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Adventure tours, amusement park, kayaking or just marveling, there can be a lot going on here.

Beautiful walking here. The waterfalls follow each other quickly.

The Coo waterfall is artificial. Starting from a simple waterfall that appeared in the 15th century, the monks of Stavelot Abbey dug the large waterfall, crossing a meander of the river, to protect the village of Petit-Coo. The fact remains that it is very impressive and at its height of 15 meters is the pride of Belgium.

The Gold Mine Waterfall is a waterfall located in the Chefnâ Valley, near Stoumont. You will be amazed by the golden hues of the rocks that gave the waterfall its name. The site was once a gold mine where prospectors searched for nuggets in the river sand. You can learn more about the geological history of the area from an information panel located at the rest area. The climb to the waterfall is steep and challenging, but rewarding. You will enjoy the views of the forest, the river, and the waterfall.

The end of the last century was a golden age on the edge of the Ambleve. Some adventurers used the gold pan and the "sluice" or searched the sand and gravel of the river, like the American gold prospectors. The so-called auriferous region stretches from Faymonville (Malmedy region) to the Plateau des Tailles (near Baraque de Fraiture). Small artificial mounds of earth (between 1 and 5 meters high) along the Chefna stream bear witness to this. This small valley was a site of gold nugget mining in pre-Roman times and again from the 19th to the early 20th centuries. Source: "Vallon de la Chefna" information board at the rest area

Beautiful very varied tour

Singletrack through the forest that can be driven up as much as down. Halfway you pass a bridge with a small waterfall.

The earliest mention of the town of Coo, under the Latin form “collo”, dates back to 1307. A mill, whose existence is documented from 1483, was fed by the water of the Amel. It is very likely that the monks of Stavelot Abbey created a meander along the river to feed the mill and not to create a waterfall, but it is likely that the water sometimes had to overflow and spread over the nearby rocks … Source: http://tourismestavelot.be/de/wasserfall-von-coo