Arriving at the Hong Kong International Airport on Day 1, you’ll be met at Arrival Hall B and transferred to the Langham Hotel, where you’ll spend the evening. The remainder of the day will be at your leisure, and meals are on your own.
Please note: Although every effort is made have rooms ready before check in at 3:00 PM, this cannot be guaranteed. If you have an early arrival, you may wish to book an extra night.
Following breakfast on Day 2, we’ll travel to Hong Kong Island where you’ll ride the tram up to Victoria Peak. The world’s steepest funicular railway, the Peak Tram opened in 1888 and has been providing spectacular panoramas ever since. Ascending, you may notice the steep slope causes an optical illusion in where skyscrapers seem to be standing at impossible angles.
Onward to the Aberdeen fishing village where you’ll board a sampan boat to see fishing boats, Chinese junks (ships) and villagers doing chores. The experience offers a candid look into daily life, as does your next stop—a tour of a gem factory where you’ll learn how craftsmen process stones for sale or to be set into jewelry.
Following lunch, it’s on to vibrant Stanley Market, a highly popular shopping destination for silk garments, Chinese costume jewelry and art. As an alternative, you may explore Tin Hau Temple, which once stood at the edge of the sea and the Murray House, an early 19th-century building that was moved from its original site to the seaside.
Next you’re off to the island’s oldest Chinese district, where you can buy herbal medicines, bird nests and dried fish. Following your visit, you’ll return to the hotel and spend the evening as you please.
After breakfast on Day 3, you’ll set out for Tung Chung, a city on Lantau, Hong Kong’s largest island. The landscape is lush and mountainous, which you’ll view from above aboard a cable car to Ngong Ping village.
Nearby, you will find Po Lin Monastery, which gained prominence in 1993, when a Big Buddha statue was erected. More than 100 feet high, it attracts pilgrims from all over Asia.
After a vegetarian lunch at the monastery, you’ll explore Ngong Ping village on your own. In time, you’ll return to your hotel to enjoy the remainder of the day and evening on your own.
Your adventure concludes on Day 4 following breakfast.
