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This waterfall is quite a trek! 517 steps up, to start with, and all in all, just over an hour's walk one way. The easy part is balancing along a big water pipe for maybe about 500m! There's a small rushing stream to get over using a fallen tree trunk. The guide will help. We went at the end of the rainy season, so there is still a lot of water. At the end of the dry season, apparently, the water just comes out of a couple of halfway up holes. When back, they offer fresh coconut (20k) and pot noodles.
The road there is a mess. Was once tarmacked but now mostly knackered. We had to stop and walk about 3kms from the parking. However, you may be able to get a gojek. There was none available going there for us, but coming back was. 150k for 3 of us (3 trips for the guy).
For those complaining about different prices for tourists, I used to be like that... but then I realised that the locals need the money! So many bule act arrongantly and as if they are so entitled! Where is your humility and understanding? Many of these people are struggling just to get their children to school, repair their houses and motorbikes (just look at the state of some of the bikes - knackered, no lights; look at the young children walking to and from school, some even without shoes...), etc. and here you are complaining about (e.g.) parking fees. I read one negative review because 2 people were being charged 450k idr for a guide and parking for 2 motorbikes. This is for 2 waterfalls! That's about £20. In the UK, that would likely be one person for one site and then not enough for parking, too. And it's nice to have a guide! They're friendly and will carry your stuff without complaint! My suggestion to those who don't like the pricing is to stop complaining and see the positive side of what you are doing! At the time of writing, locals pay 10k to enter the park. Tourists 110k. The guide costs 150k for 2 waterfalls, or 50k for one. The pricing is very transparent (written on a board).
I'd suggest doing this waterfall first! The other one (Lapopu) is very close by - 5 minute walk - and yes, the guide isn't necessary, in all honesty, fot that one, but then they only charge 50k..£2.50! And yet some people complain paying that to help a local family? Come...
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The waterfall was so amazing. I felt like we were in a different world when we got there. After hike through forest and field full of leeches, we arrived at this amazing waterfall. Surrounded by Green Hill, with the bluest/ most torques water was made, this waterfall looks amazing.
The hike was quite hard, with a lot of ups and downs through the forest. I would recomend to go here from Lapopu waterfalls, as the guide here will ripp you off like he did to us. He charged us twice for a guide to here and Lapopu, plus the entrance fee twice. Yet he asked us for 3 times of guide fee even though we agreed at the double guide fee at the first post. He asked for cigarettes, money, and this, and that, just because i got a wetern husband 🙄🙄 I understand they may have a hard life, but doesn't mean ripping tourist off is the right things to do. we went on a lot of waterfalls, but this is the most rip off guide and people, especialy to western tourist. They also didn't give our changes that they promised when we come back from the waterfall. Lapopu waterfall may not appear on Google Maps, but you will see the sign on the main road that directs you to Lapopu waterfall. Do visit this waterfall from Lapopu waterfall. The track is the same anyway, and i think it is closer.
Don't get it wrong. We are happy to give extra when it's appropriate, but this is too greedy. Definitely not...
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We came here looking for Lapopu Waterfall, but our offline maps mistakenly brought us to Air Tejun Matayangu instead.
When we arrived and asked if this was Lapopu, the men quickly said “yes, yes, Lapopu!” and insisted we needed a guide which was 150k for the guide and another 150k each for entry. Quite unreasonable, but that wouldn’t have been a problem if they hadn’t lied.
They told us it was just a 10–15 minute walk, but in reality it was a steep and dangerous descent where we were climbing down rain pipes, over tree trunks, and across a stream, all while we were carrying our backpacks. It was obvious they just wanted our money.
When we finally arrived at Lapopu, they wanted us to climb all the way back the same unsafe route, which would have easily taken over an hour. We ended up having to take a car back to our bikes instead.
This review is not about the beauty of Matayangu, as I haven’t seen it, but rather a warning for tourists about the people at the entrance who lie and...
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