Port Shelter

Nam Wai to Silverstrand beach was a lot better than expected route, with a few fun scrambling areas and pristine spring sea water.

Beauty/fun: 6.5/10. Several beaches, picturesque “mossy” areas, clearer water than in other areas, a few easy fun scrambling areas.
Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 4.5/10 with knee-high wades, 6.5/10 if trying to do it dry. As many easy early exits as you would want.
The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)

See full screen and Garmin track.

This was one of the few areas in Saikung that I hadn’t swum in. I was looking for something that looked easy with beaches en route to stop at. I was expecting boring rocks similar to Palm Beach to Silverstrand area, but instead it was more Trio like. Nice!

Start at the end of Nam Wai road

We took an Uber till there. For public transportation, most buses going to Saikung pass close to Nam Wai. Follow Google Map indications and after 10-15 minutes walk you will arrive at this Tin Hau Temple, just next to the car park.

Tide and wave forecast of the day.

Start walking on the concrete, first mini beach (not interesting) and

onto the green rocks.

All this area is full of small boulders, but with some intermediate sandy areas,

and

really clean water, it was far from boring.

A little further an easy connection with the hiking path around and a bigger sandy area (marked on the map).

Eventually arriving at the first scrambling area. First high cliff is easily passed where she is on.

But just after can get a bit trickier if you want to stay completely dry. I just waded knee high instead and checked how safe it was for her to scramble down without using the fishermen’s rope. Tricky. She used the rope…