Wanchai to Stanley via Black's Link, HK Trail Section 4, Violet Hill, and the Twins

Duration:  11km (4h30)

Difficulty: 8/10. Lots of steps and for distance.

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere

Water needs: 2 liter. 70% shaded. 

Appreciation: 9/10. First kilometer is very very nice (look behind you!), but the rest is a bit boring.

Map & Details: https://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/5392531363

Exercise Area: Yes

Transportation:  Wan Chai MTR exit 'A3'. Return to Admiralty/Central right at the end of the trail, across Stanley Gap Road via bus 6, 6A, or 6X. Or, go to Stanley for a bite with any bus (right on your left on Stanley Gap Road, at end of the trail)

Why it's worth it:

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Right off Wan Chai Exit A3, cross and head right on Johnston road. 

After about 30m on Johnston road, head left onto Lee Tung street

Cross Queen's road and go up Spring Garden Lane.
You will see stairs in front of you

Take the stairs all the way up and head left onto Kennedy road

Cross Kennedy road at the pedestrian crossing. 

There will be a flight of stairs on your right with a signpost.
Get up the stairs. You will be going up on the stairs then path, for about 300m 

You will then cross the Bowen Road Fitness Trail at Orchid Valley (there are toilets there). Keep going straight and up, on  Wan Chai Green Trail

You will eventually reach Stubbs Road (about 350m), cross the road, and go up on Black's Link. 

Black's Link

Blac's Link will eventually merge into HK Trail Section4.
Just follow the path straight for a total of about 50-55 minutes and you will get to Wong Nai Chung Gap. 

Cross Wong Nai Chung Gap road and just follow the road around and under the bridge.

Immediately on the other side of the bridge, you'll see the petrol station with stairs just before it, which you must take.

Then head left at Tai Tam Reservoir Road after you climbed the stairs.
The brown-red buildings you see at a distance is Hong Kong Parkview Estate

After the pond on the right and just before you get to Parkview, there will be a trail map and stairs on the right. Take the stairs. The path will get you all the way up Violet hill. Take a look behind at intervals for views of the city. (BTW, there are toilets at the pond)

Only major fork that you should pay attention to at this point.
Head left towards Tsin Shui Wan Au 

Down from Violet Hill, with Repulse Bay on your right and the Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir visible on your left

The last fork before the Twins. Cross the small bridge (Tze Kong Bridge) and head right and up the stairs on the right towards Stanley. The Tze Kong Bridge stone marker is encircled on the picture above. From that point on, you cannot get lost; it is a straight path with no forks. You will go up 950 steps, then down a bit, then back up to the second twin. Then finally down towards Stanley, which you will not reach as the trail stops at Stanley Gap road. There, you will have many bus options back to the city or to Stanley.

Sha Tin Wai to Choi Hung via Tate's Cairn, Elephant Hill (象山), and Kowloon Peak

Duration: 12.6 km (5h). 

Difficulty: 7/10. 689m elevation gain

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere

Water needs: 2 liters. 40% shaded. 

Appreciation: 9/10. 

Map & Details: https://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/4666896670

Exercise Area: No

Transportation:  Sha Tin Wai MTR exit D. Return via Choi Hung MTR

Why it's worth it:

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At Sha Tin Wai MTR, exit via Exit 'D'...

Head left right out of exit 'D', and take the first right, which is going to be Shui Chuen Au Street

Soon enough, you'll see the tall, elevated pedestrian walkway on Shui Chuen Au street

Keep left at this intersection (about 10 minutes from Exit 'D')

Then, just around the corner, head right and onto the road that goes by the large housing estates (on the left on the picture above)

This stretch of paved road is about 400m long.
You will hear the soothing burble of the stream on your right...

Then you will get on the trail proper

The stream will be audible on your right, all the way to the picnic site.

At one point, you'll reach a fork. Take a left and up the steps. The path going down on the right goes to the stream, should you decide to go a dip your toes...

About 40-50 minutes into your hike, you'll reach a bridge with this waterfall on your left, and you will then go through the picnic site.

Go straight...

About an hour in and 2.7km from Exit 'D', you will reach this point where the trail meets the paved road at Shatin Pass. Head left.

There's a little convenience store on the left in the distance.

Head left right after the convenience store (Shatin Pass road)

At about 4km from Exit 'D' and 1.5hour, you'll reach this fork with Kwun Ping road on the left.
Take a right, continuing on Shatin Pass road.

Another 500m and you will get to this fork where you will see a pavilion.
Head left onto Fei Gno Shan road.

The Tate's Cairn observatory will soon be in sight

Juse a couple hundred meters after, you will see the road to Tate's Cairn's observatory on the left. Take it.

Climb up the stairs

Enjoy the glorious views! Once you are done, retrace your steps to the main road and head left for another few hundred meters...

You will reach the Kowloon Peak viewpoint. There's another pavilion there. 

Go past the pavilion and head right to the path as shown in the picture above
(not the stairs up)

Left at the bushy fork

You will reach the Elephant Hill summit, there's just one path, you cannot get lost...

Kowloon peak in sight!

At this point, you will head left and all the way down Kowloon Peak. You will get through the cemetery just before you hit the road. At the road, head right. You will keep taking all the paths that are both going straight and down.

Choi Hung MTR is about 3.3km from the cemetery...