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10 Hiking Trails in Hong Kong That You Shouldn't Miss
Delectable dim sum, floating islands, and a one-of-a-kind skyline are just some of Hong Kong’s unique features. Get an eyeful of traditional Chinese architecture in Ngong Ping village, then take the tram to the tippity-top of Victoria Peak for unparalleled views. The rocks and gentle hills of Nan Lian Garden will bring you inner peace, as will a calming cup of tea in a Stanley café. Become one with everything at the Chi Lin Nunnery, a serene Buddhist complex.
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1. Peak Circle Walk
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Mairwen1
There are several hiking trails around the Peak but this is a very easy option. It's a gentle walking path, rather than a hike. The trail is a circular loop that takes you around the Peak, starting and finishing across from the Peak Tower. It offers many of the same spectacular views over Hong Kong that you get from the Sky Terrace, the big difference being that this is free. As it is a circular path, you also see more than one side of the island. It is flat and paved the whole way around so that even small children with little legs can manage it easily. You will pass lots of other people along the way and it is a popular running spot for locals. The path takes you through very typical jungle-like Hong Kong growth. Banyan tree root systems grow, tentacle-like, over the retaining walls and half way around the path, aerial roots from Indian Rubber trees meet in the middle to create a creepy tunnel-like effect across the path. If left to their own devices, one wonders how long it would take for the vines and banyan trees to swallow up Hong Kong. Not long, I suspect. Lugard Falls is also a nice point of interest and if there has been recent rain, it will be in full flow, cascading down the mountain. STARTING POINT: Start at the junction of Lugard and Harlech Rds (beside the Peak Lookout Cafe). You can walk either way, it doesn’t matter because you will end up back at the same spot. I like to to go clockwise because you get a great view of the Peak Tower as you finish the walk. Allow about 40 minutes for a leisurely walk. NOTE: Afterwards, head over to the Lion Pavilion (just below the Peak Tower) where you will get another free birds’ eye view over central Hong Kong.
2. Dragon's Back
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4.5 based on 2,102 reviews
Reviewed By Veg-Traveller-2020
Dragons Back is a must do hike in Hong Kong. The view is breathtaking. To get here, you take the Chai Wan Line To the starting point: From MTR Shau Kei Wan Station Exit A, walk to the Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus to take bus number 9 and get off on the Dragons Back stop on Shek O Road. Before you start the hike there are a couple of toilets and you wont find any along the way until the end. It takes a couple of hours and you have shorter hike options too
3. Tai Tam Valley
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By Mairwen1
Tai Tam valley is a beautiful green belt, lying in the heart of the Tai Tam Country Park. The deep ravines are studded with dams, reservoirs and natural waterways and are very scenic. An excellent way to explore the area is via the Waterworks Heritage Trail. The 5km hiking trail takes you right down through the valleys and past the four historic reservoirs, built between 1888 and 1917. The trail includes detailed information boards that describe the history of these early constructions and provide more information about the aqueducts, valve houses, stone bridges, workmen’s buildings and other various structures that you see along the way. I was intrigued to learn that a sunken Hakka village lies beneath the dam waters, under about 1.4 billion gallons of water. It was submerged over 100 years ago when they built the Tai Tam Tuk dam. Recently, researchers have recovered relics of mud bricks, several banyan trees, century-old soda water bottles and small opium containers from the site of the village. WHAT TO TAKE: Water, sunscreen and a hat are essentials as there’s nowhere to buy anything en route. There are a few picnic and BBQ areas with toilet blocks. GETTING THERE: The trail begins at the entry gates to the country park, just past the Parkview residential complex. As you approach, you will notice other trail signs but ignore these and go just past them until you get to the park gates. From Central, a taxi will cost about $75HKD and will take about 15 min. Or you can take the #6 Stanley Market bus (don't get the 6X bus which also goes to Stanley via another route). Get off on Wong Nai Chung Gap Road beside a petrol station (just past the tennis courts and cricket club), where you’ll see a set of stairs that lead up to Tai Tam Reservoir Rd. It is a 15 minute walk up this steep road to Parkview and the gates of the Country Park.
