Dragon's Back — Attraction in Hong Kong

Mediocre walk for amateurs and tourists with bus and transport noise in background most of the way. Check my ig Wllhiking for real hikes or real hk fun exploring. Seriously, looking at view of rich guy golf course just reminds you of how poor you are. Why make yourself more depressed than u really are? On another note this is a great trail for trail running since it is so "smooth" due to artificial surface. If you exit the chai wan mtr side, it is relatively flat but with sufficient stones to hop on.

To start, I suggest you take no. 9 bus from the shau kee wan mtr station exit a3 as it is clearly labelled and the stop is going to have others getting off there. It is the public toilet on Google maps if u are un sure.

See below for side trip for super fun at Cape d'aguilar Marine reserve as if u r real hiker like me (40km a day nonstop no problem , hk really is too small so you should bundle all the side trips together to make your journey interesting) Also, u don't need 3 litres of water as others suggest, 1litre is ok even in extreme hk humidity and heat. The initial stairs to the summit marker from the public toilet side is where u will be drinking most water as no shade, after that u go into bushes.

What You Must bring is a head sweatband as the stinging sweat in your eyes from hk high humidity is something u r not used to if u come from cold climates so I suggest u Google hk hiking shop and visit mong kok for a quick shopping trip. U can make do with a long light sweat absorbing towel wrapped around your head ....... There are 3ways to exit the walk (not counting giving up lol)

Walk to the big wave Bay to catch bus back.

Walk to chai wan mtr past the cemeteries per below in reverse

Walk to Cape collinson battery for extended fun then up hill and down to siu Sai wan where there are nice restaurants and huge bus terminal to bus back to central and other places etc ...... If u insist on being contrarian and start walking from chai wan mtr, u may get lost, the way I would suggest is to first set Google maps to the catholic cemetery (the tall building in front of you has beautiful public toilet vs average hk standard) , do not go inside, turn right walk up the gentle hill and walk past the beautiful war memorial cemetery which has some hk history about the fall of hk in 1941 (there is a hidden visitor's book in the middle u can sign if u r feeling greatful, note if u want to visit hk vs Japan wartime places, google hk wartime stoves and try find geocache and hk wartime tunnels in shing mun reservoir to play with monkeys, wartime cave under Jardine lookout etc all of which are more fun than dragons back if u like to explore ) and past the pagoda u will see a bus stop across the road but no need to cross Rd, turn left past tai tam correctional facility and walk up the stairs at the obvious shek o Park sign, then head up the right path, u will see dragons back signs to get started. ........ Dont come here if it rains unless you don't mind squishy socks as the track gets flooded.

Dont come with kids who can't run 10laps of a football field or u will suffer and carry them ≠========== Since it is so boring, to make your time worth it, i suggest u visit Cape d'aguilar Which is just down the road 2extra stops on no. 9 bus from shau kei wan then just walk back to do dragons back, it only adds several km to dragons back

Go during weekdays as sometimes the bus don't stop Cape d'aguilar.

The rock cave and the crab like Bridge formation is super pretty and u wanna have chance to do selfie or photo without crowds in bg.

U follow Rd to end, walk around the outside of the transmission station which is well documented in google search then continue down road to marine reserve. The whale skeleton is cheesy.

However, if u have arachnophobia, u should not attempt to walk down Cape d'aguilar Rd as there are enough hand sized spiders (in the sky) to film a spiderman...

Let’s head away from city life and head to the mountains for a 8,5 km hike. 2 trains and a bus about an hour journey to get there. Dragons back mountain being my first official Hike into the mountains and it was phenomenal and took almost 5 hours to hike ‼️‼️‼️I got a bit lost and because of that I met the most amaaaazing Hikers and one translating for me and immediately took me under their wing ‼️‼️‼️They took me off the beaten track where the public never go (( definitely a 8 out of 10 difficulty)) what an amazing Experience they gave me true experience of how kind and generous people are in Hong Kong and they were maybe in their 20’s and I’m in my 50’s I loooooove Hong Kong 🇭🇰They took me on the “”” unofficial “”” hike - very rugged and thrilling with them calling out my name — ANDEEEEEEE come this way ANDEEEEEEE Be careful ANDEEEEEEE ‼️‼️‼️‼️ My name echoed through the mountains Was awesomeness ‼️‼️‼️‼️ The hills are alive 🎼🎼🎼🎼 Yes that’s a 200 meter drop below me 😬😬😬😆😆 we stopped for a breather and they shared their lunch with me —- what hearts of Gold ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 8.5 hike ended up being 13km,s whaaaaat Please follow me on Fb...

This was my first hiking experience in Hong Kong, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was just a bit disappointing that the longer path is currently undergoing some construction/maintenance so I wasn't able to end the hike at Big Wave like I planned. If you have been a couch potato (like I have been of late), the steps up might be a bit of a discouraging factor at the beginning but the views made it worth it.

As a super clumsy person who manages to trip over just about everything, I managed to get all the way up to where the path to Big Wave is closed off without incident. 😅 Simply tread carefully and make sure your shoes have decent grip.

I even came across a number of elderly folk with their walking canes near the top, enjoying the view below so it can be done!

Getting to the starting point was easy enough by bus and there were some decently clean portable toilets at the start of the trail.

I would definitely be happy to come back again with friends keen on doing this hike. (Maybe next time, I will get...