Fun caves, good scrambling walls, relatively clear water, quite some fishes & green egg island around the Clear Water Bay Headland.

See full screen and the Garmin track.

There are not very good transportation options to the start points. Therefore we took MTR to Hang Hau Station and a green taxi from there.

You could start at the Clearwater Bay Equestrian Centre for longer coasteering. This (purple line) is the less interesting part (not bad in spring time). Instead, we went to the car park next to the Country Park Visitor Centre. From there you have different hiking path options toward Green Egg Island. We took the one closest to the coastline.

For that follow the GPS track. In no time we found the faint path heading into the woods.

It can be a bit bushy in some areas.

Arriving at an abandoned building.

Just before starting the steep way down. Last part is a bit sandy slippery before

connecting with Tai Kai stream.

This could be another starting point if you want to shorten the coasteering. Scrambling down to the coastline. In our case, we continued

heading towards

Green Egg island (alternative green path explained here).

Too hot even in May, these two guys needed a good 10-15min rest and cool down as soon as we arrived there.

There are quite some things to see around. Only recommendation: arrive early. This spot is becoming more and more popular and can even get crowded on good weather days, with boats bringing people directly here from Saikung pier and tons of kayakers.

We cross to the nearby tiny island for the first small arch/tunnel.

Just the preview of those to come later.

The rocks in this area are not as impressive.

Arriving at another possible entry point. Marked on the map, brown line. We could see hikers coming down

To enjoy the view and little pools.

Continue and the aforementioned stream connection.

Rock formations improve from here.

And you start the real coasteering fun.

Initial shallow caves.

Nice walls.

We were not lucky with the water quality… A bit dirty.

Tons of in and out of the water in this route.

Sometimes going back and forth to find the safest options (climb or jump)

The waves can hit hard against the rock walls.

Arriving at the big cave area.

Perfect spot for high cliff jumping.

Another cave.

And another wider one.

Same, pic from within.

These guys were trying to scramble a bit more here.

So I led them through a bit higher cliffs.

Find the way that feels best for you.

Here we found several ropes leading up, connecting with our starting point.

Bolted climbing area. Quite technical without ropes and therefore more swimming.

You can clearly see the golf course in front from here. Turn the corner and arriving at another fun section.

A little corridor and after a cave

with a second “floor” that you can climb to

for the pic.

Impressive structure.

Just a little further the deepest cave with a fork inside and two separated tunnels. Pitch dark in without the torch (compulsory for visiting all the caves). A little beach in the innermost point.

And heading out again. 900 lumen torch illuminating the scene.

Moving forward

the coasteering is easier.

Arriving at Tai Wan Tau beach and village.

Where you have a public toilet to change and start going up the steep road towards the Tai Au Mun roundabout, from where take transportation back.

2022 update: I would suggest continuing coasteering for additional 5 minutes to First Beach instead. That way you can have a shower there and shorter ascend to the nearest bus stop. Brown line on the map.

Video from Tyler doing the reverse route ending at the horse riding centre. Green Egg Island quite crowded thereof, as they arrived there in the afternoon.

Everything you should know before coasteering.