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Pok Fu Lam Reservoir - Hong Kong University 7 Hours ⋻捛 㾾⺅ C 8 ⶞㟑 Hong Kong km 4 Island C8 Pok Fu Lam Reservoir - Hong Kong University 7 hours 㝼焱懢 姛⸀彾佩 Hiking Route ⪶ⴇ懢 Kotewall Rd 㾾旄欨㾾⪶ⴇ䱨 University Drive 㾾⺅ㄠ Hong Kong Trail ( MTR HKU Station F 䎟⹿卹䋅㳴懢 Peak Trail ) 彾ㄠ Footpath 姛恙彾 BRIEF ⶅ䕙懢 䡶▘懢 Vehicular Access Road Po Shan Rd Lugard Rd 㮨彬㦀 Distance Post 焜埝⸀ 㺦㏚朢 Toilet Lung Fu Shan ⋚榢懢 Hatton Rd H002 ⏜懁㝈■ 焜埝⸀扙捝⋻⢡ Direction of Movement Lung Fu Shan Start at Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road and walk along the Peak Trail Country Park 552 㤍㤦ぱ⦰ ㏾㝦⸀ in a reverse direction. Enter Lugard Road at the Peak to take in the Pinewood Battery H004 Victoria Peak spectacular views of Victoria Harbour on the path skirting around the 焜埝⸀⇴怺ㄠ Lung Fu Shan Peak. If you follow the trail in the opposite direction along Harlech Fitness Trall 㥾⩺䛇⸀懢 Road, you will come across a splendid waterfall before arriving at a Mount Austin Rd ⍛梓朲 picnic area. Walk down Hatton Road to visit the relics of the century- H006 Peak Tower old Pinewood Battery, where the traces of war are still evident. When 494 ⸀榑ひ⧃ The Peak Galleria walking on the Hong Kong Trail, you will find a wealth of historical 䗹瀦挺柱 嬎汧⸀ 䎟⹿⺌ ⪞␪懢 Victoria ⸀榑懢 Queen Mary High West Harlech Rd attractions such as boundary stones and heritage buildings, and Hospital 圓㐅㤦扙捝⋻⢡ Gap Peak Road H008 Pok Fu Lam plenty of natural sights for the study of the history and geography of Country Park Hong Kong Island. H012 H010 H014 S (KK047647) 圓㐅㤦㷃⧧懢 Pok Fu Lam - / 4 4X 7 30X 37A 40M 圓㐅㤦懢 Reservoir Rd Pok Fu Lam Rd 90B 91 94 22 圓㐅㤦㷃⧧ STARTING Pok Fu Lam POINT Pok Fu Lam Public Riding School Reservoir - Take New World First Bus / Citybus Route Nos. 4, 4X, 7, 30X, 37A, S 圓㐅㤦⋻䣍殝姢ⴇ㦰 40M, 90B, 91, 94 or green minibus Route No. 22 at MTR Central Pok Fu Lam Public Station. Riding School F (KK053668) - 13 3 圓㐅㤦㷃⧧ Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Cross-section FINISHING University Drive, Hong Kong University POINT - Take World First Bus Route No.13 or green minibus Route No.3 to MTR Central Station. Battery untry Park Lung Fu Shan Co S F Peak Trail 68 69 ⋻捛 㾾⺅ C 8 ⶞㟑 Hong Kong km 4 Island C8 Pok Fu Lam Reservoir - Hong Kong University 7 hours 㝼焱懢 姛⸀彾佩 Hiking Route ⪶ⴇ懢 Kotewall Rd 㾾旄欨㾾⪶ⴇ䱨 University Drive 㾾⺅ㄠ Hong Kong Trail ( MTR HKU Station F 䎟⹿卹䋅㳴懢 Peak Trail ) 彾ㄠ Footpath 姛恙彾 BRIEF ⶅ䕙懢 䡶▘懢 Vehicular Access Road Po Shan Rd Lugard Rd 㮨彬㦀 Distance Post 焜埝⸀ 㺦㏚朢 Toilet Lung Fu Shan ⋚榢懢 Hatton Rd H002 ⏜懁㝈■ 焜埝⸀扙捝⋻⢡ Direction of Movement Lung Fu Shan Start at Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road and walk along the Peak Trail Country Park 552 㤍㤦ぱ⦰ ㏾㝦⸀ in a reverse direction. Enter Lugard Road at the Peak to take in the Pinewood Battery H004 Victoria Peak spectacular views of Victoria Harbour on the path skirting around the 焜埝⸀⇴怺ㄠ Lung Fu Shan Peak. If you follow the trail in the opposite direction along Harlech Fitness Trall 㥾⩺䛇⸀懢 Road, you will come across a splendid waterfall before arriving at a Mount Austin Rd ⍛梓朲 picnic area. Walk down Hatton Road to visit the relics of the century- H006 Peak Tower old Pinewood Battery, where the traces of war are still evident. When 494 ⸀榑ひ⧃ The Peak Galleria walking on the Hong Kong Trail, you will find a wealth of historical 䗹瀦挺柱 嬎汧⸀ 䎟⹿⺌ ⪞␪懢 Victoria ⸀榑懢 Queen Mary High West Harlech Rd attractions such as boundary stones and heritage buildings, and Hospital 圓㐅㤦扙捝⋻⢡ Gap Peak Road H008 Pok Fu Lam plenty of natural sights for the study of the history and geography of Country Park Hong Kong Island. H012 H010 H014 S (KK047647) 圓㐅㤦㷃⧧懢 Pok Fu Lam - / 4 4X 7 30X 37A 40M 圓㐅㤦懢 Reservoir Rd Pok Fu Lam Rd 90B 91 94 22 圓㐅㤦㷃⧧ STARTING Pok Fu Lam POINT Pok Fu Lam Public Riding School Reservoir - Take New World First Bus / Citybus Route Nos. 4, 4X, 7, 30X, 37A, S 圓㐅㤦⋻䣍殝姢ⴇ㦰 40M, 90B, 91, 94 or green minibus Route No. 22 at MTR Central Pok Fu Lam Public Station. Riding School F (KK053668) - 13 3 圓㐅㤦㷃⧧ Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Cross-section FINISHING University Drive, Hong Kong University POINT - Take World First Bus Route No.13 or green minibus Route No.3 to MTR Central Station. Battery untry Park Lung Fu Shan Co S F Peak Trail 68 69.
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