Lantau Island Day Trip: Giant Buddha & Cable Car with Pickup
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7h - 8h
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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About this experience
This sightseeing tour includes pickup from select hotels in the Central and East areas of Hong Kong Island and transfer to Lantau Island. Take a cable car tour to visit the Tian Tan Big Buddha Statue at the PO Lin Monastery and take a boat ride to explore Tai O, a quaint fishing village where the houses are on stilts. A vegetarian lunch is also included with the tour.
Available options
2-in-1 Crystal Combo
Crystal Cabin + Dinner Cruise: Crystal Cabin Cable Car Tour + Buffet Dinner on Victoria Harbour Cruise from 19:30 to 21:30 + Return transfer to your hotel<br/>Pickup included
2-in-1 Standard Combo
Standard Cabin + Dinner Cruise: Standard Cabin Cable Car Tour + Buffet Dinner on Victoria Harbour Cruise from 19:30 to 21:30 + Return transfer to your hotel<br/>Pickup included
Cable Car Temporary Suspension
Cable car service is closed for scheduled maintenance. You will take coach up & down the mountain<br/>Pickup included
Group Tour -Crystal Cabin
Crystal Cabin Cable Car: Equipped with a glass bottom, the Crystal Cabin is designed to feast your eyes with an astonishing bird’s eye view. Feel the magic of the boundless sea and the rolling grassland.<br/>Pickup included
Private Upgrade -Crystal Cabin
Private pickup from 1 pax: Pickup from cruise terminal or hotel. Return transfer. Private vehicle, private guide. Only your group will participate. <br/>Pickup included
Group Tour -Standard Cabin
Standard Cabin Cable Car: Please provide your hotel name and address upon booking. You will be picked up from your hotel lobby on the list, or inform the nearest pickup hotel to go, with a clear map, and pickup time.<br/>Pickup included
What's included
Boat ride(option) in Tai O to see the stilts houses. Pink Dolphin can be seen sometimes in summer.
If you do not offer a preferred pickup place or address, you will receive cancellation note & refund
Service of English speaking tour guide during all transfers and sightseeing
Airport (no pickup): Meet in W Hotel at 10:00. Take airport express to Kowloon Station, Exit D1.
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal (no pickup): Meet in Harbour Plaza Metropolis (7 Metropolis Drive) at 10:20.
Private pickup from cruise terminal: Please choose the option of "Private Upgrade -Crystal Cabin".
Group Entry to skip the line. Take cable car ride to mountain top from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping.
Group tour: Pickup is not available from airport, cruise terminal, subway station & railway station.
Do you pickup from my hotel, or I go to a departure point? What time? Book now and find the answer
Return cable car ride to Tung Chung, see the world's longest sea crossing HKG-MACAO bridge from sky.
You will be transferred back to hotel before 18:00. The actual time depends on traffic in rush hour
Chinese style vegetarian lunch at Po Lin Monastery OR Tai O Snack Coupons
Ocean Cruise Terminal (no pickup): 6 minute walk to Marco Polo HongKong Hotel (3 Canton Rd) at 10:00
Tour ends in Tung Chung at 4pm, then you will take 1-hour coach back to your hotel in downtown.
Pickup from major centrally located hotels. Or meet tour guide & other tourists at a departure point
Detailed itinerary
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Stop 1
The highlight is riding the cable car to visit Tian Tan Big Buddha, exploring Tai O fishing village by boat ride
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Stop 2
Access of group Entry to skip the line. Take cable car ride from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping ( mountain top ).
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Stop 3
Ngong Ping Cable Car connects Tung Chung and Ngong Ping. The 5.7km cable car journey offers visitors spectacular 360 degree panoramic views of South China Sea, Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau Country Park and Giant Buddha.
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Stop 4
The world’s largest outdoor seated bronze Buddha. Take in 360-degree views of the island’s forested hillsides and blue-green water as you soar toward the towering 112-foot (34-m) statue.
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Stop 5
Known as the "Buddhist Kingdom in the South", Po Lin Monastery is the most popular Buddhist temple in HK.
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Stop 6
Take boat ride around Tai O village to see the stilts house. In summer time, you can see Pink Dolphin in this area.
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Lantau North Country Park was designated in 1978. Occupying a total area of 22 square kilometres, it encompasses Sunset Peak, Yi Tung Shan, Lin Fa Shan, northern slopes of Lantau Peak, Nei Lak Shan and the region north of Ngong Ping. Lantau South Trail Starts from Mui Wo, you will walk to Nam Shan and then Pak Kung Au, where you can reach the peak of Yi Tung and Tai Tung.
What's not included
Dinner
Gratuities for guide and driver (optional)
2-way taxi fare between your hotel and the departure point if your hotel is not in the pickup list.
Pickup from a hotel in Shenzhen
The tour bus is designed for sightseeing. No seperated luggage room. Big luggage is not allowed.
Request of taking this tour with big luggages onboard and transfering to airport will be rejected.
