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AQUAHIKE Nahr Ibrahim, from Chouwene to Yahchouch and mounting up via a succession of waterfalls

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Trail stats

Distance
10.94 mi
Elevation gain
1,243 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,142 ft
Max elevation
2,035 ft
TrailRank 
63
Min elevation
1,022 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
3 hours 52 minutes
Time
7 hours 23 minutes
Coordinates
2705
Uploaded
July 18, 2021
Recorded
July 2021

near Chouâne, Mont-Liban (Lebanon)

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Photo ofAQUAHIKE Nahr Ibrahim, from Chouwene to Yahchouch and mounting up via a succession of waterfalls Photo ofAQUAHIKE Nahr Ibrahim, from Chouwene to Yahchouch and mounting up via a succession of waterfalls Photo ofAQUAHIKE Nahr Ibrahim, from Chouwene to Yahchouch and mounting up via a succession of waterfalls

Itinerary description

A beautiful refreshing day in Nahr Ibrahim,
Sceneries UNSPEAKABLY BEAUTIFUL, like never seen before. Majestic, giant, sky-high mountain cliffs above u and a greenish to bluish crystal clear water to deep dive in at any time. Uninfluenced by human activity, everything’s so peaceful. Very special indeed.

This whole trail is mainly about the 3.5kms in Nahr Ibrahim river. But being covered with huge mountains, my GPS was a catastrophe. Thus, due to Jumpy GPS, my activity reported more distance than we actually travelled since each ‘zig’ and ‘zag’ of my GPS track will be accounted. So it ended up recording around 11kms instead of 3.5 .
I tried to post as much possible waypoints to help u leading the way, but im quite not sure how much helpful this can be, bcz of the GPS inaccuracy and knowing that being in water u cant keep checking ur phone.

So what to expect:
-there’s no trail to follow at the river, all we did was hopping from side to another and swimming when the river is flat which we did with pleasure during these hot days (DO NOT JUMP FROM CASCADES, and always swim in the area to discover its depth and test it before plunging in it),
-when on the side of the river, u’ll b walking on huge rocks and trying to find any logical path to move forward which categorized the trail as difficult, challenging and adventurous,
-a superb magnificent cold water
-of course, DO NOT ATTEMPT to do this trail in winter or spring as the river flow is too dangerous.
-slightly harder to do it in opposite direction as u’ll be moving against the river flow. But possible.
-take as much time to observe and admire the surroundings.
-we encountered 2 trails that were going up from the river, we didnt follow them, we stayed by the river.
Essentials: water shoes - water bottles and waterproof case for ur phone if its not waterproof - Get a stick on ur way, it helps u sometimes for a better balance when walking in the river.
Enjoyyy and most importantly make sure u dont venture in any risks.

Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,434 ft
Photo ofBeautiful path Photo ofBeautiful path

Beautiful path

PictographRuins Altitude 1,375 ft
Photo ofRuins Photo ofRuins

Ruins

PictographBridge Altitude 1,355 ft
Photo ofBridge

Bridge

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,309 ft
Photo ofPoor donkey holding our garbage

Poor donkey holding our garbage

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,302 ft
Photo ofWatermill Photo ofWatermill Photo ofWatermill

Watermill

PictographBridge Altitude 1,296 ft
Photo ofOttoman bridge

Ottoman bridge

PictographRiver Altitude 1,280 ft
Photo ofBeautiful path

Beautiful path

PictographCampsite Altitude 1,240 ft
Photo ofCamping

Camping

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,266 ft
Photo ofHave a seat, cross to the right Photo ofHave a seat, cross to the right

Have a seat, cross to the right

PictographRiver Altitude 1,243 ft
Photo ofTrunk in the middle Photo ofTrunk in the middle Photo ofTrunk in the middle

Trunk in the middle

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,220 ft
Photo ofContinue Photo ofContinue Photo ofContinue

Continue

PictographTree Altitude 1,257 ft
Photo ofPOV Photo ofPOV Photo ofPOV

POV

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,224 ft

To the left

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,214 ft
Photo ofWhat a cliff Photo ofWhat a cliff Photo ofWhat a cliff

What a cliff

PictographRiver Altitude 1,211 ft
Photo ofRiver crossing

River crossing

PictographRiver Altitude 1,145 ft
Photo ofRiver under cliffs

River under cliffs

PictographWaterfall Altitude 1,217 ft
Photo ofCascade Photo ofCascade

Cascade

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,198 ft
Photo ofPhoto

Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,207 ft
Photo ofDive innnn Photo ofDive innnn

Dive innnn

PictographWaterfall Altitude 1,109 ft

Cascade, stay on the left

PictographRiver Altitude 1,296 ft
Photo ofPlunge in

Plunge in

PictographRiver Altitude 1,083 ft
Photo ofCross

Cross

PictographWaterfall Altitude 1,132 ft
Photo ofCascade 1

Cascade 1

PictographWaterfall Altitude 1,112 ft
Photo ofCascade 1

Cascade 1

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,099 ft

Go left on the rocks, before reaching the river

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,227 ft
Photo ofCliff

Cliff

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,289 ft
Photo ofPanorama

Panorama

PictographCave Altitude 1,391 ft
Photo ofCave

Cave

PictographWaterfall Altitude 1,444 ft
Photo ofCascade 2

Cascade 2

PictographWaterfall Altitude 1,447 ft
Photo ofCascade 3

Cascade 3

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,873 ft
Photo ofPleasant road

Pleasant road

Comments  (3)

  • Jean-Louis Moukarzel Jul 17, 2022

    Hey Ray, question does this require us to enter from the main reserve entrance and take the usual trail down to chouwen at some point or is it completely different?

  • Photo of Ray Kodsieh
    Ray Kodsieh Jul 17, 2022

    Hey Jean Louis. Yes from the main entrance of the reserve at Chouwen. And you follow the trail down to reach the river where there’s a bridge and a watermill.
    Its a lovely area and an adventurous journey. Enjoy it man

  • Jean-Louis Moukarzel Jul 17, 2022

    Thanks!

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