Hok Tau Reservoir Information

This trail starts at the entrance of Hok Tau Reservoir Country Trail near Hok Tau Management Centre. From there, walk uphill from the entrance to the viewing platform on a hill - from where you can enjoy the scenery of Hok Tau and the general area. Then return to Hok Tau Road, turn left and go uphill, leaving the large gorge to your left. At Hok Tau Reservoir, there are about 68 steps on your right. Walk towards Lau Shui Heung Reservoir. Enroute you pass Shek Au Shan and its fire lookout, manned around the clock in the winter hill fire season by watching staff of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. The numerous trees growing on the hillside are the result of the mass Community Tree Planting Scheme by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

Continuing downhill, along the steps leading to Lau Shui Heung Reservoir, the area is sometimes called the little Guilin of Hong Kong, because of its striking scenery. There are numerous Paper-bark trees around the reservoir, with peeling bark that fascinates visitors. In Chinese, "tau" means a large swamp or a congregation of similar matters. In the past, Hok Tau was a swampy region with dense vegetation, but the scene is totally different today. Years of cultivation consummates into profuse secondary forests of manifold flora species, and diverse woodland habitats where many wild animals nest and feed.