With a metropolitan and polluted city like Hong Kong, you’ll never imagine there are nice beaches just an hour away from the city. But YES, there are beautiful beaches in Sai Kung. My top two favourites are Tai Long Wan, aka Big Wave Bay (大浪灣) and Long Ke (浪茄). Pollution free, white sandy beach, and wave for your boggie board.

Along the short 20 minutes hike, this route offered some of the best panoramas I`ve seen in Hong Kong. There’s also campsite beyond secluded Long Ke Wan, bring your own tent, food & drinks, as there’s no shop whatsoever in this area. It is definately quiet and remote for the peace seeking campers / swimmers. With a gentle sea breeze, one can stroll along Man Yee Road towards the site to be rewarded by a pleasant panoramic scene of High Island Reservoir.

Location: Long Ke Wan (Long Ke Beach), Sai Kung East Country Park.

How to Get There: take Bus 96R at the Diamond Hill MTR Bus Terminal, or mini-bus from Choi Hung MTR Station to Sai Kung Town. From Sai Kung Bus Terminal, take a green taxi to Man Yee Reservoir East Dam (tell the driver you want to go to Long Ke). You then walk along the roadside path marked towards Long Ke Wan, over a hill for 20-30 mins.