Espectacular cliffs, a few caves, as high scrambling and cliff jumping as you could wish for, ending up with seafood lunch and easy transportation.
- Beauty/fun: 8/10 spectacular cliffs, fun challenging scrambling and traverses, relatively clear water, very distinct sections with varied rock formations, big caves.
- Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 9/10 if trying to swim as little as possible, very high scrambling, complex navigation first time there, very exposed to swell and wind waves. Potential emergency early exits, but through the golf club, which can be messy (private property)…
- The map (how to download to your phone offline maps)
See full screen & Garmin track. We did it a bit too fast. Without jellyfish and fog, this route deserves/requires a couple more hours of enjoyment.
After a long spring with unseasonably big swell and/or strong winds, finally, we got a weekend of calm sea. Perfect to try this very exposed route.
MTR to Hang Hau and minibus or taxi to Clear Water Bay Golf and Country Club. Walk downhill for a little while to the Tin Hau Temple.
Turn left and on the rocks.
This initial section is very simple with several flattish areas. After you see the Golf club for the first time
is when the real coasteering starts. First swim and serious scrambling.
The cliff and rocks around Fat Tong Kok are impressive. For a few minutes, the fog opened and I could take the pic above. For reference, James swim shortcutting under. Barely seeable without zooming.
Without jellyfish and the fog, we would have spent a lot longer here, trying to challenge ourselves with the traverses and bouldering problems. There are also “safe” high (up to 10m) jumps.
Once we turned North slightly NW direction the ground became easier. Still with fun traverses and almost slabs,
and some pebble/small rock “beaches” before arriving at a potential emergency exit. You can go up to the marina. Although I guess the conversation would not be nice with the employees there, unless in a real emergency.
Continue on the coastline and soon the difficulty increases again. A pity that in the most impressive area
the fog came back down again. Caves and chiseled like cliffs.
Video by Tyler another day with a lot better visibility. So that you can watch the size of that and other cliffs, and how high you can climb if you are as confident as Colin.
Very nice rocks and high caves, some passable climbing above, some easier swim crossed.
Turn West and the route becomes easier again. 80m swim marina entrance.
Just after we stopped for a short break. And in no time the guards came to complain. Even if we were on those lower wave-breaking “pillars”… So continue walking, a plastic trash-filled pebble beach, and onto the rocks again.
Still a few scrambles, easy slabs, and swims in this section. On this corner, go up above a pipeline almost on the green, and after the route gets way easier.
We were able to finish all the rest extremely fast. With nothing especially interesting compared with the previous. At Po Toi O you have several seafood restaurants, a kayak renting shop (that I’d use the very next day), and a minibus stop (#16 heading to Po Lam, passing through Hang Hau).
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