Hiking in Hong Kong: Hong Kong, Lantau, MacLehose and Wilson Trails and 21 day walks

Simon Whitmarsh · Andrew Mok

Oct 2022 · Cicerone Press Limited

About this ebook

A guidebook to 4 short multi-day treks and 21 day walks in Hong Kong. Included are the Hong Kong Trail, the Lantau Trail, the MacLehose Trail and the Wilson Trail, along with day walks covering Hong Kong, Kowloon, the New Territories and the islands. The hiking is graded from easy to challenging, with the walks offering options at all grades and the trek stages mostly categorised as difficult or challenging.

With the exception of the 3-day Hong Kong Trail, each trek is presented in 5 days. The day walks range from 5 to 23km (3–14 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–7 hours.

• 1:50,000 mapping included for each trek stage and day walk
• GPX files available for download
• Elevation profiles for each of the treks
• Detailed information on accessing the routes via Hong Kong’s excellent public transport network
• Geology, history, culture, plants and wildlife

About the author

Andrew Mok and Simon Whitmarsh are both keen walkers, covering over 2000km a year. They have walked extensively in Britain and Europe and more recently they have enjoyed treks in the US (including many parts of the Appalachian trail), Australia, New Zealand, Andrew's native Hong Kong and Nepal (Everest Base Camp). They are both doctors, a General Practitioner and a Consultant Paediatrician. When not travelling, they enjoy finding new routes near their village in Snowdonia.