Pok Fu Lam Country Park, Country park on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam Country Park covers 270 hectares on the western side of Hong Kong Island, around Victoria Peak and the 1863 Pok Fu Lam Reservoir. Because the Peak's summit is an urbanised residential and tourist area, it lies outside the park, which is therefore split into a northern and a southern section. The park also takes in High West and Mount Kellett, and the first two stages of the Hong Kong Trail run through it.
The reservoir was built in 1863 as the first water storage facility on Hong Kong Island, shaping the island's early development. The park itself was formally established in 1979 to protect this historic infrastructure and surrounding landscape.
The park holds Hong Kong's first tree walk, the 2.2 km Pok Fu Lam Native Tree Walk, which loops around Lugard Road at the Peak and takes about 45 minutes; signs along it introduce local tree species. The Peak Trail also circles the summit, passing Harlech Road and Lugard Road before descending to the reservoir.
The park has restrooms, pavilions, lookout points, fitness equipment and picnic areas. The 2.2 km Pok Fu Lam Tree Walk circles Lugard Road on Victoria Peak and takes about 45 minutes; the flat Pok Fu Lam Family Walk starts a five-minute climb from the Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road entrance. Hong Kong Trail Section 1 runs 7 km from the Peak Tram terminus to the reservoir in two hours, and Section 2 continues 4.5 km to Peel Rise in about 1.5 hours.
The Hong Kong Trail's first two stages cross the park: Stage 1 runs 7 km from the Peak Tram terminus via Lugard Road to Pok Fu Lam Reservoir in about two hours, and Stage 2 continues 4.5 km south to Peel Rise in about 1.5 hours.
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