Tso Kung Tam Stream (曹公潭)

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Duration: 
1.25 hour, 3.5km

Difficulty:
6/10. You'll need your hands

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere

Water needs: 0.5 liter

Appreciation: 7/10. Nice (very) short stream. Probably best after a lot of rainfall

Transportation:

Tsuen Wan MTR, exit 'A'. Return the same way.

Details: http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/2254416185/

Why it's worth it:

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Exit 'A' at Tsuen Wan MTR station. Just follow the elevated corridor that seems to be going on forever until you reach the Sports Centre

There's a piazza at the end of the corridor, go across, to the left. You'll find escalators going down.

Those ones... Almost there!

Go straight and you'll see the catch water on your right...

... that one! Just follow it...

... until you reach the stream proper. Enter the stream. Quite easy.

Big rocks, no real need to enter the water unless you want to. You'll see a larger waterfall on your left.

Keep going in the main stream

When you arrive at the first large waterfall of the stream, just climb on the right.

Maybe 5-10 minutes later you reach this spot, can't miss it. That's the exit point. Quite short eh? You can probably also continue in the stream but that will be another adventure, for another time!

You'll see a concrete access road on the right...

... barrier probably going to be closed, just hop over and follow the path going towards Route Twisk

Just before you hit route Twisk, you'll see the Nature Education & Astronomical Centre

Head right on route Twisk

After a 15-20 minutes walk, you'll see stairs on your right and a tunnel at the bottom that will let you go underneath the highway.

Right after the tunnel, overpass over the train tracks and back to the never-ending corridor where you will head left towards Tsuen Wan station. Cheers!

Cloudy Hill (九龍坑山)

Duration: 
3.5 hours, 9km

Difficulty:
6.5/10. One big climb, then down or flat.

Cel phone coverage: Mostly everywhere

Water needs: 1 liter

Appreciation: 7/10. Some good views

Transportation:

Tai Wo MTR station, exit 'B'. Return via minibus 52k to the Fanling MTR station.

Details: http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/2098709456/

Why it's worth it:

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Tai Wo MTR, Exit B, at the top of the escalator, end right.

Straight through the mall (don't turn left). That's the exit.

Down the stairs. Follow along Kai Wo Road, until you reach the big road (Tai Po Tai Wo Rd)

Cross Tai Po Tai Wo road using the tunnel. Then follow straight ahead (Ting Tai Rd).

Then head left on Tai Po Tau Road...

Where Tai PoTau Rd meets Tai Po Tau Drive, head right.

You'll see the sign for Cloudy Hill pointing the way

Just about 50m down, take the stairs on the right

That's it, can't really get lost at this point, just keep following the Wilson Trail.

You'll get markers every 500m, and the little hiking guy sign to point the right way

Straight ahead

Follow Wilson trail. So, on the right, behind the gazebo

Waaa! Ho leng woh!

When you arrive at the dam, don't cross it, head left instead on Hok Tau Road.

After about 1.5km, you'll see a road on your left with a sign stating "Hok Tau Wai", turn there.

The minibus stop is about 100m in (no signs though, but a bunch of chairs)

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Ho Pui Reservoir (河背水塘), then Lui Kung Tin (雷公田)

Duration: 
3 hours, 10km.

Difficulty:
2/10. Mostly flat

Cel phone coverage: Mostly everywhere

Water needs: 1 liter

Appreciation: 7/10. The loop around the reservoir is nice. Road walk afterward is average. Milk Farm has friendly goats, and good milk!

Transportation:
Kam Sheung Road MTR Station, exit C. Take Minibus 71 and exit at the terminus in Ho Pui Tseun. Return to Kam Sheung Road MTR via minibus 72 or bus 51 to Tsuen Wan/West MTR on Road Twisk.

Details: http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/2031755036
(The end of the hike is incorrectly mapped. You should end at Road Twisk and take the bus or minibus there)

Why it's worth it:

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Kam Sheung Road MTR Station, exit C

The minibus stop is about 100m from exit C

Take it all the way to the end stop. About 10-15minutes

At the Ho Pui terminus. Go through the village

You'll eventually hit Ho Pui Tsuen road, head left

After about 400m on Ho Pui Tsuen road, you'll see the campsite. Turn right and past the open gate.

Go via the Ho Pui Reservoir Family Walk. Quite easy, you'll loop around the reservoir.

Then come back to Ho Pui Tsuen and head right.

Before you do so however, you may want to stop for a drink at the organic farm

2km onto Ho Pui Tsuen, you'll reach the Tsing Tam Reservoir. Quite pretty.

Keep going on another 3km and you'll see the Milk Farm Co. on your left.

