After the tight schedule of the first day tour and the second day tour, you can plan the third day a little bit more relaxing since the first two days involved a lot of walking through the urban streets of Hong Kong.

For the third day in Hong Kong, how about experience another side of Hong Kong. Contrary to the bustling and lively street life, you can choose one of the outlying islands – to Lantau – home of the Giant Buddha.

Start Your Day with Typical Hong Kong-style Cha Chaan Teng

Before starting the tour, you can enjoy a typical Hong Kong-style breakfast in Cha Chaan Teng (茶餐廳), where you will find Hong Kong-style drinks such as “Iced lemon tea”, “Iced milk tea” and “Yuanyang” (milk tea mixed with coffee).

As breakfast, Cha Chaan Teng usually offers scrambled egg, toast plus ham or sausage, sandwiches. Or you can order some Hong Kong-style soup noodles or fired noodles. The best deal is to take a promotion set that you can save some money. Please be aware that some Cha chaan teng has no English menu.

Hong Kong-style Milk Tea

Hong Kong-style Milk Tea

Ngong Ping 360

The first destination will be the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car – another famous Hong Kong attraction – which will take you later to the Big Buddha/Giant Buddha on Lantau Island. Although, there are different ways to reach the Giant Buddha statue (by ferry and/or bus) we highly recommend taking the most convenient and less time consuming way with the MTR.

Ngong Ping Cable Car

Ngong Ping Cable Car

Remember that Lantau Island is quite far away from downtown and it takes around one hour by MTR to get there from downtown areas. So no matter where you stay in Hong Kong, just take the MTR and transfer to the end of the Tung Chung Line. Get off at Tung Chung station and exit through exit B. Then walk about 2-3 minutes to the Cable Car counter.

Ngong Ping Cable Car is a fastest and most direct way to climb up to Bid Buddha and enjoy the panoramic views of Hong Kong’s Lantau Island and surroundings. If you are not afraid of height, you can consider taking the Crystal Cabin which is built with transparent glass and you can enjoy even the view through the floor. Be prepared to wait in line for around 20-30 min when it is weekend or special holidays.

Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery

The Giant Buddha is the largest outdoor Buddha in the world. Prepare to climb 268 steps to reach to Buddha’s bottom. We highly recommend you to walk up and promise you that you won’t be disappointed and be rewarded with some sweeping panoramic views from Ngong Ping Plateau.

After you climbed down again you can have a look at Po Lin Monastery with its temples and different buildings hosting various figures and gods. In addition, Po Lin Monastery offers some typical and traditional vegetarian monk food. If you are curious about vegetarian meals, you can try it. But be prepared the price is not cheap considering it’s one of the most famous vegetarian restaurants in Hong Kong.

Bid Buddha or Giant Buddha on Lantau Island

Bid Buddha or Giant Buddha on Lantau Island

Ngong Ping Village

Besides the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery, at Ngong Ping terminus there are a bunch of souvenir shops and the Ngong Ping village is just adjacent to the cable car terminus. You can stroll through the small Ngong Ping Village and either have a short break in the Ngong Ping Tea House (where you have the chance to join a typical Chinese tea ceremony and try several teas and cakes) or if you more for coffee at Starbucks.

There are several attractions such as Walking with Buddha (also known as the “trail of enlightenment” which will take you on an immersive journey through Buddha’s life stages) or Monkey’s Tale Theater (a theatrical Buddhist story with computer generated effects and sounds) you can join if you are interested in the religious beliefs. You have to decide for yourself how much time you would like to devote for the Ngong Ping Village. In our opinion, we would not spend too much time there and highly recommend you to walk to the Giant Buddha statue and adjacent Po Lin Monastery.

For more information about Attractions on Ngong Ping, you can refer to our article.

Then take the Ngong Ping 360 cable car back to Tung Chung. For the rest of the day you have either the option to go shopping, relax and stroll down Nathan Road in TST or visit some of the museums.

Shopping – Citygate Outlets

Citygate Outlets are just adjacent to the Ngong Ping 360 Cable car terminus at Tung Chung station and good opportunity to do some shopping and bargain hunting. In addition, there are plenty of restaurants to choose from if you feel hungry or just need a break.

A food corner called “Food Republic” is inside Citygate Outlets, where you can find food style from different nations, such us Indian, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan and etc..

Citygate Outlet

Citygate Outlet

Tai O Fishing Village

For completed visiting of Lan Tau Island you may need at least 4-5 hours. If you don’t have extra plan for today, you may consider to visit the Tai O Fishing Village which is about 45 min ride away from Tung Chung MTR Station. Or you can think about take the MTR back to downtown area either Hong Kong Island or Kowloon side.

Tai O Fishing Village

Tai O Fishing Village

Suggestions for the evening/night

If you haven’t already visited the A Symphony of Lights or missed it, we highly recommend you to watch it. You even can watch it in a different side which will bring different view and joy. After that you might want to take a look at Lan Kwai Fong. Lan Kwai Fong is Hong Kong’s most famous nightlife district with bars and restaurants. Due to the open facades of the restaurants and bars as well as to Hong Kong’s limited space, activities and people will spill out on the streets to celebrate, party and enjoy the nightlife. Otherwise, we recommend Soho to you, which is considered to be the upscale edition of Lan Kwai Fong.

Headache with All the Arrangements?

We offer customized Private Walking Tour around your preferences. Let our true Hong Kong experts show you a real Hong Kong, the fascinating parts of Hong Kong that people ignore, a city with not only popular attractions but also her own stories and secrets.

Why not forget the troubles of time management and planning and see the best of Hong Kong with your limited time.

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Here’s the short list for one day tour arrangement for your reference: 

Our third tour is relatively simple.

Have your breakfast in [Cha chaan teng] ——— [Go to Tung Chung station by MTR] ——— [Take Ngong Ping 360 cable car uphill] ——— [Walk along Nong Ping Village] ——— [Climb up to Big Buddha] ——— [Take a look at Po Lin Monastery and Wisdom Path] ——— [Take cable car back] – [Shopping in Citygate Outlets] /[Visiting Tai O Fishing Village]——— [Take MTR back to downtown area] ——— [Arrange your time freely] ——— [Option 1: Have dinner in Soho /Option 2: Enjoy the Symphony of Lights if you haven’t seen]

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