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Meeting Points Information
Walking tours offered by
General Post Office
Bird-watching
Birding in sub-tropical Hong Kong,
situated on the Australasia migratory route, is a surprisingly
accessible and rewarding experience. There is a wide variety
of habitats, including the globally significant Mai Po WetlandReserve, ensuring interesting experiences. Full and half day
itineraries are available. Roger has over 25 years birding
experience in Hong Kong. He guides clients to the best birding
areas and helps them find and identify many species.
Bird-watching for 1 - 4 people. Visit website for fee details.
Total tour time half-day 4 hours - full day 8 hours.
Sites visited and distances walked are adjusted to suit clients.
Walk HONG KONG
Photography Tours
Many people do not fully
understand their cameras. Take advantage of Jackie’s 15 years
as a professional photographer and join her in a day out in the
beautiful Sai Kung Country Park. After assessing your level of
expertise, she will set you appropiate tasks to further develop
your skills. Jackie’s enthusiasm for photography and a setting that
includes both natural landscapes and old villages, guarantee a
great photographic day.
Cost: HK$750.00 (including transport from Sai Kung)
Total tour time 8 hours
Private/group tours by arrangement.
“Your knowledge of Hong Kong is amazing!”
Sue, Nigel and Jess, Peak To Aberdeen Oct 09
Outside the General Post Office, No 2 Connaught Place, Central, Hong
Kong Island, at street level beside the green stamp-vending machines.
Directions from the MTR: Leave Central Station by Exit K. As you come
to the top of the long escalator out of the station, turn right and immediately
right again. Cross Chater Road at the pedestrian lights and go straight
ahead through the pedestrian underpass. As you emerge at the other end,
the GPO is ahead and to the left of you.
Start time: 8.30am
Kowloon Markets Tour: starting time 2.00pm outside the Hong Kong
Tourism Board office, on the Star Ferry terminus, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
New Territories Tours: Bird Watching, Photography, Ma On Shan hike,
and Plover Cove Country Park hike have different meeting points. You will
be advised of these when you book.
About us:
Shopping Tours
If you are dying to hit the streets
of Hong Kong and get serious about shopping but do not
know where to begin, then join Walk Hong Kong’s shopping
specialist, Linda, who is waiting to share her local shopping
knowledge with you. Save time and money by booking a
unique walking tour for the shopping experience of a lifetime!
The shopping tour options are:
• Beads, Buttons & Bows Tour • Temptations in TST Tour -
half day
full day
• Seduced in Central Tour -
full day
• Private Tours available by arrangement.
Cost HK$450.00
Cost HK$750.00
Cost HK$750.00
Jackie grew up in rural New Zealand and developed a
love of the outdoors and travelling. Her previous careers
were in nursing and photography, but roaming the hills of
the NT with her beloved spaniel, Fergus, convinced her
that there's nothing quite like putting one foot in front of the
other. Jackie runs our photography tours.
Plover Cove
Mai Po
Wetland
Photography
tours
New Territories
Ma On Shan
Sai Kung
Kowloon
Kowloon
Markets
Lamma
Island
Deserted
Beaches
Marco is Swiss, and has lived in HK since 1982. Having
retired from a successful career in banking, he now prefers
to share his profound knowledge on Hong Kong’s lifestyle,
culture, history and heritage with visitors coming to Hong
Kong. Marco has a passion for the outdoors, and often
competes in mountain marathons and long distance races.
In addition Jackie and Marco are supported by other experienced guides.
How to book:
Peak to
HK Island
Aberdeen
Lantau
Island
Walk HK has been offering outings since 2003.
Dragon’s
Back
Contact us via www.walkhongkong.com
Please check our current schedule online and make an enquiry or booking
via our website. Or phone our mobile + 0852 9187 8641.
Gift Vouchers Available
Walk HK organises ‘on-foot’ tours to share with you the beauty of
our coasts, hillsides, remote villages and the historical development
of Hong Kong. As well as gentle walks and more demanding hikes,
bird-watching, shopping, urban markets and photography tours
are also available. Our aim is to provide you with enjoyable
experiences to enhance your understanding of Hong Kong. We
closely attend to the well-being of our guests. Join us as we share
facts and stories of Hong Kong with you.
Tours offered in English - German - French
www.walkhongkong.com
email: walks@walkhongkong.com
+ 852 9187 8641
Travel Agents licence No. 352796
Hong Kong Heritage Walk The future meets the
past in Hong Kong. We visit historic buildings nestling amongst
the stunning skyscapers, walk along streets whose very names
evoke the colourful history of this amazing territory. As we walk we
introduce you to concept of Feng Shui, and its relevance in HK.
