State	Perak
Location	Near Taiping
Coordinates and map	N04° 52.04' E100° 45.83'
Water Source	Stream
Waterfall Profile	Near Vertical Fall
Accessibility	Trekking from carpark

Taiping, famous for its Lake Garden and Maxwell Hill, also has a waterfall. When you are coming in to town from Simpang and look towards the hills, this waterfall is very conspicuous.
Follow the road to the Water Treatment plant, and park your car near an Indian temple. From here a trail leads up to the remnants of a swimming pool. Years ago, the New Club had constructed 2 medium size pools utilizing the natural mountain water, but this has fallen into disrepair.

View of the Fall from the Water Treatment Plant

It looks like a powerful cascade

With maximum zoom in of the camera

It is not very clear how to proceed from here to the waterfall itself, if possible at all. So this waterfall is still waiting to be fully explored!

UPDATE January 2007 Found the access way!

Finally a Taiping friend showed us the way and it turned out te be very easy. Just before the gate to the Water Treatment Plant, a vague trail follows the fence. After a few hundred meters it becomes a small road (former access road to the fall?). This road leads in a few minutes to the fall.

The entrance of the Water Treatment Plant. The trail starts to the right.

Just follow the fence

The water of the fall is collected in a basin, from where pipes lead to the plant. A sign warns that visitors should not bathe or swim here, because it is part of the Taiping water supply.

The waterfall

The top part of the fall

The basin where the water is collected

It might be possible to climb up the (steep) slope to the left of the fall. Caution is needed, the rocks are slippery.

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Nowadays you need a permit for many waterfalls. General information here
Present situation for Maxwell Hill : No permit needed

Waterfalls can be dangerous ! Always take care about your safety