Kambadaga Falls, Waterfall in Pita, Guinea.
Kambadaga Falls is a series of three to four successive waterfalls on the Kokoulo River in the Pita Prefecture, about 21 km west of Pita in the Fouta-Djalon highlands. The water drops over rocky ground roughly 100 metres wide, with the first two tiers the largest, between about 520 and 730 metres in altitude.
The falls owe their stepped shape to fluvial erosion by the Kokoulo, which rises in the Fouta-Djalon and flows into the Konkouré. The site lies in the Bourouwal-Tappé sub-prefecture of Pita Prefecture, about 21 km west of Pita and 15 km downstream of Kinkon Falls. Guinean tourism ministry documents now envisage it as an ecotourism destination with a camp, trails and observation platforms.
Kambadaga Falls is counted among the main natural sites of Pita Prefecture, and its development is tied to regional tourism and the local economy. Guinean tourism ministry documents envisage an ecolodge, hiking trails and observation platforms there, which could create jobs for surrounding communities.
Reaching the falls requires traveling 17 kilometers on a dirt track from Bourouwal Tappé to Hakoundé Mitty, followed by a 40-minute uphill walk. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water, as the terrain is rough and demanding.
The footbridge over the Kokoulo near the falls is made of liana, not metal cable. The site also holds Inversodicraea abbayesii, an aquatic plant known only from Kambadaga and classed as critically endangered, possibly extinct.
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