Not an especially interesting coasteering route. Just good for the “want to see it all”s or to increase the mileage after/before other routes around.
- Beauty/fun: 3.5/10. Nothing especially interesting, so so water, quite some trash. Just the trees around, interaction with fishermen and their constructions in the interesting part.
- Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 4/10. Very protected from winds and swell. Easy scrambling, but for a few spots. Short. No swims required. Maybe not even wades if you are relatively OK scrambling. I would not trust the ropes and constructions set en route. Bring your own rope to help weak members of your group, if necessary.
- The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)
See full screen & Garmin track.
This would be for most two separated routes. But putting them together just as I did them in an easy recovery/exploration day. I highly doubt that I will bring anyone here on purpose just for it. Maybe just to increase mileage if coming up from Disney or before/after some hiking in the area.
The closest public transportation point is the Lantau Link Toll Plaza where buses connecting Lantau with the rest of Hong Kong stop. A bit more than a kilometer of concrete and head down to the coastline. Exactly where I finish my route starting in Disney.
See the peculiar Buddhist monument
and continue walking towards the bridge.
Nothing especially interesting. Arriving at the first point that would have required some swim if I would have followed the coastline strictly.
Pass. I found my way through the fences around. With no much problem. Quite some fishermen in the area that day.
And back to the rocks.
There are few sections all route long with sand.
But I saw quite some trash too. Interesting trees holding their ground as best as they can also.
Several ropes set, I guess, by fishermen. Also side paths to avoid most of the scrambling or wades if you feel like too.
There are several creeks falling into the sea. The water levels were very low in late November. Here a man-made pool that I do not know what they used it for. Anyone ideas?
Another small beach and a survivor’s abandoned home…
Just before starting to turn South the rocks improved a bit.
Only worth mentioning scramble here. With ropes where it is easiest. You can do without them.
Moving forward the structures get more elaborated. Even with “bridges” and others.
More avoidable but fun small scrambles.
Before arriving
at the end of the coasteering.
On the West side, there is a construction area, a shipyard, and some others. Therefore I just followed the stream up.
I checked a bit around and I think that you could climb back to the bus stop through some of the tributaries and side paths. I did not. Instead, I followed next to the fence
and connect with the road. Slow jog on the wrong road, extra distance. Better use the green line on the map. And arrive at Sunny Bay. My foot was feeling a bit tired after the concrete and decided to shortcut by swimming this section.
The southern part of Yam O looks sandy and slightly muddy, so I did not check it.
Instead headed North to the tombolo.
Cheung Sok is quite flat. Here is one of the few easy scrambles.
More fishermen.
I was not the only one coasteering it.
Back to the tombolo on the West side.
The decent-sized beach in Luk Keng bay
before some more scrambling
and the beach in Yam Tsai.
Even with Covid, there was continuous airplane traffic. Fishermen leaving their spot.
Collapsed construction.
A nice slab that I decided to wade under.
And final “engineering” found en route (completely avoidable easily)
before arriving at the connection with the concrete again at Ta Pang Po. Jogging back on the concrete passing by the South of Yam O
to the MTR station.
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