Cape D’Aguilar (Hok Tsui)

Route
Cape D’Aguilar Road>Hok Tsui Battery>Hok Tsui Village>Cape D’Aguilar (Hok Tsui)>D’Aguilar Peak>Shek O

Recommendation
★★★★★ (Skip D’Aguilar Peak)
★★★★☆ (Not skip D’Aguilar Peak)

Difficulty
★★☆☆☆ (Skip D’Aguilar Peak)
★★★★☆ (Not skip D’Aguilar Peak)

Length
8 KM (Skip D’Aguilar Peak)
10.5 KM (Not skip D’Aguilar Peak)

Duration
3 hours (Skip D’Aguilar Peak)
5.5 hours (Not skip D’Aguilar Peak)

Support
Restaurant at Hok Tsui Village

Transport
Start Point / End Point
Bus (city bus) No. 9 (Link Click Here), alighting at Cape D’Aguilar

Map (reference only)

Elevation (reference only)

Cape D’Aguilar (Hok Tsui 鶴咀in Chinese) is a cape on the southeastern end of Hong Kong Island. Cape D’Aguilar is the only only Marine Reserve (distinct from Marine Parks) in Hong Kong. There are numerous natural and artificial landscapes in Cape D’Aguilar, Cape D’Aguilar is one of the most popular outing place in Hong Kong.

Alighting at Cape D’Aguilar

Turn right at this fork to Cape D’Aguilar

Before arriving Hok Tsui Village, it has a hidden road to Hok Tsui Battery
The hidden road takes place between the main entrance of Hok Tsui Village and the mail boxes of Hok Tsui Village

Follow the ribbons and it will lead you to the Hok Tsui Battery
It needs around 1 hour for the visiting

Next station is Hok Tsui Village, there are some restaurants here

The radio transmitting station is not open for public
But you can walk the grassy path nearby the station to Cape D’Aguilar

Left side to the lighthouse, right side to the coast
It will walk the right side first in this blog

Cape D’Aguilar

Move left here to Thunder Cave

Thunder Cave, it can listen the sound like thunder by the wave

the bones of Bryde’s whale found stranded in Hong Kong in 1955

The coast of Cape D’Aguilar

Crab Cave

On the Crab Cave

After visiting the coast, move to the Cape D’Aguilar Lighthouse
Cape D’Aguilar Lighthouse is named after Major-General Sir George Charles D’Aguilar (1784–1855), who served as Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong and Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1848. The commissioning of Waglan Island Lighthouse in 1893 meant that Cape D’Aguilar Lighthouse became superfluous, and it was taken out of service in 1896. The disused first-order light was removed and, together with the light apparatus, subsequently transferred to Green Island in 1905 to replace the fourth-order light there. It was not until 1975 that the Cape D’Aguilar Lighthouse lantern was re-lit and automated. (Source: Antiquities and Monuments Office)

After visiting the coast and lighthouse, it have finished the basic tour of Cape D’Aguilar, backtrack to the Cape D’Aguilar bus stop is the most popular way
But if you are interested advance adventure, you may consider to walk unofficial trail to the D’Aguilar Peak

Aim at the D’Aguilar Peak

Walk along waterctach first

Change into dirt path at the end of watercatch

Lookback to Cape D’Aguilar

Follow the ribbons and walk upslope
As there are numerous fork in D’Aguilar Peak, it suggests to walk left side (West) and upslope, the worst case is just to the Hok Tsui Village if walk to west side, the east side is undeveloped forest, it is much more dangerous

Some abandon houses along the D’Aguilar Peak

Lookback to Cape D’Aguilar again

Cape D’Aguilar High-Level Radio Station
Turn right to D’Aguilar Peak

Cape D’Aguilar Satellite Earth Station, walk to the dirt path on the left side to D’Aguilar Peak

The Trigonometrical of D’Aguilar Peak, with a height of 325 meters

At this fork, turn left to Cape D’Aguilar Road
Turn right to Shek O

Panoramic views of Shek O

Steep slope descend to Shek O

Come to an end at Shek O