Four tours around Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and beyond, from a basic ferry to dim sum on a junk and a luxury catamaran/hotel package
- Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and surrounding waters show the city at its best, and there are a number of tours available
- Prices range from the HK$45 Hong Kong Water Taxi to the HK$100,000-plus Peninsula Seafaring Staycation
Gawping at Hong Kong’s waterfront never gets old, and the city offers a variety of different vessels from which to take it in, from no-frills ferries to Chinese junks with servings of dim sum and luxurious yacht charters. Here’s our pick of the best ways to sail the city’s waters.
Hong Kong Water Taxi
When we heard about Hong Kong’s new water taxi service we were hoping for the equivalent of the Thames Clippers in London or the Paris Batobuses, which are hop-on hop-off, have numerous stops and huge windows for ogling the scenery from.
Sadly, the Hong Kong Water Taxi, operated by Fortune Ferry, doesn’t quite match up.
The route has just three stops – the boat rotates from Hung Hom to Tsim Sha Tsui East to Central and back again. The vessel is a second-hand, 170-seat ferry that has been tarted up with some garish lights and AstroTurf on the small rear upper and lower decks.
There are two enclosed air-conditioned cabins and, for now, it’s running only once per day, departing from the Hung Hom ferry pier at 7.20pm on a 70-minute Symphony of Lights tour.
The hope is that the sailings will increase when international tourism resumes.