Luggage exceeds dimension of 48cm x 34cm x 23cm or weighs above 4 kg is not allowed on cable car
Left luggage service at Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal. Optional storage fee is HK$100 per piece.
Available languages
Guide guide
EN
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Important information
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You will be picked up from hotel lobby, or you will be advised to meet with your tour guide and other tourists at the nearest departure point. This tour is a seat-in-coach tour. You will buy a seat on a tour coach, share an escorted tour with other tourists. If you do not like the lengthy tour start time, please choose the option of "Private Upgrade -Crystal Cabin".
If you stay in a local home or a hotel not in the pickup list, please inform of the address upon booking. You will be informed of the nearest pickup hotel and pickup time to meet your tour guide. Your reply of approval of this pickup arrangement and deadline of apply time is critical. No show at the meeting place will receive no refund.
If you book an activity less than 24 hours prior to the scheduled activity start time, you are required to telephone the local tour supplier immediately right after your booking. The telephone number of the local tour supplier is displayed on your voucher. The office is open from 0700 to 2100 Hong Kong time. If no one answers the phone call after office hour, please telephone again at 0700 next day to add you in the pickup list. Otherwise the tour bus will not go to your hotel.
Upon pickup, your tour guide will find you by eye contact, or read your name from the pickup list. Meeting point is hotel lobby or you will be advised of the nearest meeting place to meet with your guide. Please be waiting at the meeting place 10 minutes prior to departure. No refund for your no show or late arrival.
The standard cancellation policy is: (1) a 100% refund for cancellations made at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. (2) Cancellations made within 24 hours of the start date of the experience will receive no refund.
At the cable car station, most people line up to buy ticket on site and enter through Individual Entry. The normal waiting time is 2 hours. Your prepaid confirmation coupon allows you to use Group Entry. Less people line up here. Group Entry is a privilege benefit for travel agents' customers only.
As informed by Ngong Ping Cable Car Company, Ngong Ping Cable Car Service will be closed temporarily for scheduled maintenance on 14 Jan 2020.
When Ngong Ping Cable Car will be suspended to carry out bi-monthly regular scheduled maintenance, or closed due to severe weather warning, alternative coach transportation will be available during the cable car service suspension. This tour will be operated by coach transfer between Ngong Ping and Tung Chung. No reduction in the tour price for the lack of the cable car ride.
In the event that the boat ride is suspended in Tai O village, a HK$20 cash coupon will be issued for use in Ngong Ping 360 souvenirs shops. The Tai O boat ride will be suspended service on Sat 25th, Jan 2020 (1st Day of Chines New Year).
How to join in this tour from airport: (1) Please take 24-minute Airport Express train, get off at Kowloon Station, go out from Exit D1, walk for 97m (2 minute) to W Hong Kong Hotel (Add: 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon Station, Kowloon). The pickup time from W Hong Kong Hotel is 10:00am daily. Your tour guide has a pickup list and will find you in the lobby. After tour, you will come back to W Hong Kong Hotel at 18:00 after tour. From Airport Station, the 1st train leaves at 05:54. From Kowloon Station back to airport, the last train leaves at 00:52. (2) Because this tour ends at Tung Chung Cable Car Station at 4pm, you can take a taxi from there back to airport. It takes 10 minute by taxi. (3) You take your own risk of missing your flight. Please only book this tour when your flight leaves from HKG after 20:00. The latest information of security check from airport is: Access control measures are being taken at terminals. Visitors are advised to arrive 3 hours before departure for proper checks. (4) Round trip airport express fare or taxi fare will be paid by yourself. No refund or discount on original tour price. (5) No refund for no show or late arrival caused by arrival flight cancel and arrival flight delay.
If you live in a hotel on Lantau Island (Disney Resorts, Novotel Citygate, SkyCity Marriott, Regal Airport Hotel etc): (1) The meeting time is 10:55 from the Taxi Stand at Tung Chung cable car station. You need to take a Lantau taxi (blue) to Tung Chung Cable Car Station. It costs around HKD118 one way for 20 minute driving distance. (2) Tour ends at Tung Chung Cable Car Station at 4pm. (3) Round trip taxi fare will be paid by yourself. No refund or discount on original tour price. (4) No refund for no show or late arrival
Meeting point
Important notes
The pickup time is for your reference only. Please call local tour operator for a confirmed pickup time 1 day prior.
