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Tai Mo Shan to Shing Mun Reservoir: Hike the highest mountain in Hong Kong
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Discovery
Average hiking time: Approximately 6 hours | Distance: Approximately 11 km
Hong Kong is as rich in flora and fauna as it is in world-class skyscrapers, and this trail takes you into the heart of it all. Completed in 1937, Shing Mun Reservoir is a great source of fresh water and home to many species of butterflies and migratory birds. The village of Tai Wai in front of the reservoir is now gone, but its protective feng shui woods remain, which boast more than 70 species of trees. Click here to see the map.
Did You Know?
You read that right. Shing Mun has lots and lots of monkeys. They may look cute, but let them be the wild things they are by keeping your distance and not feeding them.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Discovery
Stop 1: Tai Mo Shan
There’s nothing like starting on a high note and, at 957 metres tall, the hike begins at the highest mountain (and coldest place) in Hong Kong. During exceptionally chilly weather, many locals scale the mountain’s peak to catch a glimpse of the exotic phenomenon of frost. With the peak’s position almost in the very centre of Hong Kong, you can look over the whole territory on clear days (the night view is stunning, too). In the warmer months, however, the paths uphill are often swallowed up by fog.
Refuel
There is no replenishing station on the trail, so stock up with food and water at a supermarket or convenience store in Tsuen Wan.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Discovery
Stop 2: Lead Mine Pass
The name of Lead Mine Pass is a hint to its prosperous mining history. Deep in the woods nearby there are many abandoned mines, some as much as a century old. Mining in the area ceased decades ago and it now only features on maps as the intersection of the MacLehose Trail and the Wilson Trail.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Discovery
Stop 3: Pineapple Dam
The Pineapple Dam is a smaller dam of the Shing Mun Reservoir, noticeable by its country park sign that looks like an ancient city gate (‘Shing Mun’). Its name comes from the pineapples that many Hakka villagers grew here when they settled in the area. Nearby is the Pineapple Dam Nature Trail.
Stop 4: Shing Mun Country Park Visitor Centre
Next to Pineapple Dam, the Shing Mun Country Park Visitor Centre provides information about the reservoir, the living habits of its native monkeys, close-by military ruins, and the abandoned mine, as well as some mining tools. Open on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. See details on the Shing Mun Country Park Visitor Centre website. From here, continue to the end point at Shing Mun Reservoir.
Short on time? Opt to hike Tai Mo Shan or Shing Mun Reservoir individually.
Getting to Tai Mo Shan Country Park:
At Tsuen Wan MTR Station Exit A, take bus 51 (towards Kam Sheung Road) from Tsuen Wan Railway Station bus stop and get off at Country Park Station. Head back and walk up to Tai Mo Shan Road and continue for 20 minutes to the Tai Mo Shan Country Park Visitor Centre.
Leaving from Pineapple Dam:
At Pineapple Dam minibus terminus, take minibus 82 to the Tsuen Wan town centre.
