Lantau Island Tour: Big Buddha, Tai O & Ngong Ping Cable Car

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Duration7h–8h

GroupUp to 30

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Soar above hidden villages and serene temples, then glide through stilt-house waterways

A small-group guided tour of Lantau Island covers the Big Buddha at Po Lin Monastery, the Ngong Ping 360 cable car with panoramic views, and Tai O fishing village with a heritage boat ride. The tour runs 6 to 7 hours from a central Kowloon pickup, includes all entry tickets and cable car fees, and travels by coach and boat with an English-speaking guide; children under 2 are complimentary.

7h–8h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Lantau Island highlights

Meet at Kowloon central point
Travel to Tung Chung
Ride Ngong Ping Cable Car
Visit Big Buddha statue
Explore Po Lin Monastery
Coach to Tai O fishing village
Boat ride in Tai O village
Visit Tai O Heritage Hotel
Return to Kowloon

The Experience

The tour begins at one of two Kowloon hotels—Holiday Inn Golden Mile on the Kowloon side or Renaissance Harbour View on Hong Kong Island—where you meet your guide and the rest of the small group (max 20 guests). From there, a coach takes you to Tung Chung, the gateway to Lantau Island and home to the Ngong Ping Cable Car station. The cable car itself is a 5.7km ride that climbs over mountains with 360-degree views of the South China Sea, Hong Kong International Airport, and the HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge; the skip-the-line fast pass means you board without waiting in the queues that form at the station.

At the top, you walk to the Big Buddha—a 34-metre bronze statue of Amoghasiddhi erected in 1993 and weighing 250 tons—and explore Po Lin Monastery, known as the "Buddhist Kingdom in the South" and surrounded by lush mountains. After time there, a coach brings you down to Tai O fishing village, where you board a boat for a ride through the stilt-house communities. The boat takes you to the Tai O Heritage Hotel, a converted police station from the early colonial period, and you walk through the village market and narrow lanes where a small number of traditional fisherfolk still live. The breeze and open water are part of the route itself.

All admission tickets, the cable car, and boat fees are included in the price. The tour ends with a return coach journey back to your original Kowloon or Hong Kong Island pickup point. If the cable car is closed for maintenance or severe weather, coach transport replaces it for that leg. Public transportation is available near the meeting point if you prefer to make your own way there.

What’s included

Round-trip coach transfers from a Kowloon or Hong Kong Island meeting point.
skip-the-line fast pass for the Ngong Ping 360 cable car.
entry to the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery.
a boat ride through Tai O fishing village to the Heritage Hotel.
an English-speaking guide.
all admission and boat fees.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Century Holiday OTA

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to see Lantau's main sights—the Buddha, the monastery, the cable car views, and the fishing village—without arranging separate transport or tickets. The small group size (max 20) and fixed schedule mean the day holds together without you building it, and the afternoon departure works if your morning is already planned.