TEMPLES & SHRINES · HONG KONG TEMPLE TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 5 temple tours worth the money, each with its price, its start time and the one thing to know before the gate.
Take the Ngong Ping 360 cable car with priority boarding, then explore Tai O by coach and boat, visit a traditional stilt house, and tour the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery with an English or Chinese guide. Crystal cabin upgrades add glass-bottom views.
“Our guide was able to help us the whole day. He was informative and was great.”
Spend seven hours exploring Lantau Island with a guide such as Anna, Ricky, Simon, or Jackie. Ride the Ngong Ping 360 cable car, visit Tai O’s stilt houses, see the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery, and choose a vegetarian lunch. Bring cash for Tai O’s optional boat ride.
“Excellent- cable car return, vsitng a monastery, big Buddha and a boat trip in an old fishing village. Everything worked like clockwork and tour guide Pearlne very knowledgeable and lots of fun - she did a superb job. Very blessed with perfect sunny weather.”
Meet your English-speaking guide at Tung Chung MTR station for a seven-hour Lantau Island outing. Visit Tian Tan Buddha, Tai O fishing village, and Citygate Outlets, with snacks, a light vegetarian meal, bus fares, and optional cable-car and dolphin-cruise tickets.
“It was a great experience and just enough time to enjoy each location. Our tour guide Grace was excellent - so informative, funny and made the experience that much better!!”
Ride Hong Kong’s Ngong Ping 360 cable car, then explore Tian Tan Buddha, Po Lin Monastery, Wisdom Path, and the Grand Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas with a live English or Chinese guide. Guides such as Ivan, Luna, Alfred, Becky, and Yiu Cho explain the Buddhist art, stories, and customs.
“Excellent walking tour covering the whole of the monastery complex including the climb up to the Big Buddha. Alfred was a personable and knowledgeable guide. The arrangements to "skip the line" and board the cable car quickly worked well.”
Meet your English or Chinese-speaking guide at Tung Chung, then ride by private coach to Ngong Ping, the Giant Buddha, Po Lin Monastery, and Tai O. A boat trip passes stilt houses and may spot pink dolphins. Guide Moon is noted for clear, engaging cultural explanations.
“Perfetta, Moon è una guida esperta e ti aiuta molto a capire la cultura locale, posso affermare che in 70 paesi che ho visitato lei sia stata tra le migliori guide che io abbia mai avuto, coinvolgente e non noiosa, ho imparato qualcosa ammirando le bellezze di Hong Kong.”
Sunrise, sunset, on foot or by tuk-tuk.
