Victoria Peak

Victoria Peak at sunset

Victoria Peak is the high­est moun­tain on Hong Kong Island, offer­ing an oth­er­wise unavail­able view of Hong Kong, includ­ing the Kowloon side. On clear days, you can see the hori­zon go on into the dis­tance.

Thumbnail: Tram arrival
Thumbnail: Riding the tram
Thumbnail: Riding the tram
Thumbnail: Tramway incline
Thumbnail: Victoria Peak Tower
 

To get to the peak, you can a tramway train, which is about a five minute ride. On the oth­er hand, wait­ing to get on the tram took me about 30 min­utes on a good day at a good time. The tram actu­al­ly has stops like a bus, because some peo­ple actu­al­ly live on the peak, though these are con­sid­ered lux­u­ry estates.

Victoria Peak at sunset

At night, the lights of Hong Kong’s famous sky­line start to turn on, and the view changes dra­mat­i­cal­ly. The sky­line is nor­mal­ly seen and pho­tographed from the Kowloon side, so this is a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive from usu­al Hong Kong pho­tographs.

Thumbnail: Peak side
Thumbnail: Shopping area
Thumbnail: Foggy restaurant
Thumbnail: Mall and patrons
Thumbnail: Peak Galleria
 

There’s an entire lit­tle vil­lage at the peak, with lots of touristy areas sell­ing over­priced mem­o­ra­bil­ia.

8 comments

  1. vic­to­ria peak at sun­set now one of my favorite pic­tures awsome job man

    • Agreed. That’s an incred­i­ble shot. Is there a trail that you can walk up as well? :)

      • I have no idea, but I bet there is a path­way of some sort. Not that it’d be an easy walk, but there seem to be path­ways going every­where in Hong Kong.

  2. i’ve been here twice. but for some rea­son i’ve nev­er seen it at night.. and i think it looks bet­ter at night

    • I think all of Hong Kong looks bet­ter at night! I’d high­ly rec­om­mend absorb­ing as much as pos­si­ble when the lights are on, espe­cial­ly dur­ing Christmas time. It’s like being in a whole oth­er city.

  3. Sorry you did­n’t have a clear view, but on the oth­er hand, I rarely see misty pics of it; it’s still so beau­ti­ful. Definitely one of the 5 most inter­est­ing vis­tas in the world as far as I’m con­cerned.

    • In a way, I’m glad I was able to cap­ture the fog. I had nev­er seen so much in my life, rolling off the moun­tains. Someone told me it hap­pens at this time of year which means it’s char­ac­ter­is­tic of Hong Kong, which can’t be that bad.

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