On my tenth day In Europe, I arrived at Luxembourg after spending six days in Netherland and three days in Belgium. I planned to stay in Luxembourg for two days. So, I decided to spend a day visiting waterfall away from the city, and one day to explore Luxembourg City.
During my research, I found this beautiful waterfall hidden in the Luxembourg Forest some few hours away from City of Luxembourg. It is called Schiessetumpel Waterfall. It is located in Mullerthal village in eastern Luxembourg, and known as Little Switzerland. The name bestowed to the region for its similarity of is geography with Switzerland. It has thick forests, small streams, and hilly terrains.
About Mullerthal Trail
Although my initial intention was to visit the Waterfall, soon I found out that there were beautiful scenery throughout the region. Mullerthal famous for its Mullerthal trails (all info about the trail available 👉🏻 here), which comprises of three kinds of trail with total of 112 km. Both trail 2 and trail 3 has 38 km in distance or about 12-13 hours duration. Trail 2 and Trail 3 pass Schiessentumpel Waterfall. Knowing these facts, I did not go full on the trail. Although, even if I wanted to go the full trail, it was impossible to do a trail in one day, especially with my pace.
So, my plan was to go to Echternach and follow trail 2 or trail 3 up until Schiessentumpel Waterfall, and go to the nearest bus station to go back to Luxembourgh at the same day. If you want to do full Trail 1/Trail 2/Trail 3, you can get the detail 👉🏻 here or 👉🏻 here.
Hiking to Schiessentumpel Waterfall
Getting to Echternach
There are daily bus from Luxembourg City to Echternach. Both bus 110 and 111 departs from Kirchberg (Europe Gare Routiere) and arrive at Echternach Gare Centrale (Echternach Central Station). Bus 110 has 17 stops (total duration in average 39 minutes) while Bus 111 has 31 stops (total duration about 51 minutes). You can get the detail schedule and stop of Bus 110 here, and Bus 111 here.
Luxembourg Kirchberg is located quite far from Luxembourg Gare Centrale. So, if you stay in Luxembourg city center, you may want to go with tram or bus to get to Kirchberg First. Bus 18 or tram 1 can take you to the nearest bus stop to Kirchberg. It takes about 20-25 minutes trip from Luxembourg Gare Centrale to Kirchberg.
Beginning of the Trail
Once you arrive at Echternach Gare Centrale, you can walk north towards the beginning of the trail. The trail has a very good signs and marks, so you won’t be lost.
The trail towards Schiessentümpel Waterfall
Although I am not a frequent hiker, I can say that this trail has a remarkable and varying landscape. The most exciting part of the trail is the rock formations and the high trees that eat us. The great thing about this trail, is that you can get out of the trail at any point and any time. However, I cannot detail any further since I did not hike the full route.
All of trees, the rocks and the cave leading us toward the beautiful waterfall namely Schiessentümpel Waterfall. Some people choose to drive up to the nearest point possible to the Waterfall. However, walking the Mullerthal Trail giving the best scenery you can get here in Luxembourg.
If you are a photographer and intend to take a long exposure shot of this waterfall, try to visit it during workday. I went there on weekend and it there were quite many visitors on the waterfall.
If you come across this article for the waterfall, please consider taking the Mullerthal trail. It has beautiful landscape to enjoy.
