In the North-Eastern part of Lesvos, a few kilometers south of the settlement of Mandamados, through a rural road towards the area of Halikas, is the “Kardamos” waterfall, an unknown and well-hidden waterfall of the island.
The area is covered in volcanic rock and the waterfall is created on an extensive outcrop of ignimbrite, a volcanic rock formed 17 million years ago, after a violent eruption of the Lepetymnos volcano. The tectonic action caused the rocks to fragment and create large faults that created tectonic terraces. The waterfall is created by the sharp discontinuity of the rocks, along a large fault that crosses the wider area of Halica. The cliff from which the waters of the stream fall with speed, rises to about 6 meters, the swirling of the water creates a natural depression at the point of the fall forming a natural, small lake.
This particular stream originates from the southeast side of the Lepetymnos massif and is a tributary of the Aspropotamos, with which it joins a few meters before its mouth.