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Ngong Ping 360 Closes for a Month for Ropeway Maintenance

From May 23rd, 2011 the Ngong Ping Cable Car service will be temporarily suspended for the period of about one month for ropeway maintenance. The themed Ngong Ping Village (including Po Lin Monastery, Big Buddha, Wisdom Path, the multimedia theaters as well as other attractions) will remain open as usual, but the Cable Car ride will be closed for the scheduled maintenance works as well as for the annual examination of the complete Cable Car system (including the ropes). Ngong Ping 360 could not announce a date of resumption of the service, yet. The above-mentioned period is scheduled according to the latest information and maintenance program and is subject to change in accordance with unforeseeable circumstances (such as bad weather conditions).

Visitors who are already in Tung Chung (e.g. for the Citygate Outlet Mall) and/or still want to experience and enjoy the Ngong Ping village, the Giant Buddha and the above mentioned attractions have the following options. We suggest to take either Bus No. 23 operated by the New Lantao Bus Company or one of the blue Lantau Island taxis. If you opt to take the bus, single fare for an adult is HK$ 17.2 (children and seniors HK$ 8.6) from Monday to Saturday. On public holidays the fare is HK$ 27 for adults and HK$ 13.5 for children and seniors. Traveling time is approx. 45-50 minutes.

Information about the fare and schedule can be found here.

Alternatively, can you take one of the blue Lantau taxi. Fare is roughly around HK$ 160-180.

Noteworthy:

In order to compensate for the inconvenience caused during the duration of the closure the Ngong Ping Cable Car as well as the New Lantao Bus Company offer some special incentives. Visitors who purchase a “Lantau Pass” have the chance to purchase tickets for the multimedia theatre “Walking with Buddha” or “Monkey’s Tale Theatre” for just HK$ 1. The “Lantau Pass” allows passengers to have unlimited Lantau rides. The pass costs HK$ 35 from Monday to Saturdays and HK$ 55 on Sundays and Public Holidays.

In addition, visitors who spend above HK$ 100 at the Ngong Ping Village have the chance to redeem a free MTR single-journey ticket and a gift worth over HK$ 50 from Ngong Ping 360. This MTR ticket can be used from the Tung Chung station to almost any other MTR station in Hong Kong (stations excluded are the MTR Light Rail, MTR Bus, the Airport Express as well as the MTR border stations at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau).

One Comment

1. Hi, would like to know when is the next scheduled maintenance date. I am planning to visit the place during the last week of Nov or 1st week of Dec, any possibility of clashing with the maintenance date?

   AUDREY Goh / 30 Jul 2012 / 9:27 am / Reply

   • Hi Audrey, Dates for closure/maintenance of the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car attraction have not been on a regular basis in the past. Reasons have probably to do with the normal wear and replacement strategies of the maintenance company. In the past, May and June have been the major months for annual maintenance. But for 2012 the annual maintenance had been rescheduled to March-April due to malfunction incidence. For other monthly routine maintenance you don’t need to worry, because usually the closure will last in most cases for one – maximum two days. Since you plan to visit Hong Kong for a week, you easily could shift your Ngong Ping 360 experience to another day or opt to take another means of transportation to the attractions at Ngong Ping Village, Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery since they usually remain open during the closure. We highly recommend checking our “What’s hot” blog section. You will get the latest information about promotions as well as the maintenance closure for Ngong Ping 360 as soon as we hear it.

     NextStopHongKong / 31 Jul 2012 / 5:07 am / Reply