Tai Tam
Tai Tam or Tytam is an area in Southern District on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

Tai Tam or Tytam is an area in Southern District on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Tai Tam means a big pool in the Chinese language which illustrates a triangular bay, namely Tai Tam Bay between Stanley Peninsula, D'Aguilar Peak and Tai Tam Tuk. The meaning of Tai Tam varies greatly between the early colonial days and the present day.
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Worth seeing in and around Tai Tam
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stanley Mosque
The Stanley Mosque is a mosque in Stanley, Hong Kong. It is the fourth mosque built in Hong Kong and it is located at the Stanley Prison.
2.6 km · mosque in Stanley, Hong Kong, China · Wikipedia - 02Chai Wan Mosque
The Chai Wan Mosque or Cape Collinson Mosque is a mosque in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, China. It is the fifth mosque built in Hong Kong.
2.6 km · mosque in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, China · Wikipedia - 03Pottinger Peak
Pottinger Peak is a mountain on the eastern side of Hong Kong Island. It is located south of Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan and north of Big Wave Bay.
3 km · mountain in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 04Mount Parker
Mount Parker is the second-highest peak at 532 metres on Hong Kong Island, after Victoria Peak at 552 m. It is the 40th-highest peak in the territory of Hong Kong.
3.3 km · mountain in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 05Stanley Military Cemetery
Stanley Military Cemetery is a cemetery located near St. Stephen's Beach in Stanley, Hong Kong.
2.8 km · cemetery in Stanley, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 06Wong Nai Chung Gap
Wong Nai Chung Gap is a geographic gap in the middle of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.
3.9 km · mountain pass in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 07Law Uk Folk Museum
Law Uk is a former Hakka village house in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. Named after the surname of the family who lived in the house, it was built in the mid-18th century during the Qing Dynasty, about 90 years before the British took possession of Hong Kong Island.
3.2 km · historic site in Chai Wan, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 08Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park
Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park is a park and artificial lake in the Wong Nai Chung Gap, Wong Nai Chung, Hong Kong, located near Hong Kong Parkview. It was formerly Wong Nai Chung Reservoir, a closed reservoir in Hong Kong.
3.6 km · park and artificial lake in Wong Nai Chung Gap, Wong Nai Chung, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 09Shek O Peak
Shek O Peak or Ta Lan Tsing Teng Shan is a hill in southern Hong Kong. It is the tallest hill along the Dragon's Back trail.
2.1 km · hill in southeastern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 10D'Aguilar Peak
D'Aguilar Peak or Hok Tsui Shan is a hill in southeastern Hong Kong. D'Aguilar Peak is clearly visible from the Dragon's Back trail, although the trail doesn't traverse its summit.
3.5 km · Hong Kong hill · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tai Tam
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 33 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 62 km · Macau (MFM), 66 km
- Stations
- Chai Wan station, 3.2 km · Tai Tam Harbour, 800 m
- Shenzhen → Tai Tam38 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · ¥21–29
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Tai Tam69 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · $8–11
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Tai Tam91 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · ¥50–65
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tai Tam
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tai Tam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also get into Aberdeen by ferry from Cheung Chau or Lamma Island.
- Go nextThere are a few Outlying Islands reachable from the Southern District: Take a ferry from Aberdeen to Lamma island Take a ferry from Stanley to the Po Toi islands
From Wikivoyage: Hong Kong/Southern District, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Tai Tam
Tai Tam is 5 km from Hong Kong Island, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Repulse Baybay and neighbourhood in Hong Kong2.8 km
- Shek Oarea and village of Hong Kong3 km
- Chung Hom Kokhuman settlement in Hong Kong3 km
- Middle Baysmall bay in Southern District, Hong Kong Island, between Repulse Bay and South Bay2.8 km