Name: Victoria Peak Hike: Botanical Gardens, Peak Trail & Lugard Road Views, Hong Kong
Brand: TripGuru
SKU: bc5ebb75-0940-4683-b07d-fa3b8738bc4f
Price: 17.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Forget&nbsp;the&nbsp;hour-long&nbsp;queue&nbsp;that&nbsp;stacks&nbsp;up&nbsp;outside&nbsp;the&nbsp;Peak&nbsp;Tram&nbsp;station&nbsp;every&nbsp;morning;&nbsp;your&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;climb&nbsp;starts&nbsp;on&nbsp;foot.&nbsp;From&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chater&nbsp;Garden&nbsp;exit&nbsp;at&nbsp;Central&nbsp;MTR,&nbsp;you&nbsp;weave&nbsp;through&nbsp;Central&#39;s&nbsp;colonial&nbsp;backstreets,&nbsp;passing&nbsp;St.&nbsp;John&#39;s&nbsp;Cathedral&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Peak&nbsp;Tram&#39;s&nbsp;lower&nbsp;terminus,&nbsp;where&nbsp;the&nbsp;line&nbsp;is&nbsp;already&nbsp;forming&nbsp;behind&nbsp;the&nbsp;turnstiles&nbsp;as&nbsp;you&nbsp;walk&nbsp;on&nbsp;by.Duck&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;Hong&nbsp;Kong&nbsp;Zoological&nbsp;and&nbsp;Botanical&nbsp;Gardens&nbsp;and&nbsp;watch&nbsp;nineteenth-century&nbsp;flowerbeds&nbsp;give&nbsp;way,&nbsp;block&nbsp;by&nbsp;block,&nbsp;to&nbsp;subtropical&nbsp;canopy.&nbsp;The&nbsp;skyscrapers&nbsp;thin&nbsp;out,&nbsp;the&nbsp;birdsong&nbsp;picks&nbsp;up,&nbsp;and&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;look&nbsp;up&nbsp;you&#39;ll&nbsp;likely&nbsp;spot&nbsp;a&nbsp;black&nbsp;kite&nbsp;circling&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;thermal,&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;dozens&nbsp;that&nbsp;patrol&nbsp;the&nbsp;Peak&#39;s&nbsp;updrafts&nbsp;year-round.The&nbsp;real&nbsp;climb&nbsp;starts&nbsp;here,&nbsp;up&nbsp;a&nbsp;paved&nbsp;incline&nbsp;that&nbsp;ties&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;wider&nbsp;Peak&nbsp;Trail&nbsp;network.&nbsp;Your&nbsp;guide&nbsp;will&nbsp;point&nbsp;out&nbsp;where&nbsp;wealthy&nbsp;residents&nbsp;once&nbsp;paid&nbsp;porters&nbsp;to&nbsp;carry&nbsp;them&nbsp;up&nbsp;this&nbsp;same&nbsp;slope&nbsp;by&nbsp;sedan&nbsp;chair,&nbsp;decades&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;Peak&nbsp;Tram&nbsp;opened&nbsp;in&nbsp;1888.&nbsp;Clearings&nbsp;along&nbsp;the&nbsp;way&nbsp;frame&nbsp;the&nbsp;Mid-Levels&nbsp;apartment&nbsp;towers&nbsp;jutting&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;jungle,&nbsp;a&nbsp;view&nbsp;most&nbsp;Peak&nbsp;Tower&nbsp;crowds&nbsp;never&nbsp;get&nbsp;to&nbsp;see.At&nbsp;the&nbsp;top,&nbsp;the&nbsp;trail&nbsp;flattens&nbsp;into&nbsp;Lugard&nbsp;Road,&nbsp;a&nbsp;narrow&nbsp;cliffside&nbsp;walkway&nbsp;cantilevered&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;mountainside&nbsp;between&nbsp;1913&nbsp;and&nbsp;1914.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;spot:&nbsp;an&nbsp;unbroken&nbsp;sweep&nbsp;of&nbsp;Victoria&nbsp;Harbour,&nbsp;Kowloon,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;financial&nbsp;district&nbsp;that&nbsp;tends&nbsp;to&nbsp;stop&nbsp;conversation&nbsp;mid-sentence,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;exact&nbsp;frame&nbsp;worth&nbsp;setting&nbsp;your&nbsp;phone&nbsp;to&nbsp;panorama&nbsp;for.&nbsp;Century-old&nbsp;banyan&nbsp;trees&nbsp;and&nbsp;moss-covered&nbsp;stone&nbsp;walls&nbsp;line&nbsp;the&nbsp;path,&nbsp;proof&nbsp;that&nbsp;Hong&nbsp;Kong&#39;s&nbsp;densest&nbsp;skyline&nbsp;sits&nbsp;right&nbsp;up&nbsp;against&nbsp;real&nbsp;wilderness.The&nbsp;walk&nbsp;ends&nbsp;at&nbsp;Peak&nbsp;Galleria,&nbsp;where&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;grab&nbsp;a&nbsp;coffee,&nbsp;browse&nbsp;the&nbsp;lookout&nbsp;deck,&nbsp;or&nbsp;join&nbsp;the&nbsp;tram&nbsp;queue&nbsp;back&nbsp;down,&nbsp;your&nbsp;choice,&nbsp;since&nbsp;you&nbsp;already&nbsp;beat&nbsp;the&nbsp;crowd&nbsp;going&nbsp;up.&nbsp;Every&nbsp;TripGuru&nbsp;hike&nbsp;here&nbsp;runs&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;local,&nbsp;English-speaking&nbsp;guide&nbsp;who&nbsp;knows&nbsp;these&nbsp;trails&nbsp;properly,&nbsp;and&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;GSTC-certified,&nbsp;carbon-neutral&nbsp;operator,&nbsp;we&nbsp;keep&nbsp;this&nbsp;route&nbsp;exactly&nbsp;as&nbsp;low-impact&nbsp;as&nbsp;it&nbsp;looks.

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Victoria Peak Hike: Botanical Gardens, Peak Trail & Lugard Road Views, Hong Kong

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Victoria Peak Hike: Botanical Gardens, Peak Trail & Lugard Road Views, Hong Kong

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