Day 2 – Hong Kong (Star Ferry Ride, Victoria Peak Tour, Ocean Park, Ladies Night Market)
- 10:00 AM – Breakfast at a Chinese Restaurant at the corner near Wing Sing Hotel
- Buy snacks at 7/11 store
- 10:30 AM – Star Ferry ride to Hong Kong Island
- Ride MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Take Exit L4
- Walk to Star Ferry Pier Terminal
- Ride Starr Ferry (upper deck) across Victoria Harbor – HK$2.3
Views of Victoria Harbor
- 11:00 AM – Walk from Star Ferry Terminal (Hong Kong Island side) to The Peak Tram lower terminus
Walking to the Peak Tram lower terminus
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- This is a difficult part. Make sure you have a map with you so you don’t get lost. What we did was to orient ourselves with some landmarks along the way, so it will be easier to find the lower terminus. Just be mindful that it is just very near St. John’s Cathedral. If you think you’re getting lost or don’t know where you’re going just ask around for directions, there are a LOT of Filipinos in this area, especially on Sundays.
- 11:20 AM – Take the Peak Tram to Victoria Peak (if you want to take advantage of the view while the tram is going uphill, sit on the right side of the tram, the one with 3 seats).
The Peak Tram Lower Terminus
- 11:30 AM – Victoria Peak Tour
- Enjoy the great panoramic views at the Sky Terrace on the roof level of The Peak Tower
Panoramic View at the Sky Terrace of The Peak Tower
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- Explore the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (Level P1 of the Peak Tower)
- 2:00 PM – Transport to Ocean Park Hong Kong
- Find Bus Terminal and take Bus 15 to Admiralty – HK$10.6. Drop off at Admiratly Station Bus Stop in Queensway St., which is directly in front of Admiralty Garden and near the Lippo Center. The bus ride downhill is very scenic and quite exhilarating because of the steep slopes. We sat on the second level of the bus and it was fun while it lasted.
Bus Ride from Victoria Peak to Admiralty
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- Walk to Terminal of Bus 629 at the corner of Drake and Tamar Sts., beside Admiralty Exit B
- Take Bus 629 to Ocean Park – HK$10.6
Bus 629 to Ocean Park
- 2:30 PM – Explore Hong Kong Ocean Park
Ocean Park Entrance
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- Visit this page to view opening time of the theatre show at Ocean Theatre. During our trip it was 5:00 PM (we missed the 3:30 PM show because the theatre was already full at around 3:20 PM, so be sure to go to Ocean Theatre 15 minutes early).
Dolphin Show at Ocean Theatre
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- Late Lunch
- 7:00 PM – Transport to Tsim Sha Tsui for symphony of lights show
- Take bus 629 to Admiralty – HK$10.6
- Enter Admiralty Station Entrance/Exit C and ride MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui
- Walk to the Avenue of Stars
- 8:00 PM – Watch the symphony of lights show
Hong Kong Skyline during the Symphony of Lights
- 8:45 PM – Shopping at Mong Kok District
- Take MTR (Tsim Sha Tsui station) to Mong Kok Station
- Shopping at Ladies’ Night Market
- Dinner
- 11:00 PM – Back to Hotel
- Take MTR (Mong Kong Station) to Yau Ma Tei Station
Wow nice.
Wanna go back to HK. and wanna try Macau soon too. Wah.
Nice pics. :)
Hi!
This is really helpful! I’m planning to visit Macau and Hongkong this June. I’m having a hard time booking a hotel reservation. Based on the reviews of most of the hotels i’ve checked, the main problem is language barrier. I just want to ask if the hotel that you stayed on have staffs that can easily speak and understand english. Also, regarding the 3rd day tour you did not check in to a hotel right? You also left your baggage at the Veneteian Macau concierge. May I ask for more details about this?? Thanks in advance!
Woow!!!!!!!!!! fantastic views, nice shots hope would add more…………………………….
7 hours in Disneyland? I think that’s not enough.. hehe..
thanks guys … more pictures to come soon!
@Rex: Yeah, we spent 7 hours in Disneyland and didn’t get to see everything. Actually, the only thing I was excited about in Disneyland the fireworks display, so it didn’t bother me that much. The Disneyland is more for young kids. Ocean Park was more exciting for me and I wish we woke up earlier so that we could have spent more time there.
… Two days is so not enough to experience Hong Kong
Hi Marcos!
this is very helpful! my friends and i are planning the same destination as this!
Can i PM you for some queries? :D
More power!
you’re welcome Mak… you can email me at chymera00 {at} gmail {dot} com
I’m not an expert about traveling to Hong Kong … so I can mostly answer queries regarding the itinerary we made for our trip.
hi mark, i really enjoyed reading ur blog. it really gves me alot infos,thank you… i just hope i wont get lost..hehe bka kc mwla ung sense of direction q pgka-apak sa hong kong airport.hehe tnx alot tlga! more power…
thanks missy, bring a map with you just in case, hehe.
hi! would like to ask if the computations you gave was based on a 4pax fee? we would like to try your itinerary. thanks much…
hey daisy. There were four of us during our trip and the expenses posted here were based from that … though, the only expense that we shared was the hotel. I posted a summary of our Hong Kong and Macau expenses here.
