Not the most popular waterfall on Koh Samui, but the place is pleasant and I personally liked it, so I recommend it to those who love places far from civilization, more difficult to access, but really divorced from the world and beautiful. It is quite difficult to get here, especially in the wet season, because the last couple of kilometers of the way pass through the territories of mountain farms, and farmers like big jeeps and do not like to build roads. The waterfall is not at all next to the road, not at all like tourist Namuangi waterfalls, and the waterfall itself is much smaller in height and scale when compared with Namuang, and there is no tourist infrastructure around it. In general, I would say that this is the last worthy stronghold of wild Samui.
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Khun Si Waterfall
Khun Si is translated from Thai as «Mr Xi» and this is the name of the owner of the durian plantation, on whose territory this attraction is located. Khun Si waterfall is conventionally a cascade of three steps, the inspection of which you start from the middle step - this is where the trail ends, along which you will descend from the parking lot of motorbikes. So, if you stand on this middle step towards the flow of the river (looking up to the source of the waterfall), then behind you the water will rush sharply and deeply down, this is the lower part of Khun Si. There is a baptismal font in this place, where everyone usually climbs. Be careful, especially if you came here with children - the stones are slippery because of the leaves and water, you can fall down to the very bottom.
So, we continue to look up the channel. The average threshold is raging in front of you, which most visitors take for a dead end and do not try to see what is higher there. And behind this threshold there is a platform about which almost no one knows, and very few people find it, but it is there that all the salt of the waterfall: the place is beautiful, behind the scenes, I would say, and there is a couple of baths two meters deep. I don't understand why exactly, but the place is surprisingly good and creeps out, binds right away and forever.
I don’t know, probably because the tropics, nature are very acutely felt here, there is not a hint of urbanization. Here you are, standing somewhere on a mountain, far from cities and villages, near a real waterfall in the middle of a real jungle, which gives rise to a tickling feeling of unreality of what is happening, as if you were in a movie. A place completely cut off from the outside world, where there are no thoughts and all you do is watch, listen and relax with your soul.
Inspection starts from the observation deck
A kind of eternal long-term construction
View of the Mae Nam area from the observation deck
Near the lookout sign where to go
The trail at the end of the path is quite scenic
The end of the trail, so you can see the Khun Si waterfall through the trees
This is the lower threshold, usually everyone swims here.
But I didn't, because I knew a secret place
This is the middle threshold. On the rock to the right of the stream, you can climb up.
And this is the secret part of the waterfall - the lower font
And the upper font
Yes, guys, I perfectly understand that the waterfall is not Niagara at all. But this is Samui, here all the waterfalls are local, so you should not wait for water falling from a height of even a hundred meters. Not everyone, for sure, will share my delight from this waterfall, but the place is valuable precisely because it is not touristy and at the same time quite beautiful. One road, which is worth, while I was riding a bike, I stopped several times to take pictures.
Information to visit
Allocate an hour and a half to visit the waterfall. Until you get to the baths, while you jump off the cliff, while you dry up, go up, sit on the viewpoint - time will fly by. By the way - the road initially leads to an unfinished viewpoint, where concrete piles stick out - this is the entire infrastructure in the location. From the viewpoint, you can see the gorge between the ridges, which belongs to the Maenam area, and on the horizon, in good weather, you can see the island of Koh Phangan. Sometimes there are a couple of Thais who take money to enter the toilet and sell drinks at prices slightly higher than store prices. In general, remember - this is a private territory, and you need to behave accordingly. The path to the waterfall passes by durian trees and God forbid you Buddha pick at least one of the fruits.
In the best case, they will rip you off on the spot from 1000 baht for damage, at worst - they will call your relatives in the police and arrange for you two tons of problems and much more serious expenses. And do not delude yourself with the desertedness around - the hills here have eyes. From the parking lot, the road goes through the forest, to the left and down the slope, after three hundred and 10 minutes of easy trekking you will get to the waterfall. But going back up the hill will already be difficult. The main thing is that it is there, do not forget about the upper cascade - when I was there were two companies who did not even suspect about the secret, and when I climbed in, everyone rushed after me. Lucky for them.
How to get there
It is better to get to the waterfall using the navigator, along the way there will be many small turns, and in some places doubts arise whether I am lost. But along the way you come across signs, and you can easily navigate along them, for example, all the way from the ring road you will come across posters of the Tree Top Cable zip-line, which are located on the mountain 200 meters from the turn to the waterfall. At some point, you will need to turn onto a dirt road and the last section of the path is quite stressful, even in some places it can be difficult for beginners.
But in dry weather, there will be no problems, farmers are rolling the road with pick-up trucks. But I was driving after the rains, when the road was completely messed up and in some places I skidded well. But on the other hand, the waterfalls on Koh Samui, in principle, are not the most spectacular and if you are going to see them, then it is better to do it after the rains. So there is a personal choice for everyone: either comfort and a flat road, or furious primers, but a stunning view.
If you go from Chaweng or Lamai along the Lamai-Menam shortcut, then immediately after these signs the descent and dirt road to the waterfall
These are signs on the primer, from which the path to the waterfall begins.
It will be difficult after the rains
At the end of the path - a decent-sized dirt parking lot
On the map
Khun Si Waterfall
Khun Si Waterfall
The waterfall is located in the middle of a mountain road connecting Lamai and Maenam beaches on the territory of a durian plantation. One of the most pleasant bathing waterfalls in Koh Samui.
More about the waterfall.
The waterfall is located in the middle of a mountain road connecting Lamai and Maenam beaches on the territory of a durian plantation. One of the most pleasant bathing waterfalls on Koh Samui. Read more about the waterfall.
