Aberdeen Harbour — Local services in Hong Kong

Aberdeen Harbour has a rich history of fishing industry that dates back several centuries and still thrives in this area on the south of Hong Kong Island.

Today the harbour is lined with urban promenades on both sides and is the location of the important Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market. It also a typhoon shelter meaning it is loaded with vessels of all manner, including expensive yachts, coastguard speedboats, passenger ferries, sampans and all manner of small vessels used to support and supply the local seafood wholesale market.

The harbour is teeming with boat traffic which is fun to see and experience. This is also where you also find the famous Jumbo (floating restaurant) which is presently closed but will likely reopen under a future tourism scheme after the pandemic is over.

Visitors can also arrange sampan joy rides around the harbour or take ferries from the promenade to/from outlying islands such as...

Hongkong Abeerden Harbour, A sampan ride experience is an old traditional boat ride of hongkong locals. This mode of boat transfer was an old chinese transport where this Harbour was occupied by Southern Chinese Fishing Families where they used to live afloat with their fishing boats. A Big Floating Restaurant called Jumbo Floating Restaurant is a 5 star restaurants that mostly tourists and hongkong rich...

Busy harbour. There are some diehard boat-dwellers in their floating homes, the real Tanka people, great respect for them. These houseboats are kitted out with all the mod cons including washing machines, stoves, broadband and satellite dishes. Do the sampan ride and eat at the waterfront restaurants, but not the floating restaurant.. .it’s...