Dragon’s Back outings
Perhaps the finest short hike in Hong Kong runs up and along the ridge known as Dragon’s Back, which forms the spine of the southeast headland of Hong Kong Island. Coupled with a visit to the eccentric coastal village of…
Wild About Hong Kong - hiking, wildlife, conservation and more
Wild About Hong Kong - hiking, wildlife, conservation and more
Kadoorie Farm outings
Nowadays, the name Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden is a little misleading, for the main focus is no longer farming, but conservation. Kadoorie Farm is worth visiting for its setting alone – a landscaped valley plunging down the north slope…
Tai Long Wan outings
Though it takes some effort to reach, Tai Long Wan (Big Wave Bay) on the eastern Sai Kung Peninsula is set in perhaps the most beautiful scenery in Hong Kong. There are three beaches between headlands that sweep up to…
Shing Mun outings
Though Shing Mun Reservoir is close to a densely packed residential district northwest of Kowloon, just a few minutes’ walk leads you well away from the city, and soon you are in a deep forested valley, with the reservoir beside…
HK Great Outdoors map
Here’s a map with clickable links to info on some of the best places in wild Hong Kong, several of which were featured in Hong Kong’s Great Outdoors (copies no longer available). Hong Kong’s Great Outdoors – info briefly introduces…
Lantau Sustainable Development Plan
An alternative to the Concept Plan for Lantau - with proposed projects that may actually be sustainable.
Donald Tsang and development inc Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge
Why does "sustainable development" now seem a readily bandied about, abused term - deployed for developments that have little regard for our environment, or for people today, or for future generations?
Beginning birdwatching in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is an excellent place for birdwatching. Here, you can find global rarities that are tough to see elsewhere, encounter stunning songbirds, watch seabirds blasted inshore by typhoons (yes, typhoons – birdwatchers do far sillier things than just lurk…
Hong Kong’s Regenerating Forests and Forest Wildlife
Though there are places where wildlife is on the rebound, none is any more than a shadow of Hong Kong's forests past.
HK Rural Tourism
I've long felt that at least a handful of Hong Kong's better villages should be preserved; tourism seems a possible way of supporting this.