Php 21,126.74 per person << medyo expensive na ito..
cheaper if you were able to avail of the P1.00 fare of cebu pacific…
and there are lots of freebies in macau na di nyo yata na-discover hehe… you can even avail of complimentary ferry ride from HK-macau-HK for free… also sandwiches and drinks like bottled water is free sa mga casinos, no need to buy from 7-11. there are also eat-all-you-can buffet for MOP 50.00 (around P250.00+) sa mga casino restos.
really.. where can we find the free hk-macau-hk ferry ride?
wat is mtr? bus or train?tnx
Missy: MTR is Hong Kong’s railway (train/sunway) system
Demonoid: Oo nga, and we could have just skipped Madame Tussauds while we’re at it. Cool, really helpful talaga yang tip sa mga naga plan to go to Macau.
the food is quite expensive nga lang sa HK… for example a 2-pc chicken value meal sa KFC (without rice ’cause they dont serve it even sa McDo) would cost you around HK$ 29-32 so I chose other restos instead na may rice like Coral Garden, same lang naman ang price nila but mas mabubusog ka.
i remember when i went alone sa HK disneyland last chinese new year because yung kasama ko attended a seminar so i explored disneyland on my own hehe… there were so many (as in marami) domestic helpers there because they were given 3 days holiday ng kanilang employers, they were so excited and I happen to meet some of them na taga iloilo and negros.. they were bringing with them foods and coffee like going to a picnic, they invited me in so naki-join na rin ako sa kainan nila as in pakapalan na talaga hehehe so i was able to eat valenciana with them in disneyland.
Mas expensive nga compared sa mga fastfood dito sa Pinas especially sa mga theme parks like Disneyland and Ocean Park. We also bought ba-on when we went to these theme parks, we would buy McDo in downtown HK and then just bring them. We also tried eating in the canteens/restaurants of the theme parks, the food wasn’t anything special and were overpriced.
When we went there marami din mga Pinoy :)
hi. bro. thanks for all the info. :) bro, we are going to hongkong this coming jun 10.2010 will be arriving there early in the morning mga around 1:00 am. what are we going to ride from the airport to tsim sha tsui.?do you have any idea what time the victorias peak close especially the wax museum?coz, in our first day in h.k. we are planning to go in disney land and later by 5:30 we will be going to victorias peak.. do you think we can still make it?:). please help us with our itinerary. we will be arriving at hongkong jun 10 ,2010 1:00AM and departing at hongkong jun 13,2010. 12:50 AM. we want to tour 2 days in hongkong and 1 day in macau.or what can you suggest…?:)
Hi chymera00, thanks so much for the useful tips you posted here. We will be in HK by Dec 22 and we would like to follow your itinerary.. BTW, is the ariport express tkt valid for 1 wk coz we plan to use it in our return trip to Airport.. we want to take bus to the city from the airport then use the express tkt in going back.. again thanks so much and also is CEbu PAc terminal located in TERM 1 or is it TERM 2.. from MAP
the Airport Express Tourist Travel Pass is only valid for three consecutive days of use. It’s a good idea to that you decided take the airport express for your return flight since it’s convenient (and you won’t be worrying about missing your plane). I suggest taking the Tourist Travel Pass on the last three days of your trip … or you could just buy a one way ticket in the travel express (without the 3 day unlimited pass).
Here are some pages that will help you out:
http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/train/products_index.html
http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/airport_express/tf_index.html
Thanks for the infos. Will be planning to go this jan and follow your itinerary. By the way, how do you achieved those beautiful pictures like the fireworks display? I have nikon d40 and i am new in photography and i want to photograph the display when we go there. Thanks.
hi marcos,
i found your itinerary very helpful. We’re visiting HK this february and your info does help.
got some questions, regarding star ferry, do they follow their schedule found http://www.starferry.com.hk/services.html?
i noticed in your post you took a 10:30am star ferry ride from tsim sha tsui to central pier but based on the link there is no 10:30 schedule for Tsim Sha Tsui/Central service… am i missing something?
thanks in advance,
girlie
We did the starferry ride during the weekend. I think they strictly follow their schedule.
If you look to the schedule posted in their website carefully. You will notice a time range and a corresponding frequency. The time range posted there is not the expected time of departure and arrival. Rather it shows the frequency of trips for that time range.
For example
Based on the schedule posted
(On a saturday) From 7:15am – 10:40pm, there will be a starferry boat leaving the pier every 6/8 minutes and from 10:30 – 11:30 pm, it slows down to every 10/12 minutes etc….
