waterfall Uchan-Su in Yalta

Uchan-Su waterfall, which is translated from Tatar means "Flying Water", is the highest and most famous Crimean Falls, one of the main natural attractions of Yalta.
Sam Falls is a place of steep fall in the river water Wuchang-Su, length which is more than 7 km. It originates high in the mountains, flows through the western part of the Yalta and empties into the Black Sea near the hotel <>. Because of the rocky terrain in four places the river bed is almost sheer and form waterfalls. Wuchang-Su, the largest of them is at an altitude of 380 meters above sea level.
The falls are the most beautiful during the spring snowmelt: March-April. In hot summer days it is almost dry, but is rapidly gaining its power, and after heavy rains that occur in Yalta in the summer. In severe winters, Wuchang-Su freezes, forming a sort of "waterfall."
To get to the waterfall Uchan-Su you can take the mountain road Yalta- Bakhchisaray that's a narrow serpentine, as if clinging to the steep slopes, leading to the Ai-Petri plateau, and further down is down to Bakhchisarai. You can also go from Yalta by cruise bus. If you go to Wuchang-Su in your own car you must observe extreme caution as the road is narrow, with many sharp turns.