Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the west of New Territories, Hong Kong.
It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more recent past, it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at Castle Peak Bay. Tuen Mun is now a modern, mainly residential area in the north-west New Territories. As of 2025, around 540,000 residents live in Tuen Mun.
Getting to Tuen Mun
East Rail Line: from Admiralty to Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau. It connects to Sheung Shui, Fanling, Tai Po and Sha Tin on its way to the border with Shenzhen at Lo Wu checkpoint. The price will be specifically expensive between Sheung Shui to Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau. Pay attention on the destination when you come back. It will be shown the display. Lo Wu is at Luohu Checkpoint but Lok Ma Chau is at Futian.
Worth seeing
The main attractions of the New Territories are about experiencing nature and rural life in Hong Kong life, as opposed to the urban energy of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula. Although Hong Kong island has some attractive country parks they are eclipsed by those in the more remote areas of the New Territories.
Things to do
The New Territories offer a wealth of hiking and sports opportunities as well as one favoured Hong Kong pastime, horse racing.
Where to eat
Even in the New Territories you are never far from international chains such as McDonalds, Saizeriya, or local chains such as Café de Coral, Fairwoods and Maxims MX. These all serve up a cheap and safe, if somewhat uninspired, standardised menu across their stores, and if no English speaking staff or English menu are available will at the very least have pictures of the menu that you can point at.
- 01Tai Po Hui Market
The must-try items are fried pork chop noodles and fish ball noodles.
- 02Ho To Tai
If you're looking for an evening out whilst touring in the New Territories, head for Sai Kung (西貢) where you will find a good range of visitor-friendly pubs and restaurants.
- 03Lung Wah Hotel
Getting around Tuen Mun the local way
- 公共小巴元朗至大棠線（往元朗） Public Light Bus Yuen Long – Tai Tong (to Yuen Long)
- 公共小巴元朗至大棠線（往大棠） Public Light Bus Yuen Long – Tai Tong (to Tai Tong)
- 611 新界專線小巴611線 New Territories Green Minibus 611 （山貝路 Shan Pui Road ↺ 元朗（阜財街） Yuen Long (Fau Tsoi Street)）
- 618 新界專綫小巴618線 New Territories Green Minibus 618 (深圳灣口岸 Shenzhen Bay Port → 天恩邨 Tin Yan Estate) · 天祐有限公司 Yield Team Limited
- 618 新界專綫小巴618線 New Territories Green Minibus 618 (天恩邨 Tin Yan Estate → 深圳灣口岸 Shenzhen Bay Port) · 天祐有限公司 Yield Team Limited
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- Get inMost people take the ferry service from Hong Kong Central Pier 6 - next to the Central Star Ferry.
- Get inThe Inter Islands ferry provides 10 sailings a day starting from Cheung Chau and stopping at Mui Wo on the way to Peng Chau.
- Go nextA ferry from Peng Chau can be taken to any of the following: Discovery Bay, Lantau - Reachable via ferry from the Peng Chau public pier.
- Go nextThe ferry occasionally stops at the Trappist Monastery pier first, so make sure you don't get off the boat prematurely.
- Go nextCentral - The most regular ferry service from the main Peng Chau Ferry Pier.
- Go nextCheung Chau & Mui Wo - Reachable via the Inter-Island Ferry service which leaves from the same pier as the Central ferry, although from a different gate.
- Go nextThe ferry operates several times a day and stops at Mui Wo, then Chi Ma Wan (there is little at this spot and it is mostly only to pick up or drop off hikers), and finally at Cheung Chau before turning around and coming back.
- Go nextThe ferry from Peng Chau to Discovery Bay occasionally stops at the monastery's pier (ask the ferry staff) which is about 15 minutes walk uphill from the first parts of the complex itself.
From Wikivoyage: Peng Chau, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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