Pineapple Dam Nature Trail Information

Pineapple Dam is situated next to Shing Mun Reservoir minibus station. It is so named because there were once many pineapple orchards. Climb the steps by the minibus station, then turn right at the top for the starting point.

The Shing Mun Country Park Visitor Centre is our first stop. There are interesting exhibition panels on Shing Mun's history, natural resources, the bygone mining industry, forest habitats and macaque population in the area. Outside the visitor centre, a broad forest track take you along the west bank of Shing Mun Reservoir, with Chinese Banyans parading their aerial roots in the distance.

Past some Hog Plums that bear adorable red flowers in April, you come to the catchwater that diverts hill streams into confines of the dam. Shing Mun Reservoir was completed in 1936. To commemorate the 25th Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, it is also called the Jubilee Reservoir. During the Japanese occupation, trees on nearby slopes were stripped for firewood. After the war, the government resumed reforestation to conserve soil and promote drainage.