Travelers could also take a more moderate route, go to Crocodile Lake (Ehyu Lake) at midstream by heading east on the Talu forestry road about six kilometers, going down to the bank of the stream and then to the Fengye Gorge waterfall, climbing up the rocks, and going through a woods; when you hit the clearing, that's Crocodile Lake!
遊客也可以選擇比較「溫和」的方法，單獨拜訪馬達拉溪中游的鱷魚潭。沒有鱷魚的鱷魚潭從觀霧工作站出發，走大鹿林道東支線，約六公里處，由附近轉彎直下溪底，可到楓葉谷瀑布；再由瀑布旁攀援而上，穿過一片原始林，當視界豁然開朗時，鱷魚潭即在眼前。