This has got to be one of my favourite hikes in Hong Kong. Not for the faint hearted but Pat Sing Leng, also known as the Eight Immortals, near Plover Cove in the New Territories is one of the most stunning hikes I’ve ever done in Hong Kong.
Some top tips:
☀️The best time to hike in Pat Sing Leng Country Park is late autumn, winter and early spring. The trek is difficult, and the trail is exposed almost the entire way, so I would not recommend hiking during summer.
🌄It’s a reasonably challenging hike so only do it if you feel fit enough. As the name suggests there are 8 peaks to climb!
🥪There are no shops once you start the hike so make sure you have enough snacks with you in your backpack!
💧The hike takes a good half day so having plenty water for the walk is vital!
📷The views are STUNNING so make sure you’ve got plenty phone or camera battery when you get up to the tops of the peaks!
📍Getting there: Take minibus 52B from Fanling MTR (East Island Line) to Hok Tau Village. Walk past the campsite and the reservoir, following signs for the Wilson Trail. Continue to follow the Wilson Trail and signs to Pat Sing Leng
🚶🏻♂️The hike finishes with a descent through Pat Sing Leng Nature Trail, which comes out on Bride’s Pool Road. As you climb the ‘Immortals’ until you reach a sign for Tai Mei Tuk. Follow this through Pat Sing Leng Nature Trail until you reach Bride’s Pool Road.
🚌A minibus will take you to Tai Po Market MTR to continue your journey home.
🍜If you are hungry at the end there are a number of restaurants you can grab a bite to eat in in Tai Mei Tuk before heading home!
Have you seen our hiking collection? You can log your hikes in the Hong Kong hiking logbook, wear one of the LRP x Hong Kong Trails gaiters (keeping you warm in the cooler climes or holding the sweat back!) or scratch off the routes you complete on the Hong Kong Hiking scratch map or what about setting yourself a Hong Kong Trails challenge to do the whole of the main trails - Pat Sing Leng forms part of the Wilson trail! Or why not get a gift box full of lots of Hiking goodies?
