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Lantau Stage 3: Lantau Peak and the Big Buddha

See the topographical map

Start: Take ferry to Mui Wo  and then bus to Tung Chung (or MTR to Tung Chung and bus to Tai O or Mui Wo).  Get off the bus just before the top of the hill (towards Tung Chung) where you see the notice board with the Lantau Trail map.

End: From the Big Buddha  you can catch a bus to Mui Wo ferry or Tung Chung MTR

Time: 3 hours 

Difficulty: Steep up to Lantau Peak and then steep down stone steps to the Big Buddha. Climbing about 600m up and down (Lantau Peak is 934 m above sea-level)

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Sunset Peak
Nandini, Jenny, Angela Yip, Roz, Allan
Mountain rescue on a foggy day (The collapsed person was not part of our group!)
Shek Pik Reservoir and the big buddha on right
 
Looking down on Sunset Peak from Lantau Peak
Big Buddha