UNESCO Global Geopark — Attraction in Hong Kong

This is the one of the best places and a must to visit if you ate in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark is also known as High Island East Dam Reservoir, so don't get confused.

I have visited this place, but there is too less information regarding this place or how to reach here. But i will tell you in detail on how to reach here.

You have to reach Sai Kung 1st. You can reach here by taking an mtr or a bus. You can check on google maps on the route to reaching sai kung.

There is a direct bus to Sai Kung ( bus no. 92) from Diamond Hill mtr exit C2.

There is a minibus (no. 1A) from Choi Hung mtr station exit C2.

101M minibus from Hung Hou mtr station exit B1.

This is how you cam reach to Sai Kung.

Now i will tell you how to go to the geopark from Sai Kung bus station. There are 3 ways:

You can take taxi from from the Sai Kung bus station. There are red and green taxis. The red ones are a bit costlier than the green ones. It will cost around 80HKD. The taxi stops at one end of the dam. There you will also find taxis waiting for you to take you back to Sai Kung, but on some occasions you may have to wait for a taxi from the dam.

You can take bus 96R to Pak Tam Chung from Sai Kung bus station. From here, you can hike for about 9km.

At the Sai Kung bus ststion, you will find a Volcano Discovery Centre. You can visit this centre. This centre provides information about how these rocks are formed. They also arrange bus and boat tours. The bus tours cost 110HKD for 3hrs. They drop and pick you at the geopark. The 3 sets of timings are 9:30-12:30 , 11:30-15:30 , 14:30-17:30. This is very convinent and reasonable also. The boat tour does not take you to the dam but it takes you around various islands, where you can see the different rock formations throughout the trip. They also make a 20 min stop at a Tin Hau temple on one of the island. The entire trio is of 3hrs and the price is 290HKD.

But the real fun is visiting the East...

HK UNESCO Global GeoPark

It was renamed as above on Sep 18-2011. It represents HK’s Geopark is one among 169 geoparks in the world. This park covered the Eastern side and North-Eastern regions of New Territories. Within the eastern portion it is the Sai Kung Volcanic Rock region. It shows many volcanic ash rock, volcanic Prism Columns and sea caves. It is a unique and beautiful land formation. With the sea, High Island Reservoir ,various Dams and green mountains and pure fine sand beach it can only be described as heavenly sceneries. It will be best to visit on Saturdays and Sundays as there will be Minibus 9a running from Pak Tam Chung to the Eastern Dam costing 11.30 HKD only. For the real hikers ,they can walk there for the whole stretch of 10 Km of Maclehose Trail 1 from Pak Tam Chung to the Eastern Dam. There will be minibus returning from East Dam to Pak Tam Chung up to 1900 hours. Not to worry if you miss the minibus ,you can call a taxi by phone back to Sai Kung for HKD 150 . The best time to visit will be late Autumn as it will not be too hot nor too glaring for the eyes. The 10 Km walk will be on paved roads along the High Island Reservoir. It will be a pleasant experience. For the more adventurous hiker, they can walk from Eastern Dam for about 1.5 Km to reach the Long Ke white sand beach. It is the best beach in HK. The hiker only needs to walk an elevation of about 100M up a slope and down 100m to the beach; quite easy , even stronger kids can manage. Must bring camera to capture so many beautiful awesome sceneries which one cannot digest at once. The whole region is something beyond the imagination of HK Residents that nature is such and so exceptionally beautiful. Written...

Designed as an UNESCO Geopark, the coastal areas near the East Dam of the High Island Reservoir ( 萬宜水庫東壩）is filled with hexagonal volcanic columns unseen anywhere else in Hong Kong. 140 millions years ago there was an intense volcanic eruption in the area of High Island Reservoir, which generated lots of pyroclastics. After a long period of time, these pyroclastics cooled down and precipitated into rocks, and formulated the hexagonal rock columns. These columns have an average diameter of about 1.2 to 3 meters. When compared with other countries rock columns, Hong King’s hexagonal rock columns are lighter in colour as they are silica-riched volcanic rocks. If you observe closely, you will find some of the columns are twisted into S-shape. This formation was caused when the hexagonal rock columns were slowly cooled in the caldera and was not completely consolidated. Under the influence of earthquakes and regional subsidence, the rock columns were distorted...