Four waterfalls and Porth Yr Ogof Cave 25 March 2026

 As the forecast looked to be continuing damp, and not wanting a repeat of the previous days conditions i decided to go and visit the four waterfalls trail. Having a lot of trees it would at least be sheltered

I went to the Cwm Porth Car park  (very efficient parking machine in the middle of nowhere...they use Starlink!) where the attendant was just setting up for the rush starting at Easter. He was very helpful and suggested a route which would visit all 4 waterfalls , including avoiding the path closure

The four waterfalls are Sgwd Clun-Gwyn, Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn, Sgwd y Pannwr and Sgwd yr Eira. The first three waterfalls are on the Afon Mellte (Mellte River) while the last is on the Afon Hepste (Hepste River).

After walking along the well signposted  track from the car park enduring two hailstorms, Sgwd yr Eira, (the ‘waterfall of snow) was visited first as you can actually walk behind the water sheet  and I wanted to avoid the crowds. Need not have worried there were just 3 of us and a dog there!

After walking behind the waterfall

Working Northwards Sgwd y Pannwr was next walking through another hail storm!

Sgwd y Pannwr

Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn was next although it was a bit hard to see as the footpath that goes by it was closed. This resulted in walking from Sgwd y Pannwr to a deadend then walking back again

Sgwd Clun-Gwyn was the last waterfall 

I then returned along the trail to the car park 

7.44 miles 3.5 hours

Having finished my HF holidays picnic i discovered there were caves nearby at Porth Yr Ogof which has the widest opening of any cave in Wales so I decided on an afternoon walk especially as it was now sunny blue skies!

Inside the cave

Outside the cave