PICKUP TIME FROM BELOW HOTELS ON HONG KONG ISLAND:
1 Best Western Hotel Causeway Bay 0950
2 Best Western Plus Hong Kong 0950
3 Burlington Hotel 0950
4 Butterfly on Morrison 0950
5 City Garden 0945
6 Conrad Hong Kong 0955
7 Cosmo 0955
8 Courtyard By Marriott 0950
9 Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Causeway Bay 0955
10 Dorsett WanChai 0955
11 Empire Hotel, Causeway Bay 0950
12 Empire Hotel, Wanchai 1000
13 Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong 0955
14 Gloucester Luk Kwok Hotel 1000
15 Grand Hyatt Hong Kong 1000
16 Grand View Hotel 0945
17 Harbour Grand Hong Kong 0945
18 Harbour Plaza North Point 0945
19 Holiday Inn Express Causeway Bay HK 0955
20 Hotel Jen Hotel 0950
21 Hotel VIC On The Harbour 0945
22 Island Pacific 0950
23 Island Shangri-La 0955
24 JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong 0955
25 Kew Green Hotel WC (Ori Metropark,Wanchai) 1000
26 L'Hotel Causeway Bay Harbour View 0950
27 Metropark Hotel, Causeway Bay 0950
28 Novotel Century Hong Kong 1000
29 Regal Hong Kong 0950
30 Renaissance Harbour View 1005
31 Rosedale Hong Kong 0950
32 South China Hotel 0945
33 South Pacific Hotel 0950
34 The Charterhouse Causeway Bay 0950
35 The Emperor (373 Queen’s Road East) 0955
36 The Harbour View 1005
37 The Park Lane Hong Kong a Pullman 0950
38 The Wharney Guang Dong Hong Kong 1000
About Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a vibrant metropolis where modern skyscrapers coexist with ancient temples and lush nature. Known for its bustling streets, world-class cuisine, and stunning harbor views, it offers a unique blend of Eastern and Western cultures.
Top Attractions
Victoria Peak
Victoria Peak offers breathtaking panoramic views of Hong Kong. The Peak Tram is a historic funicular railway that takes visitors to the summit.
Nature
2-3 hours
HKD 130-200 (Peak Tram and Sky Terrace)
Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade
This waterfront promenade offers stunning views of Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong skyline. It's a popular spot for the Symphony of Lights show.
Scenic
1-2 hours
Free
Hong Kong Disneyland
A magical theme park offering classic Disney attractions, shows, and character meet-and-greets.
Entertainment
Full day
HKD 619-919 (depending on season and ticket type)
Lantau Island
Lantau Island offers a mix of natural beauty and cultural sites, including the Big Buddha and Tai O fishing village.
Nature/Cultural
Full day
HKD 110 (Ngong Ping 360), HKD 30 (Big Buddha entrance)
Temple Street Night Market
A bustling night market offering a variety of goods, from clothing to electronics, as well as street food and entertainment.
Shopping
2-3 hours
Free to enter, prices vary
Must-Try Local Dishes
Dim Sum
A variety of small dishes served in bamboo steamers, including dumplings, buns, and rolls.
Breakfast/Brunch
Vegetarian and vegan options available.
Roast Duck
Crispy-skinned duck roasted to perfection, often served with pancakes, hoisin sauce, and cucumber.
Lunch/Dinner
Not suitable for vegetarians or vegans.
Egg Waffles
Bubble-shaped waffles made from an egg-based batter, often served with ice cream or custard.
Dessert
Vegetarian.
Mango Pudding
A creamy, gelatin-based dessert made with fresh mango puree.
Dessert
Vegetarian.
Popular Activities
Hiking
Kayaking
Rock climbing
Spa treatments
Yoga
Beach lounging
Temple visits
Museum tours
Best Time to Visit
October to December
This period offers pleasant weather with lower humidity and clear skies, making it ideal for outdoor activities and sightseeing.
18°C to 25°C
64°F to 77°F
Practical Information
Language
- Official: Chinese (Cantonese)
- Widely spoken: English
- English: Widely spoken, especially in business and tourism
Currency
Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
Time Zone
GMT+8
Electricity
220VV, 50HzHz
Safety Information
Overall Safety Rating: Generally safe
Hong Kong is generally safe, with low crime rates and a well-developed infrastructure. However, petty crime and scams can occur, especially in tourist areas.
Important Precautions:
- • Be cautious of your belongings in crowded areas
- • Use reputable tour operators and taxis
- • Be wary of strangers approaching you with petitions or games
Getting there
By air
- Hong Kong International Airport • 34 km from city center
By train
Hung Hom Station, West Kowloon Station
By bus
China Travel Service Terminal, CITS Terminal
Getting around
Public transport
The MTR is clean, efficient, and widely used. It's the best way to get around the city.
Taxis
Available • Apps: Uber, Didi
Rentals
Car, Bike
Neighborhoods
Central
Kowloon
Wan Chai
Sheung Wan
Mong Kok
Day trips
Macau
60 km • Full day
A former Portuguese colony with a rich history and a mix of European and Chinese architecture.
Lantau Island
20 km • Full day
A scenic island with a mix of natural beauty and cultural sites, including the Big Buddha and Tai O fishing village.
Shenzhen
30 km • Full day
A modern city with a mix of shopping, dining, and entertainment options, as well as historic sites.
Festivals
Chinese New Year • January/February (varies by lunar calendar)
Tung Choi Wai Ching Chiu Festival • April (varies by lunar calendar)
Dragon Boat Festival • June (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Pro tips
- Use the Octopus card for seamless travel on public transport
- Try local street food for an authentic culinary experience
- Visit Victoria Peak at sunset for stunning views of the city
- Explore the city's markets for unique souvenirs and shopping
- Take a day trip to Lantau Island for a mix of cultural and natural attractions
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