Shek O

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Shek O - The "rocky bay" facing the South China Sea

Shek O (traditional Chinese: 石澳) is a beachside town of several villages in the Southern District of Hong Kong, that includes Shek O Country Park, Shek O and Cape D'Aguilar. The entire area is a peninsula on the southern coast of the Hong Kong Island, facing the South China Sea. The name "Shek O" literally means the "rocky bay". Shek O is famous for beautiful scenery and good environment, which is why many Canto-pop MVs are produced there.

Shek O Beach, Hong Kong

1 Shek O Beach
2 Transportation
- 2.1 Bus routes, New World First Bus
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Shek O Beach

Shek O Beach is on the south-eastern part of Hong Kong Island. The water quality is fair and is gazetted Grade 2 for quality. The sand on the beach is fine. There are many restaurants and a barbecue area near the beach so many people go to there for swimming or barbecue on holidays. Also, the cliffs on the beach provide an excellent place for sports climbing.

Due to the isolated location of Shek O, the environment near the beach remains rustic and quiet which is one of the area's main attractions.

[edit] Transportation

It is served by Shek O Road, which connects Tai Tam Road to Stanley and Chai Wan.

There are few public transport links towards Shek O Beach with only bus route 9 from Shau Kei Wan and the 309 from Central (only available on Sundays and public bolidays). However there are quite lot of parking near the beach so it is still convenient for people to travel there by car.

There is some free public car parking and some meters available.

It is also served by red minibuses however the service can be erratic and at times of poor weather or large demand then the fares are always jacked up very considerably.