Coastal Views at the Lung Ha Wan Country Trail

The Lung Ha Wan (also known as Lobster Bay) Country Trail shows exceptional aerial views of the outlaying islands and Kowloon’s eastern coastline at Clear Water Bay.  I was hiking this day with a group.  Someone would be leading and I could enjoy the views and the hike.

Originally, we intended to take Minibus 16 from the Po Lam Bus Terminus, then get off at Tai Au Mun.  What would have followed was a half-hour walk to the beginning of the Lung Ha Wan Trail inside the Clear Water Bay Country Park.

However, it was a Sunday and a long line formed at the minibus stop.  We waited for more than half hour, then decided to just hail down a cab.  The cab took us into the Clear Water Bay Country Park (where the Lobster Bay Viewing Point is).  We then began at the Lung Ha Wan Country Trail.

The Lung Ha Wan Country Trail is a path up Tai Leng Tong.  The initial stairs up takes a good twenty to thirty minutes.  There are views of the golf course and the coast on this part of the trail.

Once up at the top, we came upon the first photo spot.  It is a rock on a gentle slope.  Given the right angle, the photograph shows some illusions of a dangerous maneuver, but in fact the gentle slope is just a few feet below the rock.

At that location we have already passed the peak of Tai Leng Tong.  We then headed onto a downward path.  Despite a sunny morning, it became very cloudy and windy when we started our hike.  Although we could observe the beautiful coastline and the outlaying islands, the photographs do not do justice to the views.

We passed by another rock.  And we kept going downward.   The trail ends at the Clearwater Bat Equestrian Center.  The kite flying site of Lung Ha Wan is also nearby.  Hang on though because that is by no means the end of hiking.  We headed onto Lung Ha Wan Road.  Soon enough we passed by Lung Ha Wan (Lobster Bay).  It is a rocky stretch of a beach.

Another site worthy of visit on Lung Ha Wan Road is the Lung Ha Wan Rock Carving.  According to the descriptions on site, the rock carving is possibly dated to 3,000 years old ago during the Bronze Age.  These carvings show geometric patterns that symbolize clouds, thunders and other forces of nature generally.  The patterns are also consistent with the patterns shown on the pottery and vessels of the Bronze Age unearthed in the territory.  There are a total of nine such rock carvings found in Hong Kong, most of them along the coast.  A possible explanation is that the early inhabitants of Hong Kong were sea farers and therefore they might have done these carvings to invoke the power of the sea.

I think we walked on Lung Ha Wan Road for a little more than thirty minutes until we reached the roundabout at Tai Au Mun. We then took Bus 91 back to Choi Hung.  It was a wonderful hike, if only the sun could show a bit more.