Lo So Shing Beach, Bathing beach on Lamma Island, Hong Kong.
Lo So Shing Beach is a sandy bathing beach on the western side of Lamma Island, Hong Kong, framed by wooded hills. The beach is reachable via a marked trail from Sok Kwu Wan and has changing rooms, showers, toilets, and a small snack stand on site.
The beach was designated an official public bathing beach by the Hong Kong government in 1972, which led to the installation of the facilities and services still found there today. Before that, the cove was used informally by local fishermen and island residents.
The beach and the village take their name from the reed known as lo so (蘆鬚) that once grew here. The nearest ferry pier is at Sok Kwu Wan, not Yung Shue Wan, and the beach lies several kilometres from Hung Shing Yeh Beach with no road connecting them. Since the Lamma Island ferry routes grew busier in 1980, visitors from outside the island have come to both beaches.
Ferries from Central (Pier 4, Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry) and from Aberdeen Promenade (Chuen Kee Ferry) both land at Sok Kwu Wan, not at the beach. From there the beach is reached on foot via the Lamma Island Family Walk; no road leads to it. It is several kilometres from Hung Shing Yeh Beach and often nearly empty even at weekends.
Lo So Shing is one of the few beaches in Hong Kong that can only be reached on foot, with no road leading to it. This has kept the surrounding area largely unchanged for decades, which is rare so close to a major city.
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