Trail file
Difficulty 4/5 · Tai Tam Country Park
The Twins & Violet Hill
Stair hell behind Repulse Bay, then Violet Hill over the South China Sea. Short, mean, high scenic yield.
7 km · 430 m ↗ · 3.5–5.5 h · Wan Chai → Southern
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Distance
7 km
Elevation
430 m
Moving time
2.5–4 h
Clock time
3–5 h
Elevation profile
40–399 m
Trail map
22.240000, 114.197000
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Reconstructed schematic path (not a surveyed GPX)
How to go
- Outbound
- Admiralty/Causeway Bay bus 6/76 to Wong Nai Chung Gap or Deep Water Bay. The stairs are in the Southern District.
- Return
- Continue to Tai Tam or reverse. Many only yo-yo the stairs.
- Last transport
- Last Southern District buses.
- Abort / bad weather
- Abort when knees file a report. No wet stairs.
- From the hubs
- Central 25–40 min.
- Octopus / transfers
- Bus Octopus.
All regions
- Start district
- Wan Chai
- End district
- Southern
- Country park
- Tai Tam Country Park
- Long-distance trail
- Links HK Trail / Wilson
- Villages
- Deep Water Bay, Tai Tam
- Approx. grid
- 22.24°N 114.20°E
- Management / emergency
- AFCD Tai Tam.
Analysis
Exposure
2/5
Scrambling
1/5
Shade
Little shade on stairs
Signal
Yes
None
Not family-friendly
Crux
Continuous stairs.
Analysis
The Island’s ladder. Training, not the scenic main course.
- Start
- Repulse Bay / Tai Tam Reservoir Road
- End
- Wong Nai Chung Gap or Repulse Bay
- Scenery
- Repulse Bay, South China Sea, Deep Water Bay
- Fitness
- Strong stairs.
- Season window
- Year-round. Summer dawn.
- Risk
- Step heat, knees.
- Kids
- Skip the Twins.
- Older walkers
- Not recommended.
Gear
- · Optional knee support, 2 L
Water
- · Deep Water Bay, Wong Nai Chung.
Toilets
- · Deep Water Bay beach.
Resupply
- · Deep Water Bay, Admiralty.
Risk
- · Stair-knees
- · Heat