Bluff Island is a good spot for anchoring a “boat party”. A nice beach, water, corals, and fun short coasteering.
- Beauty/fun: 7/10 The Northern tip is good enough to start enjoying the beauty of the Hong Kong Geopark with its peculiar rock formations. Several cliff-jumping spots. Comparatively clear water.
- Difficulty: 4/10 On a calm sea day the route is quite simple. You can be scrambling in low boulders and the jumping in and exit spots (shortish swimming sections) are simple. I have added a notch of difficulty cause the Eastern shore is a bit exposed and the waves come in easy. One possible early exit marked on the map (green line) through a bit of dense bushwalking with ribbons (May 2018).
- Map
The only way to arrive at the island is by private boat, speedboat from Saikung, kayak, or crazy open water swimming (mainly due to heavy traffic of all kinds of boats). The bay with the beach within is a perfect spot for anchoring the boat. On the Northern side, you should be able to find a bushy path that will lead you to the Eastern shore. Then onwards the route is quite straightforward. After the connection with the green line (it starts on the top of the rocks, connection with bushes) the cliffs become less steep. Once on the Western coast, around the coral area, the rocks are easiest to hike on. In less than 2 hours you can leisurely do it all.
Video and photos of it.
The Island offers way more though. I have marked in the Southern tip the cave that traverses it, already mentioned, with very impressive cliffs around. Quite some other interesting features and caves en route. Full island coasteering in this post.
July 10, 2020 at 1:38 am
love it ,how get over there,please thanks
July 10, 2020 at 10:09 am
As mentioned in the post itself “The only way to arrive at the island is by private boat, kayak or crazy open water swimming”
I guess Kaito services available from Saikung for the boat approach, although I have never tried. Pak Lap the closest place I know where you can rent kayaks.