Day 1
Reach airport at 2pm
Take airport express (buy from the counter 2 pax group tic cheaper than buying 1 by 1 card from the machine)
Alight at Kowloon (for Kowloon) / Hong Kong station (Hk island)
Assuming Hk island, walk from Hong Kong station to central station and take mtr / taxi to location (approx 1h)
Bathe and settle in, eat a light snack dim sum
Awarded Newsweek 101 best places to eat in the world
Dinner: Thai food
Night attraction: the peak
Day 2- nature's glory
Start at 8am
Shek O beach - refer to Shek o beach post for details.
Dragon's back - refer to other dragon's back post for more details.
Eat lunch (approx 2pm)
Tip in HK: Hk often have hearty tea set. If you can eat around 2 or 2.30pm, go for it. Now don't let the name mislead you... It's not just scones and tea. It usually has noodles, drinks and soup - just like lunch, albeit at discounted price at stores. Pricing: instead of hkd60, it can be hkd30 (so you save hkd30, around sgd$6 for each set)
Highly recommended eating spot
Lazy to walk too much since you have paid your dues?
Take a tram (Hk has fantastic and cheap transport) it costs only hkd2.5 and it's a flat fee. Only pay when alighting. Use an octopus card, just tap and go. This saves you the trouble from finding change and all.
You can just anyhow take a tram and explore the places. The tram goes to places like north point, causeway bay, sheung wan etc
For sheung wan, check out Hollywood road for old school charm. It's also a good place for brunch and chill in the cafe. Happy people watching! Having a good book in help will be awesome too!
Go nuts shopping @ sogo causeway bay if you enjoy. Skincare products are usually cheaper in Hong Kong then Singapore. I would suppose its due to Hk being a tax free city.
Dinner and party
Soho @ central to chill and party the night away
Day 3- museum day
Breakfast: eat dim sum @ Tim Ho Wan
Favourite outlet near fortress hill (residential area) ; use Olympia plaza and city garden hotel as your landmark. It's opposite a primary school at wharf road.
Weekday - typically no queue; expect queues at weekend
Go to a history museum to learn more about Hk, art or how about the science centre? They are mainly located at Kowloon.
Go crazy at the museums and learn something to impress your friends!
Take a star ferry if keen. If not, take mtr. Interchange station at admiralty mtr station.
Enjoy!
Dinner : lee gong guan
Day 4: It's a green green day
It's a day to the gardens. Personally like the one at admiralty. You can just follow the shangrila escalator and you will arrive at Hk park.
There's a free aviary there where you can enjoy the birds, fresh air (wanting in Hk) and just enjoy God's creation!
I know the Hk tourism board promotes the ngong ping 360 and the big Buddha.
But I find it a waste of time, thus I didn't recommend.
As for theme parks... Now, other alternatives for the previous days include theme parks. Choose from ocean park or Disneyland. Have yet to go to Disneyland in Hk.
Note: Ocean park rides are quite scary, so not entirely for kids.
Most of all, enjoy Hong Kong! :)
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