Pretty cliff with picturesque rocks & several scrambling & climbing options. Really bad quality rock all over the area. Be careful around.

  • Beauty/fun: 5.5/10 the views on a clear day are magnificent with the rocks, the green, reservoir & sea below, but the scrambling fun is diminished due to the rock quality.
  • Difficulty (check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web): 5.5/10 your first time there if you go for the easiest option and you are careful with your rock selection. We have had two small accidents there with a broken tree and a “detachable handhold”… Luckily just scratches and a contusion, but I know people that have been close to something way worse. On his words: “The main issue with that whole cliff is that the rock quality is quite poor and there is a lot of loose rock. When I was rope climbing the guy I was belaying knocked down a block about the size of a microwave oven. Luckily it hit a ledge above me and shattered into small pieces and I took most of the impact on my helmet and shoulders.” So beware and take into consideration above all if you are trying to scramble out of the usual route.
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See full screen & the Garmin track of a day going up Lion Head first & Feng Bi gorge section later. The green line is of another day when I went on my own after Inverted Wrist.

There are different ways to start this outing. The shortest route by going down the bus/taxi next to the Junction Of Lantau Trail section 4 & 5 and into the old Lantau trail section 4. B1 on the map. Abandoned path, little hiked and therefore bushy and with small landslides (no issue for the average reader) starting from here.

I would suggest you, unless you are in a hurry, to start even lower. Some people start from the very South West of the reservoir itself or through a tunnel. Another option is going down on this bus stop and taking the auxiliary road down towards the reservoir that you can see in front. Shout well in advance to the bus driver that you want to go down in this stop. Not common and they can skip it otherwise.

Blue line. Go down on the concrete and get yourself into the stream on its left. Or you will need to roll under a fence… Get to the reservoir level and find the stream up towards Feng Bi. Check carefully your GPS and/or compass so that you go on the correct direction. Not the most obvious the first time with several tributaries connecting at the bottom.

In winter time we were able to keep dry. With some bush walk following the ribbons up. At (3) a clear fork. Both tributaries are doable, but the left one (3:50 in the video below, if I am not mistaken) is more obscure, bushy and with a bad quality rock waterfall to climb to.

Instead on the right is more open & you can find (4) a rock waterfall that might be pretty in the rainy season. Almost with no water in our case. The pic just above on the left, with the ladies scrambling next to it. At (5) the stream did not look very clear and we moved to (6) with already the cliffs in sight. I have also tried (B2) which had a few ribbons. It has less views and no additional benefit. So continue up on the blue.

Very picturesque approach on lose rocks path. There are several levels at the cliff. For the easiest route just follow the ribbons. You can check around carefully too out of those. Just keep in mind that both rocks and trees are not the sturdiest…

Satellite view of the cliffs for reference.

On my second day I continued on the lower level. Tricky sandy slippery and with easily to break trees and handholds. Once on (B4) the rocky perpendicular cliff finishes and it looked that I could scramble up on the loose gravel steep side. Just in case, I was in a rush, I decided to go back to the route I knew.

I have not yet mentioned it, but there are several bolted climbing routes. Some hikers scramble up next to one of those walls. At (B6) with the last ribbon I saw. This video includes this tricky scramble (9:05).

I checked it for a while. It doesn’t look difficult once you pass the first meters of ascent. But I wouldn’t recommend it considering the rock quality + that you will need to go down again later to see one of the nicest features around.

So if instead you continue following the main ribbons up the cliff you will arrive at the tunnel cave (B7) 石室隧道. Scramble up to where Summer is in the first pic below and get into the small tunnel.

Not deep enough to get really dark. Just a short L. Once out you can see a peculiar rock formation. This area looks a bit like from a Western movie. In this video getting into the tunnel at 5:18 and some drone footage of all the area just after.

The top of the cliff is quite picturesque. Several pics for reference. Upmost the sandy end.

The other two on the top of the perpendicular rocky cliff. You can spend some time checking further around. To exit continue NE direction on a relatively clear bush path and in no time you will see the Big Buddha.

Everything you should know before stream hiking.