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High
island
Reservoir,Saikung,
NT
We
walked
around
the
embankment
-Maclehose
trail
Sec
one
of
this
High
Island
Reservoir
(Chinese
name
:-Van
Yee)
leading
to
the
famous
Geopark
of
HK
at
the
High
Island
Reservoir
EAST
Dam.
We
started
from
Tai
Mong
Tsai
Road
,
Fat
Kee
Store
near
Pak
Tam
Chung.
The
day
we
walked
was
on
23
September.
Even
with
a
cloudy
sky
,
we
got
a
lot
of
the
sun
and
without
knowing
,got
a
bit
of
sunburn
as
it
was
an
open
road.
The
whole
to
and
return
tripβs
time
for
the
route
took
us
5
hours
at
our
normal
walking
speed,
the
return
trip
was
by
Taxi.
Along
the
walk
from
Fat
Kee
Store
to
the
East
dam
,we
discovered
many
points
of
interest:-
such
as
HK
adventure
Corps
camp
site,
Astro
park,
Chong
Hing
Watersport
Centre,
High
Island
Reservoir
West
Dam,
Pak
Lap
Camp
Site,
High
Island
Reservoir
Monument.
The
total
distance
from
the
starting
point
store,
to
the
park
is
9.5
Km.
If
one
returns
to
the
starting
point
again
,it
will
mean
travelling
19
km
of
hiking.
The
road
is
basically
wide
and
on
paved
concrete
without
much
gradient.
The
total
ups
and
downs
travels
are
about
154
meters
up
and
100
meter
down
.
So
it
is
good
family
walk
with
a
caution
that
between
the
High
Island
Reservoir
West
Dam
to
the
High
Island
Reservoir
Monument
point
at
the
last
stretch
of
4.5
Km
is
a
long
walk
of
about
meters
an
elevation
of
30
M.
This
is
particularly
strenuous
because
it
will
be
most
likely
to
be
feeling
tired
when
one
is
close
to
the
end
of
the
9.5
Km.
It
is
recommended
to
take
an
umbrella
and
hat
and
sunglasses,
wearing
long
sleeves
shirt
,
in
any
weather
,
to
walk
here.
It
is
also
advisable
to
walk
this
route
during
Autumn
as
the
sun
is
mild
and
temperature
will
be
low
with
changing
colours
of
the
leaves
which
will
add
to
the
beautiful
sceneries
of
open
road
and
vast
reservoir
-
a
rare
vastness
of
space
in
the
environment
of
HK.
It
is
better
to
walk
the
9.5
km
instead
of
a
round
trip
19.00
Km.
If
one
takes
this
mode
,
one
can
go
to
the
end
of
the
route
at
High
Island
Reservoir
East
Dam
from
Sai
kung
by
taxi
and
walk
back
to
the
starting
point
Fat
kee
Store
where
Public
transport
is
available
.Or
,in
a
reverse
manner,
walk
to
the
East
Dam
and
take
a
taxi
or
minibus
back(
available
at
1530
at
public
holidays).
The
first
method
is
recommended
as
it
gives
the
visitor
a
lot
of
time
to
take
in
the
beautiful
sceneries
and
walk
a
bit
around
the
East
Dam
to
appreciate
the
hexagonal
columns
of
rock
columns,
from
Volcanic
action
and
the
big
human
structures
along
the
beach
and
the
nearby
sea
cave
and
Po
Pin
Chau
(
island
split
into
two
by
the
action
of
waves).
It
is
a
good
location
to
study
the
geological
formation
of
billion
years
ago
and
to
take
photos
of
the
beauty
of
nature.
More
than
greater
half
of
a
day
is
required
and
dried
rations
is
necessary.
Not
the
least
is
a
lot
of
water.
There
are
many
call
taxi
stations
but
not
all
are
responsive.
I
gave
the
one
I
used-Taxi
Association
Number
23830168
(Note:-
I
have
no
connection
with
this
association
but
given
for
helping
infrequent
users
of
call
taxi
which
may
be
difficult
,
in
this
remote
area).
The
taxi
fare
is
about
HKD130/one
way.
written
on
7th
October,2020.
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