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Megtekintve 5894 alkalommal, letöltve 166 alkalommal
közel El Moukhtâra, Mont-Liban (Lebanon)
The spring weather makes it perfect to hike this trail. The weather was foggy and light drizzle early in the morning but later turned into blue clear skies interspersed by white clouds. The river and water falls were at their optimal flow due to the extra rain/snow fall this year.
The hike started from the Virgin Mary church in Mokhtara and went down along the Barouk river all the way to Haret Jandal and back. The trail has breathtaking scenery as well as an assembly of water mills, Roman, and Ottoman bridges. at the end of the trail, we passed by the Bride's pond (birkit al arous in Arabic). All in all the scenery was exceptional.
The trail is a long and challenging trail; especially at this time because of the grown weeds along the trail. The great thing is we enciuntered the municipality workers who were clearing the trail from weeds and preparing it for the hiking season.
Do recommend the trail for those who are fit.
I rated this trail as difficult because of the overgrown bushes along the path which were impeding our movement.
The hike started from the Virgin Mary church in Mokhtara and went down along the Barouk river all the way to Haret Jandal and back. The trail has breathtaking scenery as well as an assembly of water mills, Roman, and Ottoman bridges. at the end of the trail, we passed by the Bride's pond (birkit al arous in Arabic). All in all the scenery was exceptional.
The trail is a long and challenging trail; especially at this time because of the grown weeds along the trail. The great thing is we enciuntered the municipality workers who were clearing the trail from weeds and preparing it for the hiking season.
Do recommend the trail for those who are fit.
I rated this trail as difficult because of the overgrown bushes along the path which were impeding our movement.
Ottoman bridges are usually less fancy than Roman bridges and made with smaller stones. The top of the bridge is not as smooth also.
Lebanon used to have many water mills built close to rivers to grind all kinds of grains. This one is among few that is still in good shape and will be renovated by the Mokhtara municipality.
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marc.daccache 2019.05.19.
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Nehéz
nice trail, the path was easy to follow on the app, though we did face some obstacles on the trail
zahi.ramadan 2019.05.19.
what obstacles and where on the trail?
marc.daccache 2019.05.19.
it seems the winter was harsh and the trail was blocked by some fallen rocks which we climbed over, and as u mentioned in your description, there were some bushes we had to go through.
lynnozka 2019.06.07.
Hello! How did you get there from Beirut using bus transportation system?
zahi.ramadan 2019.06.07.
I used my car. There is no public transportation that I know of to take you there.
lynnozka 2019.06.08.
Okay thank you
Atodaizzo 2019.10.03.
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Mérsékelt
Thank you Zahi, we did this trail today. It was truly amazing. The scenery is just sooo beautiful and the hike itself is difficult (as written in the description) and fun at the same time.
I love your other trails, as well. Can’t wait to walk them (:
zahi.ramadan 2019.10.04.
Enjoy hiking and Live life to the fullest
Rima Taha 2020.04.03.
I did it today and alone. It's very hard but deadly beautiful. I cried and felt stuck many times but it did feel great. It is very powerful when mother nature guides and heals. Thanks zahi.
zahi.ramadan 2020.04.03.
I am glad you enjoyed the hike. Even though I don't encourage people to hike alone, but being one with nature is like being reborn anew.
Keep on hiking.
Mohamed Madhoun 2020.05.30.
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Nehéz
Thanks for sharing such a nice trail Zahi! I just completed it a while ago. The scenery is wonderful, the river, the bridge, the water falls, the mills....it was simply superb.
As you rightly mentioned in your description in some places it is really hard to find the trail as it is not blazed or marked at all which makes it a bit challenging.
Overall a nice trail for good hikers to enjoy!
NB: I rated the easy to follow as 3 just because the trail isn’t marked however with Zahi’s waypoints it wasn’t a big issue.
zahi.ramadan 2020.05.30.
Thanks for the review
Keep on hiking
Kamal Jawad 2020.10.06.
I will tray this trail tomorrow, thanks to share 🌹