Hong Kong City Tours- Quite a Variety!
City tours can provide you a good working knowledge of facets of Hong Kong, some time to shop, new experiences such as a sampan cruise, and possibly even lunch or dinner. Highlights you are likely to see in Hong Kong include Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, the Stanley Market, and Aberdeen. Tours include those on foot, by coach or tram.
Price: Adults expect to pay from $50 to $130, depending upon tour length (from 4 to 8 hours) and agenda (places visited, and whether or not a meal is included).
Booking Advice: Depending upon the amount of walking involved, these tours are rated from easy to difficult. The cruise lines actually present a nice selection of city tours, but bottom line you can find tours of Hong Kong starting at around 30 USD via online 3rd party vendors.
Lantau Island and the Po Lin Monastery
Lantau Island excursions tend to get great reviews from past guests because of the blend of beauty and culture people experience there! You'll first visit “hong Kong's Little Venice,” the Tai O Fishing Village, for a glimpse of life much as it was there a century ago. You'll see fish drying on racks, fishing boats, houses on stilts, and canals. From there, you'll visit the Po Lin Monastery, which has the world's largest outdoor seated Buddha. Your vegetarian lunch is served here. You'll then visit Ngong Ping Village which is themed. Experience “Walking with the Buddha” (based on Siddhartha's life) and “Monkey's Tale Theatre” (comedy).
Price: Adults expect to pay from $130 to $160 for these 6 to 8 hour tours that typically include lunch.
Booking Advice: These tours are rated as moderate due to the walking involved. Cruise line prices can be beat for this particular tour via online 3rd party vendors.
Harbor Cruise, Aberdeen, and Victoria Peak
You'll be driven to Public Pier and Central Pier for your ferry ride, and you'll pass Central, Wanchai, and Causeway Bay. Take a sampan ride, and eat lunch at one of the famous “floating restaurants” at Aberdeen. Then, a tram will take you up the summit of Victoria Peak, where you'll experience all those views people are raving about!
Price: Adults expect to pay around $130 for an 8.5 hour tour that includes lunch.
Booking Advice: This excursion is rated as moderately physically taxing. Cruise line prices appear to be fairly competitive.
Macau: St. Paul Cathedral, the Museum, and the A Ma Shrine
A catamaran takes you to Macau, where you'll see the facade of the St. Paul Cathedral, built in the 1600's and devastated by the 1835 typhoon. At the Museum of Macau, you'll see artifacts of this city from colonial to modern times. You'll also see the shrine built to honor the Goddess, A Ma.
Price: Adults expect to pay around $150 for this 9 hour tour that includes lunch.
Booking Advice: Due to the walking involved, this tour is moderately physically taxing. We do suggest checking with online 3rd party vendors for tour variety and deals.
Museums, Che Kung Temple, and Bird Market
Depending upon museum closing days, you'll either visit the Hong Kong Museum of History, which features photographs and models to depict the city's history from fishing village days to present, or you'll see the Museum of Art, which has a wealth of paintings, lithographs, and objects of art important to the city. You'll then visit Che Kung Temple, which was built to honor Che Kung, the general who perished protecting the Song Dynasty's last emperor.
Price: Adults expect to pay around $40 for this 4.5 hour tour.
Booking Advice: Due to the walking involved, this tour is moderately physically taxing. We do suggest checking with online 3rd party vendors for tour variety and deals.