Hong Kong Sights

Tung Wan Beach

#25 of 890 things to do in Hong Kong

#63 of 3225 things to do in China

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Good for: Temples, small, Excellent Seafood, Small Quiet Beache, BBQ on the Beach

Not good for: mosquitos

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    • Cheung Chau
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    • Cheung Chau

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Lonely Planet review for Tung Wan Beach

Tung Wan Beach, Cheung Chau's longest and most popular (though not its prettiest) beach lies at the end of Tung Wan Rd, due east of the ferry pier. The best part of Tung Wan is the far southern end, which is a great area for windsurfing. Just south of Tung Wan Beach, Kwun Yam Wan Beach is known to English speakers as Afternoon Beach and is a great spot for windsurfing.

Windsurfing has always been an extremely popular pastime on Cheung Chau, and Hong Kong's only Olympic gold medal winner to date, Lee Lai-shan, who took the top prize in windsurfing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, grew up here. At the northern end of Afternoon Beach, the Cheung Chau Windsurfing Water Sports Centre (www.ccwindc.com.hk; 2981 8316; 1 Hak Pai Rd; ;10:00-19:00) rents sailboards for between around HK$90 and around HK$150 per hour, as well as single/double kayaks for around HK$60/around HK$100. There are also windsurfing courses available for around HK$700 per day. The best time for windsurfing here is between October and December.

At the southeastern end of Afternoon Beach a footpath leads uphill past a Kwun Yam temple, which is dedicated to the goddess of mercy. Continue up the footpath and look for the sign to the Fa Peng Knoll. The concrete footpath takes you past quiet, tree-shrouded villas.

 

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    By far the best small island beach in HK

    mtrisolini recommends this,

    I have been to Cheung Chau twice once was for a BBQ with European friends and the second with a female friend I had just met. Both time this Island never failed to impress me on so many levels. The small temples are small but so impressive filled with typical Buddhist rituals and traditions like the shaking sticks that predict the future. The largest temple to the left of the ferry port as which you arrive is by far the most interesting and is were I saw the process of shaking the sticks and listened to the fortune tellers read the future of the young man. Besides the temples the walks on the right hand of the ferry port are impressive and include some historical/ religious caves. As for the beaches there is a small beach in the far corner that feels more quite that the rest it is also a great place to have a BBQ with friends. Matt

    Good for: Temples, small, Excellent Seafood, Small Quiet Beache, BBQ on the Beach, Traditional Dim Sum

    Not good for: mosquitos

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