Dragon Back (Whole Ridge)

Route
Shek O Road (near Cape D’Aguilar Road)>Dragon Back>Shek O Peak>Wan Cham Shan>Mount Collinson>Pottinger Gap>Pottinger Peak>Leaping Dragon Walk>Siu Sai Wan

Recommendation
★★★☆☆

Difficulty
★★★★☆

Length
8 KM

Duration
4.5 hours

Support
Shops and Restaurants at Siu Sai Wan (End Point)

Transport
Start Point
Bus (Citybus) No. 6 (Link Click Here), alighting at Cape D’Aguilar
End Point
Bus & Minibus at Siu Sai Wan

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Elevation (reference only)

The Dragon’s Back is a mountain ridge in southeastern Hong Kong Island nearby Shek O, the Dragon’s Back is the most popular section of Hong Kong Trail. In fact, the Hong Kong Trail does not include the whole ridge of the Dragon’s Back, if you wish to walk the whole ridge of the Dragon’s Back, it needs to walk the unofficial trails to Wan Cham Shan and Mount Collinson, which are much more complicated than the Hong Kong Trail.

In order to complete the who ridge of the Dragon’s Back
Starts at the Shek O Road (near Cape D’Aguilar Road)
Get off the bus at the Cape D’Aguilar bus stop, walk toward Shek O Road afterward

Turn right at this junction

Walk along the staircase

Walk along the watercatch first

Turn right at this point, and follow the ribbons

The Trigonometrical Station of the Dragon’s Back, with a height of 254 meters

Meets the Hong Kong Trail

Shek O Village, Shek O Beach, and the Shek O Country Club

Shek O Peak with a height of 284 meters

Pay attention to this warning sign, it is the entrance to Wan Cham Shan
It will leave the Hong Kong Trail at this point, move toward the trail behind the warning sign

The height of Wan Cham Shan summit is 265 meters

Looking back the Dragon’s Back at the summit on Mount Collinson

The Trigonometrical Station of the Mount Collinson, with a height of 348 meters

There is a fork on the summit of Mount Collinson
Choose the right trail to Pottinger Gap in this blog

Pottinger Gap is the interchange of different hiking trails

Turn right at this point

Walk along the straight forward hiking path to the Pottinger Peak

Pottinger Peak Microwave Radio Repeater

The Trigonometrical Station of the Pottinger Peak, with a height of 312 meters

The ruins of Pottinger Peak Battery

Panorama views of Chai Wan on the summit of Pottinger Peak Battery

Meet the Pottinger Peak Country Trail, move left to Leaping Dragon Walk and Siu Sai Wan

Or visit the view compass first

Pottinger Peak View Compass

Cape Collinson Road, turn left to Leaping Dragon Walk and Siu Sai Wan

Walk along Leaping Dragon Walk, downslope to Siu Sai Wan

Come to an end at Siu Sai Wan