Cute, short, and easy coasteering connecting some of the biggest beaches in Lantau. Good on its own or to add to other routes around for a long day.
- Beauty/fun: 6.5/10. Nothing spectacular, but fun to coasteer on. Water tends to be a little cleaner than other areas of Lantau, but still, it is Lantau. Too close to the Pearl River delta to be really clean.
- Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 4/10 with one swim/wade. Relatively protected from winds and swell. Several potential easy early exits. Easy scrambling but in one spot. It can be done completely dry, but then consider it a 6/10 difficulty.
- The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)
See full screen and Garmin track.
It was late December but still sunny and relatively warm. Perfect for an easy coasteering route. Take MTR + bus to Pui O beach and start walking West.
The first scrambling area starts soon.
But the section is short. After a big rock and pebble beach. You will find several of them en route. Changeable lizard enjoying the weather like us.
A bit more of scrambling
and a small sandy beach.
Quite some super easy flat areas in between the rock sections.
Arriving at the only tricky spot. You could just do it easy here and get wet. After passing the corner you could easily go back up on the rocks. Dry, traversing or climbing here, for our level, was not an option, but instead
you can turn right, up the stairs.
And find your way up the cliff next to the trees.
We could find several ropes and other climbing materials. In any case, be careful here (the 6/10 difficulty spot)
and find your way down the slab. With my Five Tens, I did not find it difficult, but Summer did not enjoy it, after long months without being on the rocks.
Once down
the route goes back to be as easy as previous.
Relatively easy scrambles
and flattish areas.
Another rock beach.
Easy scrambles already seeing houses above.
Another sand strip.
You can see all this area in this drone photosphere. Tons of smaller rocks.
Before turning into
Lower Cheung Sha beach itself. Restaurants, WC, bus stop around. In our case, we continued
towards Upper Cheung Sha beach.
Walk a bit more to the very bottom of Tai Cheung stream.
Just a few meters further and you can find, within the woods, a short path up to the road and the bus stop.
This route can be combined easily with the Mui Wo South coasteering or the aforementioned stream.
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