Cha Kwo Leng and Devil’s Peak

Stone-cutting and quarrying were major industries in early Hong Kong. The principal quarry areas were located around four small villages along the eastern shores of Kowloon Bay.

These village settlements were Ngau Tau Kok, Sai Cho Wan, Lei Yue Mun and Cha Kwo Leng. Known as the “Four Hills”, these villages were populated by hardly Hakka migrants from the neighbouring province, who moved to the Hong Kong region in the 1850s in search of employment opportunities.

Massive development in recent years have completely transformed Ngau Tau Kok and Sai Cho Wan (which no longer exists) but Cha Kwo Leng and Lei Yue Mun still retain much of interest. Cha Kwo Leng, in particular, retains numerous old stone houses and one of Hong Kong’s best-preserved, authentic Tin Hau Temples, completely constructed of locally-quarried granite.

Towering above the villages, Devil’s Peak, with its gun batteries, was fortified in the early twentieth century to guard the eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. Abandoned and mostly deserted today, the gun batteries reward exploration.

Lei Yue Mun contains numerous old houses, another unusual Tin Hau Temple a short walk around the coast which retains distinctive evidence of its pre-Chinese origins, and a popular stretch of seafood restaurants where we will complete our walk with an optional, “no-host” lunch (for morning walks) and a “no-host” dinner for afternoon walks.

Starting Point:

Yau Tong MTR Station Exit B2

Finish Point:

Lei Yue Mun village (an easy, well-signposted 10-minute walk to Yau Tong MTR Station)

Price:

$325HKD per person for a scheduled walk.  For private group booking enquiries please contact us.