Take a day trip to Lantau Island, Hong Kong’s largest island, and discover pristine beaches, traditional angling villages, lush valleys, soaring mountains and spiritual enlightenment. Your complete day time tour consists of a guided take a look at to Po Lin Monastery, the Giant Buddha Exhibition Hall plus a 5.7 kilometer cable auto journey providing spectacular views of Lantau Island and also the South China Sea.
Your day time trip from Hong Kong begins having a trip on an communicate ferry across Hong Kong’s harbor to Lantau Island. You’ll then board a coach to lovely Cheung Sha Beach, Hong Kong’s longest beach. next it’s on to the unique Tai O angling village, exactly where the nearby fishermen’s houses are built on stilts.
Your coach will consider you up a winding mountain path to Ngong Ping Plateau, exactly where the Giant Buddha sits majestically, close to the Po Lin (Precious Lotus) Monastery. much more than 111 ft (34 meters) high, Hong Kong’s amazingly huge Buddha could be the world’s largest, seated, outside bronze Buddha.
You’ll have ample time to enjoy a guided tour of the multi-colored Po Lin Monastery and also the Giant Buddha Exhibition Hall. A brief walk aside could be the Wisdom path exactly where an ancient prayer is inscribed over a sequence of wooden columns established inside of a figure of eight to signify infinity. You’ll be served a traditional Buddhist vegetarian food on the monastery, followed by an optional take a look at to the culturally themed Ngong Ping Village.
Your tour concludes having a cable-car ride right down the mountain. This 25-minute journey offers breathtaking panoramic views of the South China Sea, the lush mountains and valleys and also the awe-inspiring Giant Buddha statue. From Tung Chung Village return to Kowloon or Hong Kong Island by coach.
