When In Dehang, one of the mandatory activities here is to hike. The place has numerous hiking trails that take you to remote villages. One of the more popular walks is the walk to the Liusha Waterfalls 流沙瀑布. The Liusha Waterfalls is about an hour walk from the main square of Dehang and following the road to the right along the river.
The path takes you to nice green fields with villagers going about their daily lives, be it planting or just carrying stuff around. The path is well trodden enough that there is a stone path all the way to the falls itself. I was also informed by the family in the inn where I was staying that the road will be pretty much flat. Excellent.
Sure enough, the road was nice and flat, perfect for me since I do not really mind walking very far, as long as I do not need to climb stairs. There was some rain that morning i had to be a little careful since the path may be a little slippery. I had to cross the river several times through stone paths planted across the river itself.
I was pretty much the only one walking towards the waterfalls that morning, which was okay, as long as nothing happens to me. I passed by another waterfalls but one which has an entrance fee of its own. It doesn’t really look that impressive anyway, so I moved on.
Not before long, I reached the falls. I was sort of underwhelmed by the Liusha Waterfalls as I was expecting something more thunderous. But the falls still has that certain beauty about it. The thin veil of water falls peacefully down the mountain to a green-blue pool of water. It makes the sound of rain when it falls to the pool below. This waterfall has been named one of China’s most beautiful waterfalls.
Ideally, this waterfalls is best visited after a downpour but I guess the recent rain wasn’t really enough. Interestingly, there is a path from the edge of the pool to behind the waterfalls. So you can watch the waterfall fall down before your eyes. The path goes all the way to the other side where there was a small hut. Apparently someone lives there.
Having seen grander waterfalls in my life, I started my way back to the village. I wasn’t really very careful around the falls area when I slipped on a wet stone down a flight of stairs fortunately, I was able to grab on to something before something worse could happen. I was more worried about my camera getting wet more than anything else. Fortunately for me, it did not get wet nor did I get hurt.
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