Smuggler’s Ridge

Route
Tai Po Road>Golden Hill Road> Kowloon Reservoir >Wilson Trail Section 6>Smuggler’s Ridge> MacLehose Trail Section 6>Shing Mun Road>Shek Yam Estate

Recommendation
★★★★☆

Difficulty
★★☆☆☆

Length
5.5 KM

Duration
2 hours

Support
Shops and Restaurants at Shek Yam Estate (End Point)

Transport
Start Point
Bus (KMB) No. 72, 81 (Link Click Here), alighting at Shek Lei Pui Reservoir
End Point
Bus and Minibus at Shek Yam Estate

Map (reference only)

Elevation (reference only)

Smuggler’s Ridge is a hill with a height of 337 metres in New Territories, both of the  MacLehose Trail and Wilson Trail go through the mountainside of Smuggler’s Ridge to Shing Mun Reservoir, but there is no official trail to the peak of Smuggler’s Ridge. 

Get off at Shek Lei Pui Reservoir bus stop, walk toward Sha Tin

Change into Golden Hill Road to MacLehose Trail (Stage 6)

Go through the Kowloon Reservoir

Kowloon Byewash Reservoir

Choose the left side at this fork

Move to the Wilson Trail to Smuggler’s Ridge

around 10 minutes later, there is a Military Marker Stone at the left hand side, this is entry to the peak of Smuggler’s Ridge

Aim at the peak of Smuggler’s Ridge

Trigonometrical station of Smuggler’s Ridge, with a height of 337 meters

From left to right – Shing Mun Reservoir, Needle Hill, Lower Shing Mun Reservoir

MacLehose Trail (Stage 6) after the peak of Smuggler’s Ridge

It can finish the trail at the mini bus stop of Shing Mun Road

or 5 minutes later, there is a staircase downslope to Shek Yam Estate, it takes around 30 minutes to Shek Yam Estate