Castle Peak — Attraction in Hong Kong

Overview About 6 hour walk including taking photos Single hiker not recommended Not suitable for hiking during Summer time or temperature over 25°C

Gathering at Siu Hing western railway station at 9 am. We, 8 hikers took 505/615p light rail transit (LRT) at exit B1 and dropped off at Leung King station. Went through Leung King wet market and you would entered into government eststes and playground. Then turn left, you would find the entrance to Castle Peak Range Road(青山軍路). This road also leads you to Leung King Au Valley / Por Lo Shan (良山㘭/波蘿山).

About 30 minute walk, you would find a trail from your left hand side to Castle Peak. You just follow the trail and walk toward the direction of the Castle Peak Communication Tower(青山發射站). It is easy to see and locate the tower as it is very high and tall. That is one of the highest 3 Peaks in Hong Kong.

Before arriving there, you would climb about 4 to 5 mountains. It is challenging as there is no cover under sunshine. Furthermore, it is quite slippage walking uphill on the loose sands. It will be much more dangerous when walking downhill.

At the top of the Castle Peak, you can see a very wide and view of Tun Mun. Even more, you can see the long coastal front and buildings of Shenzhen. It will take you about 4 hours to get there.

Returning from the Peak, you may take about 1.5 hours to the nearest LRT station. It will be much more easy to go downhill on manually created stone steps. On the way back, you may pay a visit to Castle Peak Monatery ( 青山寺). When you see YKK building and Intitute of Vacation Education at the cross road, turn left to take LRT.

Further reminder, bringing enough water with full hiking equipment and going with friends...

Castle Peak is the highest mountain (583m above Sea Level) in Tuen Mun of New Territories West. You can see whole Tuen Mun, Lantau Island, Hong Kong Island and even Shenzhen from the top.

Suggested to taking a taxi to Tsing Shan Monastery (150m above Sea level) to start the hike. There are several places for short breaks and sight seeing along the way to top. Tall trees are also around to shelter sunshine too. It may takes 1 to 1.5 hour to the top. Hiking up requires efforts, but shall be ok with constant slow pace and some short breaks.

Hiking down to Leung King Estate is actually real challenge for the journey. The track condition is very poor, slippery and steep. You may fall down easily, even you have good Hiking shoes plus 2 Hiking poles. You may need to choose good way down by observing first. Also, there are many sub paths on the way. You shall have a offline map with you to avoid getting loss. It takes 2 to 2.5 hours...

Love this mountain. It’s straight up, steps all the way. They deteriorate after halfway. Nice views and a DIY exercise area at the top. Path can be narrow at times but nothing more than an escalator width.

Take caution brave traveler if going from here (castle peak summit ) to Pineapple hill. The trail is not sheltered and open to the pounding heat. The path can be steep and sandy. Two wrong steps and you shall be transported to the other realm

Feel free to try barefooted and connect your energies to the earth , or get a good pair of hiking shoes with actual grip ( ironically bare feet are...