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Tung Chung to Big Buddha (Lantau Island)

 
 

Start: MTR to Tung Chung Exit B. (Allow 30 minutes from HK station. Remember the trains only run every 10-15 minutes)  Start walking from station.

End: Bus to Mui Wo for ferry or Tung Chung for MTR.

Description: Start walking at Tung Chung station. Climb up the hill over Tung Chung Battery, through Ma Wan Chung and round the coast past the Hau Wong Temple and through San Tau village. Don't try to look for the path at the village, walk past to the river bed (it suddenly gets very overgrown 50m before the stream - Nov 03). Walk up the stream for 20-30 minutes (There are usually plenty of rocks to walk on so you won't get your feet wet - unless you slip....) until you see the steep stream joining from the right (marked on map). Follow this stream up (there are lots of ribbons on the bushes for encouragement) and it turns into a definite path up towards the Buddha. (A little overgrown so wearing shorts is not recommended)

Time: 5 hours

 
   
   
 
Some steep drops en route.