You can get fresh milk and some cup noodles. Once all rested, keep going on Ho Pui Tsuen until you reach Road Twisk. Bug stop will be on your left and will bring you back to the MTR

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Short loop to Sharp Peak (Nam She Tsim - 蚺蛇尖 ) - 上蚺蛇尖 -較短的循環路線

(Updated: 2021-03-25)

Duration/時間: 4.5 hours, 10km. 4.5小時10公里

Difficulty/難度:
8/10. Hands required to climb some of the sections. Do not attempt if you are afraid of heights or don't feel comfortable scrambling. About 450m climb in total.
某些部分需要手攀爬。如果你怕高或不不擅長攀爬, 最好不要勉強嘗試。 總共攀爬約450m

Cel phone coverage/手機覆蓋: Partial coverage. 部分地方訊號不足

Water needs/建議帶水: 2 liters. 2升

Appreciation/欣賞: 10/10. 
One of the most scenic hikes in Hong Kong.
香港其中一個風景最美的遠足遊

Transportation/交通:
Take bus 96R from Diamond Hill MTR exit C on Sunday or public holidays an exit at Pak Tam Au. Take speedboat or ferry at Chek Keng Pier to Wong Shek Pier and return via 96R.
星期日或公眾假期，從鑽石山地鐵出口C可乘坐96R巴士，在北潭凹下車。回程在赤角碼頭乘坐快艇或渡船至黃石碼頭，再轉96R巴士返回。

Details: http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/1991630060/

Why it's worth it/值得你去嗎?:

Exercise Area: No

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Take 96R at Diamond Hill MTR station, drop off at Pak Tam Au.The trail head is on your right, across the road.

There are toilets there shall you need them before you start. Have a quick look at my map. Not too hard to get your bearing. That is Maclehose section 2 by the way.
在鑽石山地鐵站乘坐96R巴士，在北潭凹下車。過馬路, 行山的路徑在你的右邊。
起程之前，如需要, 有廁所在附近.  看看我的地圖 , 很容易找到你的方位。這就是麥理浩徑第2段

First fork, go right.
第一個分叉，向右走

Then a left towards Chek Keng
跟住向左走, 往赤徑

At Chenk Keng, hang right. The path on the left goes to goes to the pier and the youth hostel
在赤徑, 轉在.  左邊的路是去碼頭和青年旅館的

Between milestone M40 and M39, about an hour in, you'll reach a little pavilion and a bench. That's where you break-off of Mac 2 and go up towards Sharp Peak. This is where the fun begins. You just have to follow the most direct path to the peak, Can't miss it. And yes, those steep patches are to be climbed...
大約一個小時後, 在里程碑M40和M39之間，你會到達一個小亭子和長凳。 那就是要和麥理浩徑第2段說再見
的地方，挑戰蚺蛇尖。 有趣的攀爬快要開始了。 你只需要遵循最直接, 向高峰路走便可。 是的，那些陡峭的地方是要手腳並用去爬的...

Top of Sharp Peak
蚺蛇尖山峰

On the way back down, you can bypass the first 2 steep pitches. From the top, just continue opposite from where you came from. It is a lot less steep. Then, you get to this point, turn right. A bit of bushwhacking, and you'll be back to the trail.
在下山的路上，你可以繞過首兩個陡峭的部分。 從頂部，只是從你來的地方相反方向走。 這不是太險峻。 然後，你到達這一點，右轉。穿過些叢林後，你會回到小徑。

Keep going until you get in the vicinity of the second scrambling pitch, head down and left instead. Then, there will be another bypass path on your right, as per the picture. You'll end-up right at the foot of the second pitch. You'll still have to scramble down the 3rd pitch but it is a bit easier. Then, it is smooth sailing back to Mac 2, retrace your steps towards Chek Keng
繼續前進，直到你進入第二個險峻的地方，向下走, 再左轉。跟圖片走，右邊會有另一條支路。 你會繞過剛才第二個險峻的斜坡。第三個斜坡你仍然必須小心爬下去，但比第二個容易一些。 然後，應該可以順利回到麥理浩徑第2段，走回頭路到赤徑.

You'll get to those stairs. No signage that indicate anything. Take them and you'll get to the Chek Keng pier.

There are speedboats to take you to Wong Shek pier. $150 to charter one. Wait a few minutes for other hikers to join and make it cheaper
你會見到那些樓梯。 沒有任何指示。下樓梯後，你會到達赤徑碼頭。
赤徑碼頭有快艇帶你回到黃石碼頭。包快艇要 $ 150。 等多幾個行山朋友便更化算!