tung ping chau

Hong Kong Islands

pui o beach tinyimageHong Kong Island is just one of over 200 islands and islets in the SAR. While many of these are little more than rocks, there are islands that are home to thriving communities, and others where villages are partly or wholly abandoned. Exploring them, you can stroll along narrow streets, hike trails across hills and headlands, admire waterfalls, and relax on beaches.

Submitted by Martin Williams on 5 November 2007 - 8:06am

Tung Ping Chau resources

Tung Ping Chau, Hong Kong

Info from Hong Kong's Great Outdoors

Island that’s as far from the rest of Hong Kong as you can get without needing your passport. Though just 2km long, and relatively flat, it makes for a rewarding day out. There’s a fine beach with coral heads just offshore (protected by a marine park); hamlets dot the island; trails include an easy circuit of the island.

Ferry from Ma Liu Shui, less than 10 minutes’ walk from KCR East Rail University Station; ferries depart Ma Liu Shui at 9am and 3.30pm on Saturdays and 9am Sundays and public holidays, with return ferries at 5.15pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

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Tung Ping Chau, Hong Kong

Submitted by DocMartin on 23 August 2005 - 5:41am

Hong Kong birding sites

There are many good birdwatching locations throughout Hong Kong, holding species that rarely or never occur at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve.

Submitted by DocMartin on 24 May 2004 - 6:23pm

Tung Ping Chau (東平洲)

east tung ping chauTung Ping Chau is set in the east of Mirs Bay. Though only 2km long, and relatively flat (rising to just 48 metres), Tung Ping Chau makes for a cracking - and relaxing - day out, or even overnight stay.

Submitted by DocMartin on 13 April 2004 - 12:56pm

Hong Kong Ferries

There are two major ferry companies serving islands in HK: New World First Ferry, and HKKF - the Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry. Also, some smaller companies serve other routes, including to small islands.

Submitted by DocMartin on 3 April 2004 - 5:15pm

Hong Kong Style Eco-tourism

Today's South China Morning Post has an article on coral tour boats at Hoi Ha - prompting comment from me about Hong Kong "eco-tours".

A reporter went out on a so-called "eco-tour" - which proved to be a 10-minute coral-viewing trip, with "no introduction or explanation of what we saw." This hardly seems atypical in Hong Kong - where "eco-tourism" has become a highly misused buzz word, sometimes having about as much to do with real eco-tourism as my piano playing has to do with classical music. (I can't even play Chopsticks.)

Submitted by DocMartin on 29 March 2004 - 4:01pm
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