Pok Fu Lam Country Park

Pok Fu Lam Country Park

Large, wooded park with a reservoir & many popular hiking paths, including a trail to The Peak.

Designated in 1979, Pok Fu Lam Country Park is a 270-hectare sylvan sanctuary encompassing Pok Fu Lam Reservoir. The reservoir, completed in 1863, is the oldest water storage facility on Hong Kong Island. This picturesque country park is set in the foothills of Victoria Peak. In the valley, Stage 1 of Hong Kong Trail begins its scenic route along Harlech Road. There is a spectacular view of Victoria Harbour. On weekends and holidays, the circular hill path that trails along Lugard Road and Harlech Road is a favourite hike for Peak visitors. From here, you can walk down to the verdant Pok Fu Lam valley, where lush woodlands and placid water to keep you cool even on the hottest day.

Strolling along the wooded path, you are greeted by beautiful landscape of hills and waters, with views across Island South, Pok Fu Lam Reservoir and surrounding forests. Pok Fu Lam Country Park is very popular with morning walkers. At dawn when the air is fresh, people come here to jog, walk, exercise or simply to see familiar faces. To nearby residents, this green haven is a cherished back garden.

The 2.2 km Pok Fu Lam Tree Walk features Hong Kong’s native plant species. Winding along Lugard Road by the Peak Galleria, this short route takes about 45 minutes to complete. While admiring the beauty of nature, you also take in superb vistas of Victoria Harbour and the urban districts on both sides. A perfect juxtaposition of natural landscape and architectural wonders, where country and city stand side by side, Hong Kong lives up to her name as Asia’s world city. Along the tree walk you may find interesting flora species like Chinese Hackberry (Celtis sinensis), Ivy Tree (Schefflera heptaphylla), Lance-leaved Sterculia (Sterculia lanceolata), Turn-in-the-wind (Mallotus paniculatus), Silver-back Artocarpus (Artocarpus hypargyreus), Reevesia (Reevesia thyrsoidea), Woodland Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpus sylvestris), Acronychia (Acronychia pedunculata), Morris’s Persimmon (Diospyros morrisiana), Chinese Banyan (Ficus microcarpa), Mountain Tallow Tree (Sapium discolor), Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora), Pond Spice (Litsea glutinosa), Short-flowered Machilus (Machilus breviflora) and Hong Kong Gordonia (Polyspora axillaris).

The Peak Trail starts at Victoria Gap and follows the whole length of Lugard Road and arrives at High West Picnic Area where it branches into two sections. The High West Section continues along Section 1 of the Hong Kong Trail and ends at the idyllic Pok Fu Lam Reservoir. The Pinewood Battery Section proceeds downhill, passing by the relics of Pinewood Battery and ends at Kotewall Road.