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Discover Hong Kong. Islands, Countryside, Coasts &
Discover a different and changing world, plus a visit to Macau
OverviewThe Hong Kong experience is just fantastic. It’s a beguiling place to visit; an overbuilt teeming metropolis or a harbour surrounded by skyscrapers, but with the attraction of stunning walking in the backdrop of the relatively remote and unspoiled New Territories. The Chinese metropolis is full of colour: markets, shopping precincts, streets decorated by illuminated signs in Chinese lettering and shops filled with strange goods and foods from mainland China. The harbour scenes are a myriad of ferries, sampans, junks and floating restaurants. A walk to the lofty heights of Victoria Peak overlooking all this is a must!
Beyond the maze of streets and skyscrapers lies another world of unspoilt hill country and countless islands little changed for centuries. Numerous ferries ply these outlying islands, havens of peace far from the crowds. We’ll wander across Lantau Island to find Tai O, a little village which seems to come out of the Middle Ages, and walk on car free Lamma Island. North of Kowloon towards the border with mainland China we come to the New Territories, protected by National & Country Park status and crossed by the 128-mile long Maclehose Trail. The colonial Kowloon-Canton Railway gives easy access to mainland China - ideal for a ’free day’ adventure (a visa is required if you decide to do this). We also visit Macau, 40 miles across the Pearl River estuary.
Hong Kong is a superb holiday and far more than you might have imagined or believed possible.
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We enjoyed the experience of Hong Kong/Kowloon and the various islands. This was heightened by the fact of the Lunar New...
Nigel Gratton was well organised, friendly and likeable. An excellent leader for our holiday to Hong Kong.
After university and some independent travel in Africa, Aisling joined Ramblers Worldwide in October 2010. As one of the Product Management team she specialises in South Africa’s Cape Provinces, France and Portugal.
