The less impressive of the Dragons. Just a cute stream, with small waterfalls, better the higher you go, with mini rock forest included.

See full screen & the Garmin track first day exploring & second day short version with Tania.

Running down from Lantau Peak East direction I had seen a waterfall in front. So I added to the top do list. November, already out of the wet season I went to check it fully. One year later I brought Tania there in the same season for a short easy outing. Pictures and videos of both days.

MTR to Tung Chung early morning to try to avoid the huge crowds heading to Sunset peak to see the silvergrass. Take any bus heading to the South of the island and stop at Pak Kung Au. From there you will need to walk downhill for a while next to the road up until this spot.

Video the second day starting there.

Go up the concrete structure and find the bottom of the stream. A little jump down (0:15) included. The route is relatively simple. The mini forks are easy to navigate. I have marked them on the map. GPS signal without big walls around was quite solid. The high scrambling minimal. At 0:32 is a short decent one, but optional. I guess most hikers go up on the side. You have one potential early exit quite fast. Just after (4) minuscule cave with side small waterfall. Continue up with some vines and vegetation to navigate. I don’t think this stream is too hiked and therefore it is not as open as others around. But it is not thorny.

Eventually, we arrived at the small falls area (6) & the main concatenated waterfalls section (7 – 1:35). If you want to do it easy keep at the left of them. If you want to challenge yourself go in or right. Just atop (8) the stream bifurcates. The main tributary is on the right. Just a bit upper on the right you can find a balancing rock (9). The Pic below with my backpack as a size reference.

There are tons of interesting rock formations. With a mini rock forest starting on (13). The first day I continued initially on the stream. It is not worth it. Eventually I arrived at a super thorny section. I went down and found an exit to the right approx at 508m altitude, where the Openstreetmap line disappears. The ribbon path after was not obvious. I retraced and couple of times to find the connection with the Lantau trail (11). If you want to exit easy & fast, as I did with Tania, just check the clear bottom of the rock forest (2:22) and take the very clear path (2:39) to (12).

If you are OK with a bit more exploration and some mild bush walking continue after (13) on the North Heaven Ridge 西龍脊. There are more interesting rock formations ending up higher on Sunset Peak, that day with the silvergrass at its best. Video of the first day with the things we didn’t see on the second.

1:10 the balancing rock. 1:14 going to the upper stream section. 1:27 start of the thorny area, upper way more, so I decide to exit 1:31. Not very clear but eventually after some bush walk off path I get to the Lantau Trail 1:46. I go back to the rock forest area 1:53 and out through the sometimes bushy but clear ridge path back to Lantau trail again. Definitely worthwhile checking if you have the time.

Everything you should know before stream hiking.