Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)
Tai Tau Chau is an island in the Southern District, Hong Kong.

Tai Tau Chau is an island in the Southern District, Hong Kong. Geographically, it is located in the southern Hong Kong Island. It connected to the Shek O Headland by a footbridge and a gravelbar (tombolo) under it. The island itself is uninhabited.
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Worth seeing in and around Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)
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.
- 01Pottinger 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.
2.4 km · mountain in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 02Shek 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.
1.6 km · hill in southeastern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 03D'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.
1.8 km · Hong Kong hill · Wikipedia - 04Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse
Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong. It is also known as Hok Tsui Beacon.
2.3 km · lighthouse in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 05Cape D'Aguilar Marine Reserve
Cape D'Aguilar Marine Reserve is the only Marine Reserve in Hong Kong. It is located at the far south-east corner of Hong Kong Island and covers an area of just 20 hectares, mainly between Kau Pei Chau and the rocky coastline.
2.7 km · Marine park in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 06Shek O Country Park
Shek O Country Park is a 701-hectare rural marine park located on Shek O, Southern District, Hong Kong and facing the South China Sea. The park opened on 21 September 1979.
2 km · Country Park in Southern District, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 07Red Hill
Red Hill, also known as Pak Pat Shan, is a 113-metre hill located in Tai Tam, Southern District, Hong Kong.
3.5 km · hill in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 08Rocky Bay Beach
Rocky Bay Beach is a gazetted beach located behind Shek O Beach in Shek O, Southern District, Hong Kong. The beach is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.
700 m · beach in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 09Mount Collinson
Mount Collinson is a mountain located in the far east of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The mountain has a sea level elevation of 348 m.
3.3 km · Hong Kong hill · Wikipedia - 10Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery
Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery is a private, non-profit cemetery in Cape Collinson, Hong Kong.
3.8 km · cemetery in Hong Kong · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 37 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 65 km · Macau (MFM), 69 km
- Stations
- Tathong Channel, 3.6 km · Tai Tam Harbour, 2.9 km
- Shenzhen → Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)40 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · ¥24–32
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)73 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · $8–12
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)94 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · ¥50–70
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tai Tau Chau (Southern District)
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 Tau Chau (Southern District). 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 Tau Chau (Southern District)
Tai Tau Chau (Southern District) is 8 km from Hong Kong Island, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.