• Legislative Council Building
• HSBC Building
• St. John’s Cathedral
• Central Market
• Court of Final Appeal
• Mid-levels escalator
Cost: HK$400.00
Total tour time 3 hours
Kowloon Markets Walk
We will take you to the
back streets of Kowloon, into the daily lives of local residents.
We thread through colourful streets to encounter some of the
most lively markets and well-known landmarks in the city. You will
discover the energy and soul of everyday Kowloon.
• Jade Market
• Tin Hau Temple • Ladies’ Market
• Flower Market
• Bird Market • Goldfish Street
Cost: HK$400.00
Total tour time 3 hours
Starting time 2.00pm outside the Hong Kong Tourism Board
office, on the Star Ferry terminus, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
Peak to Aberdeen Hike (Pok Fu Lam Country Park)
Deserted Beaches Hike
Plover Cove Country Park Hike The Plover
Cost: HK$450.00 (including transport)
Grade: moderate
Total tour time 4.5 hours
Walking distance: 7 km
(Sai Kung East Country
Park) These white sandy beaches with their clear blue waters are
located in the New Territories’ easternmost country park, where
access is restricted to foot or boat. Our walk takes us along
coastline, backed by lush tropical vegetation and forested ridges,
offering spectacular mountain and coastal views. Following a
network of paths we pass fascinating old Hakka clan villages. Just
20km from Kowloon, this tour will make you feel a world away.
Cost: HK$750.00 (including transport)
Grade: strenuous
Total tour time 8.5 hours
Walking distance: 11 km
Cost: HK$750.00 (including transport)
Grade: moderate
Total tour time 7 hours
Walking distance: 12 km
Dragon’s Back Hike
Lamma Island Hike
Ma On Shan Hike
Cost: HK$450.00 (including transport)
Grade: moderate
Total tour time 4 hours
Walking distance: 5 km
Cost: HK$750.00 Grade: moderate
(including transport and seafood lunch)
Total tour time 7.5 hours
Walking distance: 7 km
Cost: HK$750.00 (including transport)
Grade: strenuous
Total tour time 7 hours
Walking distance: 10 km
After crossing the spectacular and vibrant business district, we ride
the Peak Tram (funicular railway) to commence our walk to the
scenic, quieter side of Hong Kong. We will enjoy magnificent
views over Victoria Harbour, Kowloon Peninsula, the New
Territories, the South China Sea and its many islands. Our path
leads us through shaded forests and glades to the colourful and
bustling port of Aberdeen.
(Shek O Country Park)
This trail was hailed by TIME as Asia’s best urban hike “the city’s finest and most surprising ramble”.
Our hike explores the serene and beautiful countryside on the
eastern side of Hong Kong Island. The path takes us through
bamboo groves, woodland and open hills often covered with
wild azaleas or rose myrtle. The ridge of the Dragon’s Back
offers us a breath-taking panorama of coastline and distant
islands. By looking back we take in Tai Tam reserviors, Stanley
and Red Hill peninsula.
Our journey starts at the
colourful fishermen’s quay in Aberdeen, where we take a slow
ferry to Lamma, giving us good views of southern Hong Kong
Island. We follow a coastal path on this peaceful, traffic-free,
island before ascending a hillside for majestic views. After visiting
an atmospheric Tin Hau Temple, we stop for a seafood lunch in
Sok Kwu Wan. A scenic walk brings us to the interesting alley
ways of Yung Shue Wan, from where we take the fast ferry back
to Hong Kong Island.
Cove area in the northeast of the New Territories is one of the
most under populated and pristine areas in all of Hong Kong.
Our hike takes us to the remote countryside of rolling hills, long
valleys, beautiful coastlines and isolated Feng Shui woodlands
protecting old villages. A wonderful, less explored, part of Hong
Kong. Ideal for hiking. We also experience exciting views across
the boundary into Mainland China.
(Sai Kung West Country Park)
“Here one experiences only the mountain tops and the sky”
This trail is part of the famous 100km MacLehose hiking trail,
running east to west in the New Territories. Ma On Shan, called
Horse Saddle Mountain by locals, is the second highest peak in
the New Territories at 702 metres. Our hike starts at sea level.
After exploring one of the abandoned villages at the base of the
mountain we hike through lush green subtropical forest and dense
exotic vegetation, coming out at the low shrubland. Our hike ends
in the charming fishing town of Sai Kung.