Trail file
Difficulty 3/5 · Shek O Country Park
Hong Kong Trail Stage 8
The official Dragon’s Back stage. Many visitors walk it without knowing it closes the Island trail.
8.5 km · 280 m ↗ · 3–4.5 h · Southern
Chong Fat · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Distance
8.5 km
Elevation
280 m
Moving time
2.5–3.5 h
Clock time
3–4.5 h
Elevation profile
18–284 m
Trail map
22.247200, 114.242500
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Reconstructed schematic path (not a surveyed GPX)
How to go
- Outbound
- Same as Dragon’s Back: bus 9 to To Tei Wan. Mileage posts say Stage 8.
- Return
- Bus 9 from Big Wave Bay. This closes the Hong Kong Trail — there is no Stage 9.
- Last transport
- Same as Dragon’s Back.
- Abort / bad weather
- Same as Dragon’s Back — reverse to To Tei Wan.
- From the hubs
- Same as Dragon’s Back.
- Octopus / transfers
- Same as Dragon’s Back.
All regions
- Start district
- Southern
- End district
- Southern
- Country park
- Shek O Country Park
- Long-distance trail
- Hong Kong Trail Stage 8 (final)
- Villages
- To Tei Wan, Big Wave Bay
- Approx. grid
- Shek O peninsula ridge
- Management / emergency
- AFCD; official Hong Kong Trail.
Analysis
Exposure
4/5
Scrambling
1/5
Shade
No ridge shade
Signal
Mostly usable
None
Family-friendly
Crux
Same exposed ridge as Dragon’s Back.
Analysis
Dragon’s Back by its official number. Finishing it finishes the Island Trail.
- Start
- Shek O Road
- End
- Big Wave Bay
- Scenery
- Same as Dragon’s Back
- Fitness
- Moderate.
- Season window
- Same as Dragon’s Back.
- Risk
- Same as Dragon’s Back.
- Kids
- Same as Dragon’s Back.
- Older walkers
- Same as Dragon’s Back.
Gear
- · See Dragon’s Back dossier
Water
- · Big Wave Bay
Toilets
- · Big Wave Bay
Resupply
- · Big Wave Bay kiosk
Risk
- · Same as Dragon’s Back