A beautiful hike, central to Victoria Peak

There’s a lot of posts out there that discuss the beauty view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak. Most people take the tram, which is good, but trust me that the view is twice as good after you have earned it from hiking there yourself. Read on if you want a simple guide to follow so you can get yourself all the way from Hong Kong central to Victoria Peak via a beautiful nature filled trail. We started the day about 9am and we’re eating lunch and drinking a well deserved beer by 1. It’ll be a bit shorted if, unlike me, you’re fit and don’t dilly dally. Ok, a simple place to start is from the Hong Kong Center Metro strip. May I suggest exit D2. From there get yourself onto theater street where you’ll find yourself a public information post complete with a local map (see pictures). From here, follow the maps directions to the escalators and follow them all the way up. You don’t have to take the escalators and can just follow them instead so you can gain calves of steel. The last escalator should bring you up to conduit road (see pictures). At this point you have a choice, go left and take the tram up to the top or turn right and continue your hike. Once you’ve take the obvious choice of turning right, follow the road for about 15 minutes (give or take) until you finally come to a split in the road. You’ll want to go uphill up Hatton Road (see pictures of my pasty friend pointing the right way. No worries if you over shoot this road, if you continue you’ll eventually hit a small fire station. Just to the side of this are some steps that will take you to the trail. And here you are, this is the Morning Trail. It’ll be just under 3km (up some steep hills) to the peak. It’s a beautiful nature filled trail that is very conveniently signposted. 3 sweaty kilometers later you’ll find yourself at the Top of Victoria peak. Weirdly, there’s 2 malls there. I suggest going into the smaller one (should be on your left) where you can purchase a ticket to go to the roof terrace to get a truly spectacular view of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Finally, to finish your journey I suggest taking the tram down and enjoy the beautiful view and the slightly rollercoaster like ride. You can use your Octopus card for this. Make sure you get one of these for your time in HK, these things are amazing. Why not hit two birds with one stone. From the Tram’s terminus it is only a short walk to Hong Kong Zoo. It’s easily sign posted. WARNING! If you’re like me, rather unfit, then please be prepared to be humiliated by the local older residents who seem to complete this hike daily and zoom right past you with wheeze and sweat yourself up the trail. #hong Kong #victoriapeak #hongkongtravel #awesomepic #instagramworthydestinations #hiking #morningwalk #morningtrail