Green valley around Falaninko

Just East of Kati, where the RN1 and RN4 meet, a small valley starts. A part of the year, it also has a small stream/river, making it quite a bit greener than the surrounding land and offers a nice place for a walk.

Although technically, it's a valley, the height difference is about 60 meters difference over 8.5 km, so it's virtually a flat walk.

Park at the indicated parking spot and follow the track counter clockwise. Along the track, you'll pass by many fields where people in the area grow vegetables and fruits. There are also many mango trees, so if you hike this one around March, you'll get to enjoy plenty of mangos along the way.

The total length of the hike is about 17 km, but if you think that's too long, there are 4 indicated shortcuts that will make the hike shorter. At each of these shortcuts, you'll find a small track west, connecting you back to the track after a few minutes.
If you leave the track at Shortcut 1 after around 2.8 km, and go west, you'll connect back to the track after 5 minutes and as you continue back to the parking, the total lenght of your hike will be around 6 km hike.
Shortcut 2 comes after around 4.4 km, making the total length about 9 km hike.
Shortcut 3 comes after around 6.2 km, making the total length about 13 km hike.
Shortcut 4 comes after around 7.5 km, mkaing the total length about 15 km hike.

Essentially, you follow the east bank of the stream on the way north, and the westbank on the way back. At the midpoint around 8.5 km, you'll cross the valley and walk back parallel. So you can't really go lost and you can try some of the many other tracks.

Please remember to bring plenty of water and a snack as you'll not see any shops along the way.

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