4. Central Green Trail
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By yujino880 - Seoul, South Korea
We discovered this trail when we were playing and laundering around Peak Tram station and Hong Kong park. We took a wrong road at the hospital, but it was fun as well. The trail goes through some of old buildings and old tram stations, and can feel greens within the city. It is an easy trail, so you can bring young children. It would be safer to bring water.
5. Central Hiking Lamma Trail
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 137 reviews
This hour-long walking trail on Lamma Island takes you past grasslands, ocean views and fields of working farmers.
Reviewed By AUG2016familytrip - Hong Kong, China
30mins ferry away from central pier 4, a local village style little island with few small beaches around and there are local Chinese seafood restaurant as well as western food to choose.
6. Sharp Peak
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4.5 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By Ckyyuki123
Me and my fd took 3 hrs in total, walking from Pak tam au, all the way to sharp peak, with those photo shooting and resting. It’s an advanced level hike, so do prepare proper shoes, and enough water. And I’ll say it’s better if you train a bit before do this, the way up needa climb, way back kind of shuffling. Despite of this, view was soo nice, enjoy the hike;)
7. Lantau Trail
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4.5 based on 206 reviews
Reviewed By schmidtmg - Switzerland, null
This year we hiked Lantau Trail Sections 5 and 6, section 5 running from Sham Wat Road to Man Cheung Po and 6 from Man Cheung Po to Tai O. Make sure you take good hiking shoes with a good profile, as the trail goes up and down a lot. Much of the trail is in the open, so also take enough water and sun block and a hat if it is sunny. The scenery is beautiful and you can have an almost 360° view of Lantau from some of the peaks you climb on these sections. One additional benefit of this section of the Lantau trail is that it is not crowded. On the beautiful January Saturday afternoon we took the hike, we met less than 15 hikers on a 10 km stretch....
8. Lamma Island
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4.5 based on 1,898 reviews
Reviewed By cairn7_amanda - San Francisco, United States
My friend and I took the ferry from Central Pier to Sok Kwu Wan and walked up the island to Yung Shue Wan to take the ferry back. Along the way, we had lunch, took a ton of photos and had a wonderful day outdoors. The weather was perfect and the hike was pretty easy. We especially enjoyed Lo So Shing beach and could have stayed there for hours. Lamma Island is gorgeous and such a shirt distance from the busy city, I highly recommend as a half or full-day trip to get another view on Hong Kong.
9. Aberdeen Country Park
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4.5 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By mosto - Hong Kong, China
This huge park is easily accessible from the city and has hiking trails for all levels of fitness. You can stay on the concrete route or make diversions to dirt trails. Comparatively with other hiking trails in HK, there are not a lot of uphill or downward steps but enough to get some cardio work. I find the trails pretty scenic with green mountains, foliage, 2 beautiful reservoirs with open views, lots of rock formations and small waterfalls if you make diversions into smaller trails. I’ve hike here a few times. You can spend at least 3 hours or more in the park and then end your hike either at Wan Chai for shopping and food or at Wong Chuk Hang and from there go to Ap Lei Chau for seafood or local food. I see a few solo hikers bringing their own food to eat in the park and then continue hiking. It’s a fabulous place to hike there if you don’t want to spend too much time on transportation to start point. To start at Wan Chai, you can access the Park via Wan Chai Gap and Wan Chai Heritage Green trail (the Park is just opposite the Heritage Green Trail). Alternatively, you can take the MTR to Wong Chuk Hang Station Exit A and take a mini bus to the Park. Either way, you plan the route you want to take when in the Park but whatever routes you take, don’t miss the Upper and Lower Reservoirs.
10. Tai Mo Shan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By ckm818 - Hong Kong, China
Escaping the city and getting away from the claustrophobic confines of crowded places during the coronavirus pandemic need both brainwork and legwork. That's how we picked the destination of Tai Mo Shan this Sunday. That means a long stretch of hike to Hong Kong's tallest mountain standing at 957m. Heading west from Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve (one of the starting points among many), our family had walked for six hours, across the ridgetop path after Lead Mine Pass all the way to the summit. That is the MacLehose Trail Stage Eight. Along the hike, you'll find heaps of boulders on the slope; it suggested violent eruption once Tai Mo Shan was a volcano in the Jurassic period. If you're lucky to pick a clear day, Tai Mo Shan offers distant views over virtually every part of Hong Kong. Absolutely iconic.
