Clear water, easy scrambling, long coastal walk areas, quite some wading, several beaches. Better than expected route suitable for beginners.
- Beauty/fun: 5/10 nice water with tons of life, OK sandy areas, too flat including quite some wades
- Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 3.5/10 minimal scrambling required, well protected from swell and partly even from wind waves, tons of potential early exits to easy hiking paths.
- Map (how to download to your phone offline maps)
See full screen & Garmin track.
Continuing the check of all the coastline and in preparation of the Devil’s Fist challenge we went to Hoi Ha to check the East coast. Not as nice as the West side but better than expected anyhow. Mini buses are going there regularly, departing from the stops next to Saikung pier. To avoid the traffic jams, very frequent in the area, you can also take a taxi otherwise from Wu Kai Sha.
We started walking on the hiking path towards the Wan Tsai extension of the country park. Head down to the sandy area at the West Southernmost point and time to coasteer. Very easy initially,
although getting our feet wet almost from the start. Passing by Sam Po Shek.
A good camping spot.
For me to remember the tide and wave forecast that day.
Completely flat whole route long even when we turned to the Coffin rock area.
There are hikers that go through the path in the middle of the extension just to see this rocky area. Not impresive at all. Just a pilar laying that remotely looks like a coffin. Moving forward the scrambling is a bit more fun.
Gets easier and easier the closer you get to the official South Campsite.
With Covid restrictions, there were not so many people here, but previous times that I had run around was extremely crowded as it is really easy to get to (either from Hoi Ha or ferries from Wong Shek pier) and has quite some facilities: toilets, changing rooms, cleaning stations.
As soon as we could we headed down to the coastline again. Mixture of rocks. Easyish scrambling and a little flattish slab area included.
The Tai Tan Country Trail crosses this big beach and continuing South is quite close to the shore.
On the coastline itself, little by little the vegetation gets closer and closer to the water line.
Frequent wades are required. Eventually, before arriving at Tai Tan Bay, approximately here, we decided to finish the coasteering.
Connect with the hiking path and walk towards Wong Shek pier to catch the bus back.
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