)
See full screen & the Garmin track.
As mentioned in the previous post, after hiking Right Kaw Kun Hang I went to check the top of this 九管左坑 Left Kau Kwun Hang. It looked good with decent water flow on top after all the rain, I had plenty of time to go down slowly… OK, further exploration!
As usual in these cases, I post the pics and set the map in the same order I checked it, although you might enjoy it more in opposite direction.
I took the side path on the left side of the stream (references always looking uphill) to avoid the waterfall section. I guess going upstream it would be doable in stream.
In (12) I started walking/scrambling on the stream itself. As I already mentioned the flow in a normal day might be minimal, but already (13) onwards I was navigating big boulders.
Sometimes the vegetation was dense, but spending enough time I could find previous hikers paths within to minimize it. Sometimes this means going on top of the boulders, sometimes well under. Going uphill the route finding must be easier.
Around (14) the only relevant fork. The stream, water, was more clear to follow on the left. But the way is up on the right through a mini rock forest with this tributary under ground. Actually, a little further down I decided to follow it through some tunnels (3:25 & 4:11). They didn’t looked much hiked (denser exit), but they were easy to navigate thorough and out. It was pouring in the last section and I decided to go as easy as possible and arrive at the MacLehose before the road descend to the bus stop.
Post in wildconquerors so that you can see pics with people as a size reference. Another post from Cat Hui.
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