Sai Kung East Country Park



We did this hike a few weeks ago and it was wonderful. Getting to the park is not particularly easy, but worth it. We seemed to do our hike in reverse of how everyone else was doing it, but we did not want to bet that there would be a taxi waiting at the end to whisk us back to civilization if we had done it the other way.


We took the MTR to Choi Hung and then the minibus (1M or 1S) to Sai Kung. From there we took a cab out to the country park, asking the driver to take us to the end of Sai Kung Sai Wan Rd, on the Tai Long Wan side of the reservoir. We got out to the North of the High Island Reservoir and walked to the first of three beaches.


The first two beaches were calm and the tide ebbed and flowed from the shore. In between the beaches, the paths climbed up along cliffs and then back down to water. The third beach, Tai Wan beach, had fair sized waves pounding the shore and a small group of French surfers bobbing in the ocean. We lounged along this beach and watched the waves crash. We struck up conversation with the surfers and they told us that they used to take a boat from Wong Shek to further along the trail (where we were heading) but now they rent a home in the tiny village near the beach and surf all weekend without having to lug their gear around.


At this point it was growing dark and SB and I decided to start back instead of continuing to Sharp Peak, like he had done before. We followed the trail, and instead of going in to Wong Shek, we did what the surfers used to do and paid $60 HKD each to ride back in a speeding boat. It was a very fun decision. Then we caught the bus back to Sai Kung.


very pregnant bovine


the first beach




the second beach






SB built a fort and took a stand...until the tide came in




the third beach


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