Limited Number of Free Guided Hiking Tours in Hong Kong

An exuberant hiking group, including about 100 in-town visitors, jogged from the Peak to Pok Fu Lam Reservoir on Sunday to kick-start this year’s Great Outdoors Hong Kong campaign, which is organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) and co-organised by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) to promote the beautiful natural scenery of Hong Kong.

The campaign offers free guided tours along five thematic hiking trails for visitors on five consecutive Sundays until 9 December. There is a quota of 100 for each tour. Interested visitors should sign up at an HKTB Visitor Centre at least two days before a tour takes place. The four remaining routes are:

18 November - Island Landscapes - Yung Shue Wan to Sok Kwu Wan (Lamma Island)

25 November - Geological Landscapes - MacLehose Trail Sections 1 & 2, from High Island Reservoir East Dam to Sai Wan Pavilion

2 December - Urban Getaway - Dragon’s Back

9 December - Heritage Hike - Tung Chung to Tai O

In addition to the guided tours, the HKTB has produced an up-to-date “Great Outdoors Hong Kong” activity guide to help visitors, especially FITs, plan their own hiking trips. The guide introduces various hiking trails and islands in Hong Kong, and offers information on both free and commercial tours organised by local hiking groups and the travel trade.

In select short-haul markets, the HKTB has rolled out promotions to raise awareness of the campaign, collaborating, for example, with a popular sportswear brand and travel agencies in Korea to recruit enthusiastic hikers to take part in “Great Outdoors Hong Kong”.

In long-haul markets, the HKTB has invited media guests, including ones from American magazines Fortune, Passport Magazine and Men’s Journal, as well as Germany’s n-TV station, to explore Hong Kong’s natural world and showcase its beauty to their readers or viewers.

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