Middle Dog's Teeth (中狗牙)

Duration: 6.5 kilometers (4 hours)

Difficulty: 8/10. 711m elevation gain. There's scrambling so if you are afraid of heights, not a good one for you! While it is technically easier than West Dog Teeth, I rate it the same because the path is more sandy and therefore more slippery which, to me, makes it more treacherous.

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere

Water needs: 1.5 liter. 10% shaded.

Appreciation: 9/10. Scenic, although less so than West Dog Teeth.

Transportation: MTR to Tung Chung, then bus #11 or #23 (gets quite busy on weekends). Or ferry to Mui Wo, then bus #1 or #2. Get off at "Shek Pik Police Station" (Police stand. Right before the dam. Or, next one right after the dam if you missed it. There are toilets right after the dam)
Return via various buses at Big Buddha or via cable car to Tung Chung.

Why it's worth it:

Map & Details: 

https://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/5597957107

Exercise Area: No

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Get off at "Shek Pik Police Station" (police stand). That's the stop right before the Shek Pik reservoir.

From the stop, retrace your step in the direction the bus came from (so, opposite the dam). There's a sidewalk all the way on the left.

After about 500m, you'll arrive at the Country Park entrance.
Go past the barrier and keep walking towards the first bridge, about 100m away

Take the bridge and just follow the path. There's no really any other way but for the well delimited path

Some stairs... keep going... the path will meander. 

About 25-30 minutes into the hike (1.4km), you will reach this point. Pay attention to the signage, as well as the trees. To the right is the start of Middle Dog's Teeth. 

Then it is quite straightforward, just follow the dirt path all the way to the point where you will meet West Dog's Teeth (pointed by left-most arrow). That is the "scary" bit. There's a chain to help you down. Afterwards, it is the same ending as West-Dog.

This is the rock formation that will mark the end of your climb for today.

About 4km/2h30min in, you are virtually done climbing (just a tiny bit more, and easy).
Keep going towards the top, don't take the path that is going down. The rock that you see up at a distance (The Bird Rock)...

... is this rock. You are done climbing. And you are now on Lantau trail.
The stairs on your left will lead you to Ngong Ping, the end of your trip. There are a lot of stairs though...

Almost at the end. Go straight

Budha in sight. Buses and the cable-car are not far behind.
A superb trail!

Pak Mong Stream - 白芒石澗 (Lantau)

Duration: 

8km (4 hours)

7/10. Wet trek. Rocks tend to be slippery. Bushwacking with lots-o-spiders.

Cel phone coverage: Full.

Water needs: 1 liter.

Appreciation: 6/10. Waterfalls are nice but it is such a drag to get out of the stream and bushwack up.

Map & Details: https://www.mapmyhike.com/workout/3665239636/

Exercise Area: No

Transportation: Tung Chung MTR exit 'D'. 

Why it's worth it: 

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Right out of Exit 'D', go straight across onto Fu Tung Street. It will take you about an hour to get to the stream.

Go under the bridge, follow on the side of the road

This is the entry point to the trail. Refer to the building and signposts to get an idea of where the path starts (on the right).
It is a bit faint

Just 10-15m in, you'll get to this railing, head left.

You'll get to a road, just cross and keep going on the path

Keep going on the path.

Go down either paths and head right.

Right

About 1 hour in, 3.5km, you'll reach the stream @ Pak Mong village. Just go right in.

Mostly very small waterfalls and slippery rocks. Be careful where you step

About 500m into the stream, you'll get to the 1st larger fall. The pool is very nice. Bypass is on the right before the pool.

Shortly after is the second large waterfall.
Climb on the left, then mid-falls, switch to the right side and climb the rest of the way.

The 3rd waterfall. The pool is also quite nice. Bypass is before the pool, on the rock-face on the right.
From this point on, you have another 30-40 minutes in the stream before the exit point.
There are no more large waterfalls afterwards

Once you get to this point, you are within 75m of the exit point.

That's the exit point. There is a shallow pool and you should be able to identify with the characteristics rock formation in front of you, and the orange mossy rock on the left. The exit is on the right and there's a small white ribbon showing the way.

This white ribbon. There's also orange-reddish ones all along the way up.

I did not like that climb much; narrow path full of spider-webs, rocky, just unpleasant climb...
It should take you about 35-40 minutes.

You will then reach the top of that hill.  Head  left...

... nice view of the airport

After another 20 or so minutes walk, you'll reach a fork. Take the path that goes down towards Tung Chung.
It will take you another 30-45 minutes to get to the road where you started.

Just keep going down...

Back to the road, head left. You will be back at Tung Chung MTR's Exit 'D" in 10-15 minutes...

Shek Pik to Tai O via Fan Lau (分流)

Duration: 

17.5km total. 6 hours

Difficulty: 

6/10. Mostly flat. Added one point for length. While the total ascent is 452m, it is spread over the 17.5km.

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere.

Water needs: 1.5 liter.

Appreciation: 8/10. First half is a bit boring walking on concrete path. However, second half has tons of beaches, the Fanlau fort, and finishing in Tai O.

Map & Details: https://www.mapmyhike.com/workout/3185652736/

Exercise Area: No.

Transportation: Either from Tung Chung via bus 11 or 23 (but it is very busy on weekends), or from Mui Wo (Ferry #6 from Central) via bus 1. Exit at Sha Tsui stop. Return the same way from Tai O; 11 or 23 to Tung Chung, or 1 to Mui Wo.

Why it's worth it: 

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The Shek Pik stop is right after the Shek Pik dam. The bus might be going down to the jail first.
Exit at Sha Tsui, climd the stairs (there's a toilet there), and head left on Wang Pui road.

Keep following the signs pointing to Fan Lau Fort

This fork is after about 10-12min walk. Head right, staying in the direction of Fan Lau Fort.

After about 1:30 hour walk on the concrete path from the bus stop, you'll reach this point where you leave concrete and join a proper hiking path. You can't miss it with the pavillion at a distance.

Head left towards View Campass/Obelisk. This is a loop so you will be coming back here in about 20-30min.
You will go by a pavilion. This is where the path will look back. Head left.

The obelisk; a bit underwhelming.  

Loop is completed... Head left now towards the beach...

You'll reach this fork. You can go straight which leads to the beach (30 seconds walk). Once you are done at the beach, retrace your steps and go to the other path, towards Fan Lau

The beach.

This is the fork where you were, head left now. 

Just a minute or two latter, you'll reach this point, head left and you'll see signage atop a few steps pointing the direction to Fan Lau on the right. That's where you want to go.

Left towards Fan Lau

You'll see a fork, a beach on the left, and a map. Head left towards the beach.
You will be on Fan Lau Country Trail

Walk on the beach. The path resumes about 20m right of the very obvious rock formation's alignment.

AFter about a 5-10 min walk from the funky rock, you'll reach the Fan Lau Fort on your left.
Once you are done at the fort, keeping going on the path. About another 10-20min walk, you'll reach a fork where you can go towards the beach or away, head towards the beach (Fan Lau Sai Wan). 

Fan Lau Sai Wan (分流西灣). Take the little bridge on the left. And then up the path.

Afterwards, there's just one path to go all the way to Tai O. You'll reach a rice farm. Just keep going in the same direction on the path. You'll soon be at the edge of the sea. That's the path to Tai O.

Arriving at Tai O. Bus terminus will be on your right.