Lamma Island

Depart de HK central pour un prix en nov 2015 (17,5 hk$) la carte octopus peut être utilise. Traverse rapide si rapide que je sais plus entre 20 et 30 minutes.
Sur cette ile plusieurs choses à faire de la marche ou la plage la plus pres du ferry est très quelquonque, mais bon elle à le mérité d’être la. Vous avez le droit a avoir la vue sur l’énorme centrale qui plombe le décor.
Pour la marche vous avez un chemin qui va sur la pointe sud de l’ile il est bétonné le chemin complètement relativement vallonné. Très praticable par tous meme en roller ou poulette, pour les fauteuils roulants en solo c’est chaud.
Les meilleurs endroit pour les plages sont au nord de l’ile la chaussure de rando et carte la pas beaucoup de monde car pas de grosse piste comme pour le sud de l’ile.
Attention pas d’éclairage sur les chemins et le soir les moustique de novembre sont féroces.
De bonne petite échoppe pour se restaurer.
Personnellement j’aime cet endroit il faut sortie des lignes tracés.

Me and my friend had half a day to spare, and we decided to do it in Lamma Island– turned out as a nice choice!
Access to the island is rather easy by dropping off at HK/​Central station and walk along the bridge towards the pier, there you can catch a short ferry to one of two stops on the island, we started with the less popular one and walked across the island to the other.
We took the ferry back from Yung Shue Wan–
You can easily spend a whole day on the island if you’re willing to hike outside the main trail, bring lots of water! It’s super warm.
We started by going to the other side (red circle on the map) and climb to hill to get a panoramic view– this place is mentioned on the main map but if we found the right place it’s off trail — means there’s no sign next to it, so you’ll have to find the trail yourself.
After that we went back to walk across the island.
We stopped at the top for a refreshing pineapple and some cold drinks, to cool down from the long way up (be prepared!)
The way up is pretty long and somewhat steep, but you need just comfy shoes and that’s it, it’s not a difficult path.
The signs are everywhere so it’s really hard to get lost, and if you’ll walk it like we did– you can even cool down on the beach next to the power station, so bring a bathing suit if you want to.
Afterwards you’ll get to the more crowded area of the city and can sit down and relax or just walk around and enjoy the atmosphere before you had back to busy Hong Kong.
Nice experience which seems to me like a place which is off the map for the usual tourists.

Probably my favorite island in Hong Kong. It’s only a short boat ride from Central /​Aberdeen. Lamma Island is a quaint little town — bearable even on weekends. It has the best of both worlds in terms of food — with the traditional Chinese seafood restaurants on both ends of the island near the pier and western restaurants to entertain. It also has a few craft shops. The walk from Sok Kwu Wan to Yung Shue Wan (or vice versa) is very scenic and great for beginners. You can take as few or as many stops as you wish along the way. There is a beach (Hung Shing Yeh Beach) at the midway point, which is great for picnic or even a dip! And then there is a wind farm, which is great for selfie lovers and photography enthusiasts.

I spontaneously decided to go to Lamma Island for hiking on a Saturday morning. That meant I got there in the afternoon, not the greatest time for that as it was pretty hot and humid. However, I did enjoy the day, the landscape, the villages and the beaches over there; they make you feel like you’ve left Hong Kong for a while or at least the Hong Kong many of us think about most of the time. I took a ferry from Central to Sok Kwu Wan that took around 40 minute. At arrival, you are welcome by a row of small seafood restaurants. I had packed some emergency food and decided to carry on the route to the closest beach, Lo So Shing. It was a little crowded and after a quick break, I decided to carry on. I wasn’t aware most of the path is not shaded and I wasn’t wearing a cup. In fact, the nature there is wild but most of the bushes are very low so you’re completely exposed (to the sun, in my case). So caps and sunscreen are advisable. Obviously, I got burnt. On my way there I met a guy who was coming back and going to Lo So Shing because he was a little disappointed with Hung Shing Yeh, the beach I was heading to. Nevertheless, I carried on, arrived there, sat down and drank a ton of water. The beach isn’t big, but it was less crowded and it is, in my opinion, a much nicer one. Yeah, you see the power station from there but I’ve you’ve been hiking, you’ve seen it along the way, so you know it’s still going to be there when you walk down to the shore. It’s not a great view (so I cropped all my pictures afterwards!) but it’s part of the landscape. I met an expat who had been living in Lamma for a few years. She found it a lot quieter, more peaceful and she wanted to stay long… live there is definitely another story.
At the end of the afternoon I walked to Yung Shue Wan to take the ferry from there (this time, only 30 minutes). While waiting for the ferry I sat down at a bench close to the pier and admire such beautiful view, I couldn’t get enough!

Lamma Island is one of Hong Kong’s numerous outlying islands, which is popular with both expats and locals. It is a location known for its seafood and a brilliant hiking trail. Getting off the ferry at Yung Shue Wan you will find an assortment of small shops and restaurants along the way; soon you will notice that there is an exceptionally large expat population locally.
The environment in the town is a relaxed one, small wonders so many commute in from town. You may elect to ride a bike but most people will choose to trek to the other side of the island for the seafood restaurant on the other side.
Along the way you will truly experience the quieter side of Hong Kong; one thing to note is that there are no cars on Lamma– its such a small island that you just get around by foot mainly. You will able to see village houses and in general just a slower pace of life. There is a beach around halfway through on the trek and on the weekends it is a popular location so get there early! One of the other attractions (sites of interest) would be the power station, which is an eyesore to some but awesome to look at none the less. On the island is also the only wind power generator in Hong Kong.
In all, a trek through Lamma is a good weekend respite that takes you away from Hong Kong for the 2 hours.