Kambadaga Falls

Kambadaga is a set of falls on the Kokoulo river near Pita, dropping in three stages over sandstone ledges into pools, with the largest drop running a considerable distance in the wet season and reducing to a trickle by the end of the dry. The gorge below holds gallery forest. It is one of the better known falls of the Fouta Djallon and the track in is rough.

The landscape

• The three stages - the fall dropping in a sequence of ledges.
• The pools - the basins between and below the drops.
• The gorge forest - the gallery growth along the river below.
• The sandstone - the rock the whole plateau and its falls are cut into.

When to go

July to October is when the falls run hardest, but the tracks are worst then. November to January gives access with reasonable flow. By April the fall is much reduced.

What to expect

Flow and access pull in opposite directions: the best water is in the season the roads are worst. The track in needs four wheel drive. There are no facilities.

Nearby

Pita is east, and Kinkon is nearby.

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