Hike Lantau trails next month to support Lantau conservation
Want to run or hike the hills of Lantau and promote conservation at the same time? Hong Kongers have that chance next month with the first UTML – aka Ur Trail du [...]
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Ngong Ping 360 numbers down again
Ngong Ping cable car numbers fell again last year, apparently due to the continuing decline in mainland visitors. In annual figures published yesterday Ngong Ping 360, a [...]
Hiker finds body on Shek Pik trail
Police say a body found near Ngong Ping is that of a 60-year-old man reported missing. The body was found by a hiker on the Shek Pik Country Trail at 11am yesterday, Apple [...]
(Video) ‘That’s a big Buddha:’ Stars visit Ngong Ping
In a new episode of his travel series 48 Hours, former IT Crowd star Richard Ayoade leads Jon Hamm (Mad Men) on a whistlestop tour of Hong Kong. Filming over Christmas, the [...]
Helicopter rescue on Ngong Ping after 3-hour search
A 65-year-old man was airlifted out of a steep canyon near Po Lin Temple yesterday after a three-hour air and land search. The man, surnamed Lau, had called police at 11 am [...]
There’s money in eco-tourism: Ngong Ping 360 shows how
(Above) Butterfly wall, Ngong Ping Here’s a reminder that Lantau’s natural beauty and ecosystem are tourism’s best friend, not its enemy as the government [...]
Loss of mainland tourists shrinks Ngong Ping numbers
Visitor traffic to Ngong Ping 360, one of Lantau’s biggest tourist draws, fell 11% last year, while the number of mainland tourists to Lantau posted an even sharper [...]