Not the most popular waterfall on Samui, but the place is pleasant and I personally liked it, so I recommend it to those who love places away from civilization, more difficult to access, but really cut off from the world and beautiful. It’s hard enough to go here especially in the wet season, because the last couple of kilometers pass through the territories of mountain farms, and farmers love big jeeps and do not like to build roads. Waterfall is not near the road at all, not at all like Namuangi tourist waterfalls, and in itself the waterfall is much smaller in height and scale when compared to Namuangom, and around it there is no tourist infrastructure. In general, I would say that this is the last decent stronghold of the wild. Samui
The content of the article
- 1 Khun Si Waterfall
- 2 Information to visit
- 3 How to get there
- 4 On the map
Khun Si Waterfall
Khun Si is translated from Thai as “Mr. Si” and this name the owner of the durian plantation on whose territory This landmark. Khun Si Falls conditionally represents a cascade of three steps, the inspection of which you start with middle stage – this is where the path ends You will go down from the parking lot of motorbikes. And so, if you stand on this middle step towards the flow of the river (looking up to the source of the waterfall), then the water behind you will fall abruptly and deep down, this is the bottom of khun si. This place has a font, where everything is usually and climb. Be careful, especially if you come here with children – the stones are slippery because of the leaves and water, you can fall all the way to the bottom.
So, we continue to look at the top of the channel. Before you is raging the average threshold that most visitors take for a dead end and Don’t try to see what’s up there. And behind this threshold there is a platform about which almost no one knows, and very few people find it, but After all, it is there that the whole salt of the waterfall: a beautiful place, backstage I would He said, and there is a pair of swimming pools two meters deep. I do not understand for what exactly, but the place is surprisingly good goosebumps, binds immediately and forever.
I do not know, probably because the tropics are very acutely felt here, nature, no hint of urbanization. Here you are, standing somewhere on mountain, far from cities and villages, near the real waterfall in the middle of the real jungle, why there is a tickling feeling unreality of what is happening, as if you were in a movie. A place tightly cut off from the outside world where there are no thoughts and everything, what you do is watch, listen and relax with your soul.
Inspection starts from the observation deck.
A kind of eternal unfinished
View of the Maenam area from the lookout
A lookout where to go
The trail at the end of the path is quite picturesque.
The end of the trail, so you will see Khun Si waterfall through the trees
This is the lower threshold, there is usually all and bathe
But I did not, because I knew the secret place
This is an average threshold. On the rock to the right of the stream you can climb upstairs
And this is the secret part of the waterfall – the lower font.
And the top font
Yes, guys, I understand perfectly well that the waterfall is not at all niagara But this is Samui, here all the waterfalls are small, therefore not it is worth waiting for the water falling from a height of even a hundred meters. Not all, surely they will share my delight with this waterfall, but the place is valuable precisely the fact that it is not a tourist and at the same time quite beautiful. One road, which is worth it, while I was riding a bike, several times I stopped to take pictures.
Information to visit
Allocate an hour and a half to visit the waterfall. Until you get to a bath, while you jump from a cliff, while you are dry, you rise, Sit on the viewpoint – time flies by. By the way – the road initially leads to an unfinished viewpoint where they stick out concrete piles – this is the entire infrastructure in the location. WITH the viewpoint can be seen gorge between the ridges, which belongs to the area Menam, and on the horizon in good weather, the island of Phangan can be seen. Sometimes sitting a couple of Thais who take money for entering the toilet and sell drinks at prices just above the store. Generally remember – this private territory, and behave accordingly. Trail to the waterfall passes by durian trees and buddha pick at least one of the fruits.
At best, they will tear you off from 1,000 baht for damage, the worst – they will call relatives in the police and arrange you two tons problems and much more serious expenses. And make no mistake deserted around – the hills here have eyes. From the parking road leaves through the forest, to the left and down the slope, three hundred meters and 10 minutes easy trekking you get to the waterfall. But back to it will be difficult for the hill to go. The main thing is there, do not forget about the upper cascade – when I had two companies that were not suspected a secret, and when I climbed, everyone rushed after me. Lucky for them.
How to get there
Getting to the waterfall is better on the navigator, there will be a lot on the way small corners, and in some places doubts arise – not am i lost But along the way there are signposts, and easy to navigate, for example, everything is starting from the roundabout the road will come across zip-line posters Tree Top Cable, which are located on a mountain 200 meters from the turn to the waterfall. AT a certain point will need to roll on the primer and the last the stretch of way is quite stressful, even in some places it can be difficult for newbies.
But in a dry time there will be no problems, farmers are rolling road pickups. But I was driving after the rains, when the road was lucky completely and sometimes I skid well. But on the other hand, waterfalls On Samui, in principle, not the most spectacular, and if you are going to look, it is better to do it after the rains. So what is the choice personally each: either comfort and smooth road, or Furious primer, but amazing view.
If you go with Chaweng or Lamai on Lamai-Maenam’s shock, then immediately after these signs the descent and primer to the waterfall
These are marks on the primer, from which the path begins to waterfall
It will be difficult after the rains
At the end of the road – decent size unpaved parking.
On the map
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