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parkland. There is a 69km (43-mile) circular hiking trail. At 934m (3,064ft), Lantau Peak
is high enough to attract the occasional rain cloud - cool breezes blow on most hot days.
Getting to Lantau
Lantau can be reached by road and MTR, as well as by ferry.
Visitors to Disneyland can take the special MTR Disneyland
Resort line, which runs 3.5km (2 miles) between Sunny Bay
and the Disneyland terminus, aboard special Disney-themed
trains.
Visitors intending to include a beach in their itinerary should head for beautiful Cheung
Sha Beach , by bus (No. 2) or taxi from Mui Wo. At 3km (2 miles) long it's one of the
longest in Hong Kong and has flat white sands and a couple of good restaurants.
Lantau's most famous site is the world's tallest seated bronze statue of Buddha, the 22m
(73ft) Tian Tan Buddha o [map] . The 'Big Buddha' can be reached by bus from Mui Wo
(No. 2) or if the weather is calm and fine, the Ngong Ping 360 cable car
( www.np360.com.hk ; Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9am-6.30pm), can be boarded near
Tung Chung MTR and bus station for breathtaking views over Lantau. On clear days, views
on the 25-minute journey across Lantau are dramatic, and the fearless can travel in a cabin
with a glass floor. The journey ends at the beautiful village of Ngong Ping , with new but at-
tractive Ming Dynasty-style buildings, Chinese teashops and two multimedia theatres telling
the story of Buddha. If you want to escape the crowds, follow the Wisdom Trail around
Ngong Ping or the steep trail to Lantau Peak (934m/3,064ft), Hong Kong's second-highest
mountain.