MacLehose Trail

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MacLehose Trail (Chinese: 麥理浩徑), opened on 1979-10-26, is a trail that spans much of the New Territories, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung in the east to Tuen Mun in the west in the territory of Hong Kong. The whole trail measures 100 kilometres, marked along the path with 200 signposts at 500m intervals. It was named after Crawford Murray MacLehose, the longest serving Governor of Hong Kong. MacLehose himself was an enthusiastic hiker. The trail passes through a variety of natural and beautiful scenery.

[edit] Stages

The trail is divided into ten stages.

  1. Pak Tam Chung to Long Ke, 10.6 km, 3.0 hours, Easy Walk
  2. Long Ke to Pak Tam Au, 13.5 km, 5.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
  3. Pak Tam Au to Kei Ling Ha, 10.2 km, 4.0 hours, Very Difficult
  4. Kei Ling Ha to Tai Lo Shan, 12.7 km, 5.0 hours, Very Difficult
  5. Tai Lo Shan to Tai Po Road, 10.6 km, 3.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
  6. Tai Po Road to Shing Mun, 4.6 km, 1.5 hours, Easy Walk
  7. Shing Mun to Lead Mine Pass, 6.2 km, 2.5 hours, Fairly Diffcult
  8. Lead Mine Pass to Route Twisk, 9.7 km, 4.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
  9. Route Twisk to Tin Fu Tsai, 6.3 km, 2.5 hours, Easy Walk
  10. Tin Fu Tsai to Tuen Mun, 15.6 km, 5.0, Easy Walk

[edit] Trailwalker

Oxfam Trailwalker, a major fundraising event in Hong Kong, takes place annually in November on the MacLehose Trail (with a slight variation of the finishing point at Perowne Barracks in So Kwun Wat near Hong Kong Gold Coast rather than Tuen Mun).

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