The whole Starferry ride from Tsim Sha Tsi to Central only lasts for around 10 minutes.
got it! thanks a lot! :D
hi again!
i was wondering if from Tung Chung MTR going to Lantau island, could we just take a bus instead of the Ngong Ping cable car ride?
thanks in advance :)
yes, there are buses available but I forgot what number. The bus terminal in Tung Chung is just near the MTR Exit.
Hello!
I just want to thank the blog for giving info regarding your hong kong – macau travel we went there last jan. 12-15 and we read all the steps and follow the route its very easy when you have something to read like this one.it really big help for 1st time to travel to HK and Macau. to all the readers just follow and read carefully and you will never get lost…TWO THUMBS UP..thanks for your help and assistance…
bring more 2 or 3 digicam because i made 1000 pics on 2 of our digital camera… sulit ang bakasyon plus we make also a video.heheh…this memory will remained forever…heheheh
michael
from bulacan..
whoa! your comment is very much appreciated too. I’m glad I was of help to you and your group during your trip. I hope I can travel to other places naman in South East Asia so that I can make more itineraries kaso walang budget pa ngayun.
During the trip I got my mem card full as well. I think I got like 16GB worth of pictures, lol. Most of them were useless pero bihira lng maka go out of the country, so sinulit ko nlng :D
Hi. i find ur website so helpful.. We plan to go to Hong Kong this April.. Unfortunately, we were not able to avail the low fare of Cebu Pacific.. Anyway, I juz want to ask regarding ur total expenses.. u mentione above the following:
Total Expenses – HK$ 3463.4 or Php 21,126.74 per person
Expenses (excluding Airfare) – HK$ 2288.5 or Php 13,959.8 per person
Anu ung P21,126.74/person na total expenses then ung P13,959.80/person? Magkaiba ba to? Ung link mo for the summary of expenses is not working na ata.. anyway, I hope to hear from u regarding my query..
Thanks a lot!
the P21,126.74 is the total expenses and the P13,959.80 is the expenses minus the airfare…
hi. will be going to hongkong with my family and i will follow your itinerary because it is very detailed, thanks! one question: are visitors to disneyland allowed to bring food and drinks inside? thanks :)
Yeah, I think so. When we went in, our bags weren’t checked anyways at least.
hi po! your blog is very useful for us planning to visit Hk and macau without availing for any tour group. May tanong lang po sana ako, hindi po ba delikado mawala sa HK? madali lang po ba ma-locate yung mga attractions there? Thank you so much. :)
We found HK very easy to navigate. The only tricky part of our whole trip was finding the lower terminus of The Peak Tram. If you get lost, there are people around whom you can ask for directions anyways … bring a map just to be sure.
Hello! Your blog about your HK & Macau travel is very helpful. My sister and I are planning to take a trip there on September. It would be our first trip abroad together. I have been to Macau before and I had a wonderful time during my first visit. It was good to experience other cultures. Anyway, thanks so much on the detailed itinerary you posted. I think we will make use of it on our trip. :)
Cool. Have fun and take care na lang on your trip!
thanks for your hongkong-macau blog. we followed your itinerary and we’re just amazed how easy it was for us last week to tour the entire hongkong ang macau with just your itinerary in our pockets. we couldn’t enjoy our trip more without your very useful blog. with our thailand-cambodia plan next year, u bet, we’ll follow ur sched again. thank you very much. you’re simply amazing!
Cool. Nice to know that the itinerary was easy to follow and I’ve not led you astray, hehe. Thanks for dropping by Andew!
hello can i ask something i wanted to go this coming end of month there in hk but i wanted to stay there almost 2 weeks coz i have a friend there she work there and she said no need to take a hotel accomendation dahil may alam siyan bahay na 100 hk $ per day ask kolng ok lng bang maka enter sa hk na wala ng hotel accomendation na kinuha thanks and my badget is about 21th it is okay or lack for my plan? gusto kolng mag ikot ikot sa hk not more thanks
hmmm… hK$100 x 14 days is already 40% of your budget plus, you have to consider the terminal fee (P750) and travel tax (P1620) at NAIA so that’s already a total of 50% of your budget. The remaining amount, you have to spend on transportation within HK and your food. If you’re not planning to going to any theme parks (Disneyland, Ocean Park), I guess your P21K could fit if you’re on a “backpackers” budget.
I suggest you consult your friend since he/shes knows better about the cost of living in HK. If you’re not planning to book a hotel reservation beforehand, at least bring details about where you’re planning to stay so you could show it to the immigrations officer. Better if you ask a “written invitation” from your friend.
Good day!
I have few questions lang naman . nalilito kasi ako sa Octopus card / MTR and airport express. PLease expalin naman. Also do you have any idea sa Hongkong-China-Hongkong tour? I find the ticket so expensive kapag China-Manila kasi…
Thanks in advance
No idea sa HK-China. For more info about the airport express card, I have to direct you to their website: http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/homepage/cust_index.html