考察地點 Field Sites

新娘潭 Bride’s Pool

生境 Habitats

地點介紹 Site Description

新娘潭位於船灣郊野公園內,為一處頗受歡迎的郊遊地點,當中最著名的是新娘潭瀑布。

瀑布高15米,底有深而廣的水潭,不少遊人會在潭中暢泳。沿著溪澗走,可以看見澗底的岩石上有奇特的「壺穴」:迴旋的水流攪動卵石,長期磨蝕河床,鑽出洞穴。

遊人可沿新浪潭自然教育徑觀賞新娘潭瀑布及沿途植物,中途有階梯通往另一瀑布——照鏡潭瀑布。

Bride's Pool is located inside Plover Cove Country Park, and is a popular scenic spot for country walks. The best known scenery are the Bride's Pool Waterfalls.

The series of waterfalls is 15m high in total, and at its base is a wide and deep pool, in which many visitors would go for a swim. Walking along the stream, one can spot characteristic holes known as 'giant's kettles'. They are formed when eddying water currents stir up rocks and stones, which grind into the riverbed and drill holes on it.

Visitors can reach the Bride's Pool Waterfalls through the Birde's Pool Nature Trail, and look at plant species along the path. Midway there is a set of stairs leading to another waterfall -- the Mirror Pool Watefalls.