Hong Kong Trail Section 3 and 4

Duration: 

(15 kilometers)
4 hours

Difficulty: 4/10

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere

Water needs: 2 liters. Please, do not litter! 

Appreciation: 7.5/10. While there aren't many nice views, section 3 of the Hong Kong trail is shaded and goes through nice woods and streams, with the occasional waterfalls. Quite a nice trail on a hot summer day

Transportation: CityBus No. 7 from Exchange Square. Get off at Tsung Man Street in Aberdeen. Return via buses 6 (to Central) or 76 (Causeway Bay) at Wong Nai Chung Gap.

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Get off at Tsung Man Street in Aberdeen

Keep on going on Aberdeen Reservoir Road

Until you reach Peel Rise. Take a left on Peel Rise 

Keep going up on Peel Rise, you'll get to this barrier. Keep going straight...

... you'll reach the trail head on your right, take it. There will be a map. Keep on the trail (don't take the stairs, they bypass pretty much all of section 3)

En general, just follow the signs with the little hiking guys...

Keep following the HK trail signs...

At the end of section 4. Buses will be on your left.

Plover Cove Country Trail (船灣郊野公園)

Duration: 

(19 kilometers)
7 hours

Difficulty: 7/10. For distance and terrain.

Appreciation: 9/10. You'll also have a bonus waterfall start (Bride's Pool and Mirror Pool)

Transportation: Tai Po MTR station, exit A1. Take bus 275R on a Sunday or public holiday (doesn't run any other day). Return to TaI Po MTR station via bus 75k at the end of the trail.

Why it's worth it:

Garmin: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/436322856
(Ignore the abnormal little turn and skip 12 minutes into the trail on my Garmin map.We took a wrong turn there. Rest is fine)

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You will get off 275R at the bus terminus @ Bride's Pool. Then cross the road and go down by the picnic areas, over the stream and towards the other picnic area. You'll get here. Head right and up. (If you have a few minutes, you can instead go left and spend some time at Mirror Pool, just 3 minutes away. It is quite pretty)

You'll reach an intersection, go left and up on a path that zig-zags up.

Right after the zig-zag climb, you'll get to this intersection.
Head left (as our model Anthony make obvious on this picture ;-) )

You'll then go by the big, obvious Plover Cover Reservoir Country Trail sign that you cannot miss. That's the trail head. Off you go on your 7 hours adventure... The trail is obvious and there's not really and side-paths so no chances of getting lost there.

About 4, 4.5 hours along the way, you'll get to this intersection. The only point really where you could wonder which way to turn. Turn right! The rest is obvious. Be careful as the terrain gets really slippery.
The bus terminus is just a few minutes walk after the last dam.