China Cities ~ Hong Kong China Pictures & Info

New Territories, Hong Kong Islands, markets, great food!

Of all the China Cities, Hong Kong is my favorite! (Actually, Hong Kong is probably my favorite city in the world!) I love Hong Kong -- for shopping at the Hong Kong markets like Stanley market, and the latest designers clothing in the Fashion District. I love the natural beauty of the Hong Kong Islands, like Lantau, the Victoria harbour views from Victoria Peak and from the deck of the Duk Ling (photo), the great food, the exotic (to Westerners) culture, the sites of Ancient China and the New Territories, and the delights of a thoroughly modern city.

From Hong Kong, I've flown to Sabah Borneo Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, and China cities Beijing, Haikou Hainan. Check prices for Hong Kong package deals and rates on hotels in Hong Kong here. TIP to get the hotel you want, or indeed ANY hotel: Check hotel availability, check flight availability and book at the same time. Hong Kong is a very busy and popular destination for business, tourism and family visits.

Come Back to Hong Kong again and again! Though I've travelled to Hong Kong many times (about 6 times in the past 10 years), I never tire of this China city, and still haven't seen all that Hong Kong has to offer. I look forward to going back to Hong Kong and China again and again. Take along a good travel guide book, like Frommer's Hong Kong or the Insight Guide to Hong Kong, and a companion map like the Insight Guide City Map for Hong Kong (includes Macau and Guangzhou (Canton). Here are the links to some of the places I've toured in and around the amazing China city of Hong Kong. Check to see if you need a visa (most tourists do not, for up to 90 days.) as long as you stay in Hong Kong SAR.

Did you know that Hong Kong . . . Facts About Hong Kong

• population lives in about 25 percent of the land area; fully 75 percent of Hong Kong is green space.

• has hundreds of outlying islands, with 23 country parks and 4 major hiking trails.

• You can take a cable car from Hong Kong Airport to the Giant Buddha on Lantau Island? See my blog post about the Ngong Ping 360.

• Tourism Board at Star Ferry Pier terminal in Kowloon (Tsim Sha Tsui) has (free) Hong Kong maps, tour information and Cities Guides. You can reserve a seat on the Duk Ling (photo) for a free tour of the harbour here.

• is the hub city for Cathay Pacific; check out their all-Asia pass for travel to other cities in Asia and Australia.

• has about 7 million residents and more than 20 million visitors a year.

• has a Disney world near the airport.

• that you can play a round of golf at the airport and that the new Terminal 2 has a great shopping mall.

• will develop a new cruise terminal at Kai Tak (the site of the old Hong Kong Airport)

• welcomed more than 1,110 cruise liners in 2007; and total cruise passengers totalled over 620,000 (source: HKTB Hong Kong Tourism Board)

Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) - A Sampling of tours for Visitors

(full tour details at HKTB)

Transiting HK airport; (store luggage at airport)

• Free bus hourly to and from Disneyland (25 minutes from the airport); HK$198 (about $25 CAD or USD) much lower than usual Disneyland admission.
• Transit Explorer - Lantau Island Highlights tour, from Tung Chung on Ngong Ping Cable Car( 25 minutes) to Ngong Ping Village, Giant Buddha, Po Lin Monastery and Wisdom Path.

Staying in Hong Kong:

• New Lantau Island Tour (full day), to Cheung Sha beach, Tai O and the Ngong Ping cable car, Giant Buddha statue and Po Lin Monastery OR a full-day Lantau Island Hike through woodland and ravines leading to the Giant Buddha, the Monastery,etc.
• Cheung Chau Island DayTour -- ferry to Pak Tai Temple, sampan ride around the typhoon shelter, Cheung Po Tsai Cave, a dim sum lunch.
• Lamma Island Hopping Cruise (three hours; afternoon) from Stanley Blake Pier to Lamma Fisherfolks Village; seafood lunch OR Lamma Island Hike (seven-and-a-half hours) through woods and along coastal paths, Tin Hau Temple, the WWII Kamikase [sic] tunnels, Lo So Shing Beach, Yung Shue Wan village; seafood lunch in Kok Kwu Wan.
• Tung Lung Chau Cruise (six hours) to 300-year-old Tung Lung Fort and Tin Hau Temple at Joss House Bay, Tin Hau temple, Lei Yue Mun, village; seafood lunch.
• Sai Kung Coastal Treasures Discovery Tour [no time given] cruise to the historic Hung Shing Temple (a UNESCO Heritage Site), to Hebe Haven and Port Shelter, to Rocky Harbour and for a stroll along the waterfront promenade at Sai Kung Market Town.
• Northeast New Territories Islands Hopping Tour -- boat from Sha Tin through the Tolo Channel and along Hong Kong's biggest fault line which features completely different rock formations on each side of the channel to Yan Chau Tong Marine Park, and Crooked Island (Kat O) and Grass Island (Tap Mun); lunch.

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