| State |
Selangor | | Location | Ulu Klang | | Coordinates and map |
N03 12.69' E101 47.72' | | Water Source | River, Stream, etc | | Waterfall Profile | Vertical and Near Vertical Falls | | Accessibility | Jungle and river trekking |
Only a few people know that a couple of beautiful waterfalls can be found in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. To reach them you have to take the Zoo Negara exit of the Ring Road. This is the region of Ulu Klang. After passing Kg Kemansah, the road ends at the Institut Budaya Baru Melayu. Ask the guards for permission to visit the waterfalls.
The road ends at the Institut Budaya. | 
About hundred meter after the gate, take a clear trail to the right. | 
Parts of the traill are heavily eroded. |
After following the trail for about 45 minutes, you will hear the sound of falling water. A small trail leads down to the Lower Ampang Fall, sometimes erroneously called Kemansah Fall
The Lower Ampang Fall @ Kemansah Fall | 
A nice fruit tree against the background of the fall | 
View from the top of the fall |
There are two more falls in the Ampang river, to reach them you need to do some river trekking.
A dam is a sign of water management in earlier days | 
The trekking is not so difficult | 
But it becomes gradually steeper |
After about one hour you will hear the sound of rushing water adn you know that you have reached the Middle Ampang Fall.
A small fall with the Middle Fall in the background | 
The Middle Fall is quite impressive | 
This fall has not really a pool at the bottom |
You have to scramble up the slopes to reach the Upper Fall, which actually is quite close to the Middle one.
The Upper Fall is a vertical one. | 
Ginger flower | 
A perfect place for a bath |
When you climb up to the left from this last fall, you will reach a trail on the ridge which will bring you back to the trail head
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Visitor Comments
| Sean | 02-12-2007 |
Thank you for your insightful site. You have motivated a cityboy to wander in the wilderness, willingly.
I've made the liberty of adding your site as a link in my own Multiply homepage. Hoping to spread the word, and hopefully joy too.I've also documented my account at the Kemansah Falls, current as of Nov 07. Hoping to help others in their quest.
Please see link as below.
Conquering the Ampang/KemansahFalls
Keep up the good work : >
| | dan hoe | 16-10-2007 |
hi meng, the foot prints cld be left by wild cat, as the chinese always call them as "mountain cat", the foot prints are relatively smaller, shd not be tiger or, for that matter, leapord. yes, i agree that's a paradise, let's protect it...set an example to keep it a paradise, people who can "think" will appreciate us!
| | meng | 21-09-2007 |
Hi, Siang HUi, you very lucky, but you sure the one you encuonter is Leopard?. Becuase last 2 week we went for waterfall-abseiling at 2nd fall & found those CAT\'s foot print and though it\'s belongs to TIGER. Anyway this is a paradize fall in my list.
| | goonhoong | 11-09-2007 |
would love to go there,siang hui are u exaggerating?maybe we can get a closer look at the animals prints
| | dan hoe | 05-09-2007 |
this place is popularly and conveniently nown as the kemensah waterfalls, not that secluded anymore, there are weekend mountain bikers, trekkers and, oh no! i met some hunters, god knows what there were shooting at, i have reported the same to a relevant organisation, hope they have brought it to the attention of the authority.
| | Alan | 23-08-2007 |
Dear Siang Hui. Leopard in Ampang ? U must be joking. Bear paws ? JAN, lets get our shotguns and go hunting. Kill em all, baby.
| | SiangHui | 13-08-2007 |
Did a solo trekking there on 13 Aug07. The upper waterfall is magnificent. Further up the upperfall, there are several small waterfall with a large pool that you can swim with the depth of >1.7m. The jungle is full of wild animal. Pawprint from bear, boar and maybe "bigfoot" can be observe along river bank. Have a close encounter with a leopard.
| | razlan | 29-12-2005 |
A malay movie once used this location in the middle 90s. Starring sofia Jane. They a woodden hut on the huge boulder oppasite the waterfall.
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