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Kaftoûn Monastery - Start of Mseilha Walkaway [LooP]

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Distance
4.3 mi
Elevation gain
486 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
486 ft
Max elevation
826 ft
TrailRank 
40
Min elevation
514 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
2 hours 47 minutes
Coordinates
2060
Uploaded
March 29, 2020
Recorded
March 2020
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near Kaftoûn, Liban-Nord (Lebanon)

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Itinerary description

The hike starts from the nuns' monastery in Kaftoun. Right before the monastery's entrance, you will find a small trail to your right, which leads to an old bridge that takes you across the river. From there make your way through the bushes. Despite some trash in the river, the fauna and flora are really nice, especially in Spring. Bit by bit the trail becomes wide and flat. You will pass through orange tree fields among other nice lands. After crossing the asphalt road, we took a small uphill, and then went back down to the riverside (Better use the bridge near the picnic site to go down but we did some extra discovery around the place) and continued our hike on the Mselha walkway. At any point you can decide to stop and turn. Once we reached back the crosspoint, we went to our cars on the asphalt road for a change of sceneries.

All in all: A small hike which might be extended North or South. Easy except the first part which might be a bit slippery and narrow.

Waypoints

PictographRuins Altitude 626 ft

Old Ruins

PictographBridge Altitude 531 ft

Old Bridge

PictographPicnic Altitude 568 ft

Camping/Picnic Private SIte

PictographProvisioning Altitude 549 ft

Small Indigenous Food Shop (Eggs, Honey, etc)

PictographBridge Altitude 554 ft

Old Bridge

PictographDoor Altitude 581 ft

Farm Gate

PictographProvisioning Altitude 576 ft

Boxmaya River Restaurants

PictographBridge Altitude 656 ft

Old Bridge

PictographReligious site Altitude 671 ft

Kaftoun Monastery

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