The Great Outdoors in Hong Kong - version 1

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https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.html

Hong Kong Tourism Board​

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Artworks including a larger-than-life wooden sculpture and a colourful birdhouse tower greet visitors at the tiny, once abandoned island of Yim Tin Tsai, near Sai Kung Peninsula. The island, once the site of a Hakka Catholic village, has an almost 300-year history. Today it is home to numerous unique cultural heritage sites, including two UNESCO award-winning attractions — the salt pans (or yim tin, in Cantonese), which inspired its name, and the elegant century-old St Joseph's Chapel.

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Yim Tin Tsai​

The region of wetlands, parks and mountains enjoys a diverse cultural history and the track, which takes about 6 hours to complete, provides safe access for visiting its many ancient temples, historic buildings and monuments while enjoying spectacular views of the Pat Sin Leng mountain range and Tolo Harbour.

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​Cycling: Tuen Mun to Sha Tin

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​Explore Ap Chau — best known for its spectacular, Instagram-friendly ochre-coloured rock formations, including one shaped like a duck’s head with a sea arch forming its ‘eye’ — and take an enticing hike across Kat O, offering spectacular hilltop views of Double Haven — one of Hong Kong’s most beautiful stretches of ocean.

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Ap Chau & Kat O

The walled village of more than 200 picturesque hillside homes — auspiciously arranged in rows when built more than 300 years ago — is one of Hong Kong’s oldest, largest and best-preserved rural settlements. The village won UNESCO’s prestigious 2020 Special Recognition for Sustainable Development award for promoting cultural heritage conservation.

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Lai Chi Wo