Sai Kung East Country Park, designated in 1978, occupies a vast area of east Sai Kung Peninsula. Within its borders are High Island Reservoir, High Island, Tai Long Wan, Pak Tam Au, Sheung Yiu, Wong Shek Pier and the surrounding countryside. Covering 4,477 hectares of uplands and coasts, it has the largest number of bays [...]
Designated in 1978, Pat Sin Leng Country Park covers 3,125 hectares of natural terrain in the Northeastern New Territories. Pat Sin Leng The Eight Fairies is a range of eight stately peaks, each commanding an imposing presence like the fairy in Chinese mythology. Other famous spurs within the park are Wong Leng, Ping Fung Shan, [...]
Lion Rock Country Park is one of the three earliest country parks of Hong Kong. Designated on 24 June 1977, it covers a wide upland region set between North Kowloon and Shatin. The park borders on Kam Shan Country Park to the west by a boundary line on Tai Po Road, and commands a total [...]
Lantau, occupying a land area of 144 square kilometres, is Hong Kong’s largest island. This major outlying island has 47 settlements, headed by Mui Wo, Tung Chung and Tai O which have all been developed into new towns in recent years. More than half of Lantau comes within the protected realm of Lantau South Country [...]
The 337-hecatre Kam Shan Country Park in north Kowloon is set mainly in reservoir catchment areas, extending to Smugglers’ Pass in the north. Designated on 24 June 1977, it is one of Hong Kong’s first country parks, and the nearest to Kowloon urban districts.
Kam Shan is famous for its macaques. These animals can be found [...]
Tai Tam Country Park is nestled in the eastern corner of Hong Kong Island. From Jardine’s Lookout in the north, it sprawls across rolling slopes of The Twins to end at the southern border on Stanley Gap Road. The western border lies in Wong Nai Chung Gap, while Tai Tam Road marks its eastern boundary. [...]
Designated in 1979, the Pokfulam Country Park is a 270-hectare sylvan sanctuary encompassing the Pokfulam Reservoir. The reservoir, completed in 1863, is the oldest water storage facility on Hong Kong Island. This picturesque country park is set in the foothills of Victoria Peak. In the valley, Stage 1 of the Hong Kong Trail begins its [...]
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