Tai Tun, Lui Ta Shek

Route
Pak Tai Chung>Tai Tun> Lui Ta Shek>Wa Mei Shan>Cheung Sheung>Ko Tong

Recommendation
★★★★★

Difficulty
★★★★☆

Length
9 KM

Duration
4.5 hours

Support
Vending Machine and Store at Pak Tam Chung (Start Point)
Restaurants at Cheung Sheung

Transport
Start Point
Bus (KMB) No. 94, 96R and 289R (Link Click Here), alighting at Pak Tam Chung
End Point
Bus (KMB) No. 99, 299X and 289R (Link Click Here)

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Elevation (reference only)

Tai Tun is located in the north of Tsam Chuk Wan in Sai Kung, with a height of 317 meters. At summit on Tai Tun, it has a panorama views of Tsam Chuk Wan with islands are scattered around, this “Thousand Island Sea” view is one of best spectaculars in Hong Kong hiking. However, there is no official hiking trail for Tai Tun, it has to walk the rugged paths with steep inclination. The route of Tai Tun is quite short, for the advance hikers, it can consider to extend the trail to Lui Ta Shek.

Get off at Pak Tam Chung, the entrance of Tai Tun is at the end of parking lot in the right side in the photo

The entrance of Tai Tun

Follow the ribbon and keep walking uphill

From the parking lot, it needs about 40 minutes to the summit of Tai Tun

The “Thousand Island Sea” view is one of best spectaculars in Hong Kong

You may consider to walk backtrack to Pak Tam Chung, it is the easiest way to leave Tai Tun
In this blog, it will follow the ribbon to walk head

Walk the right path in this fork, it will be a steep descent to leave Tai Tun

Meet the official trail, you may consider to walk the way of Tsam Chuk Wan to Cheung Shan and finish the trail
It will walk toward Pak Tam Chung to Lui Ta Shek in this blog

The unpaved path in center is the entrance to Lui Ta Shek

Overlooking Tai Tun

Walk toward the summit of Lui Ta Shek

The summit of Lui Ta Shek, with a height of 379 meters
Follow the ribbon and walk downhill to Machehose Trail (Section 3) afterward

The big rock of Lui Ta Shek

Meet the Machehose Trail (Section 3), the right side to Shui Long Woo (it can refer my blog Kai Kung Shan (Machehose Trail (Section 3)), Click here to the blog)
It will walk to Cheung Sheung in this blog

Looking back Lui Ta Shek

The rugged path on the left side is the path to the summit of Wa Mei Shan
Or keep walking along Machehose Trail to skip the summit

Wa Mei Shan, with a height of 391 meters
Walk to right path to return Machehose Trail afterward

Hui Lam Store at Cheung Sheung, it provides different choices of food and drink

It will walk to Hoi Ha Road in this blog

Walk toward Ko Tong to bus stop

Turn right to Ko Tong bus stop to finish the trail