Wan Tsai Nature Trail
Route Introduction
 
Grade : 1/4 Distance : 1 km Time : 1 Hour(s)
Starting Point : Hoi Ha Village  Finishing Point : Wan Tsai

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Wan Tsai Nature Trail Information

 


Follow the Tai Tan Nature Trail direction sign from Hoi Ha Village to get to Wan Tsai Peninsula. Along the way you will pass an ancient lime kiln and the fines sandy beach of Hoi Ha Wan.Take the path along the coast and the nature trail's starting point is at Lan Lo Au ahead. Look out for an interpretation sign by the lime kiln which tells how local villagers produced lime with oyster shells and coral skeletons in the old days.

Wan Tsai Natural Trail orbits aroundTai Leng Tun of Wan Tsai Peninsula. An easy walk, it offers lovely seaviews of Hoi Ha Wan, Nam Fung Wan, and Tap Mun in the distance. This pleasant route presents the reforestation works in Hong Kong and the plantation species involved. The Wan Tsai Peninsula was once a borrow area, but was painstakingly re-forested afterwards. It became the Wan Tsai Extension of Sai Kung West Country Park in 1996. There are good camping facilities for large camping events.

Also in 1996, Hoi Ha Wan was declared a marine park to preserve the marine wildlife there. Lastly, there is a small pier at the Nam Fung Wan that offers kaido service to Wong Shek Pier on holidays.

 


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