Formed by Corral Creek flowing over the Narrow Neck Plateau cliffs, Lizards Leap is a small waterfall that drops into a hanging valley.
As the story goes the learned doctor, hopelessly lost in the mist, wandered down the creek, stepped on the wet rocks of the upper cascade, and slid into the welcome shelter of the cave in the most undignified manner, smashing his spectacles and incidentally loosing [sic] a box full of rock lizards that he had been at some pains to collect. The little waterfall, where the creek empties into the Megalong Valley, is known as the “Lizard’s Leap”
The Katoomba Daily, 10 September 1932, p.2
The waterfall drops into a shallow, picturesque pool surrounded by ferns. The waterfall may dry up during periods of no rain.
While Lizards Leap is not particularly impressive as a waterfall, having a relatively small drop, the semi-circular hanging valley is quite picturesque with low cliffs surrounding the waterfall.
Getting to Lizards Leap
While Lizards Leap is not a destination in it’s own right, it’s easily visited along the trail to Redledge Pass – the start of the ledge is at the opposite end of the small valley. It’s about a 2.6km walk from the Narrow Neck carpark.
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