Lantau’s best beaches line the south coast. All of them are accessible on foot from Mui Wo along the Lantau Trail, or by bus #1 or #2 (to Tai O and Po Lin Monastery respectively from Mui Wo) as far as Shek Pik Reservoir. Closest to Mui Wo is Pui O beach (9km; 3hr on foot), an excellent spot with barbecue pits and a free campsite. The next beach along is Cheung Sha (5km; 1hr 30min from Pui O on foot), Hong Kong’s longest stretch of sand at 2km, partly shaded with casuarina trees and with several low-key restaurants and bars. Further west, the road strikes inland to the Shek Pik Reservoir (13km; 4hr on foot), landscaped to provide picnic areas and walking trails; you can also just glimpse the Big Buddha from here. From Shek Pik there’s a walking track (20min) to another shady beach at Tai Long Wan, from where you can agin pick up the Lantau Trail for 5km/1.5hr to Fan Lau, an abandoned, overgrown village at Lantau’s southwestern headland, where the remains of a 1300-yearold rectangular fort overlook a stunning crescent bay, and bright green lagoons at the back of beautiful Kau Ling Chung beach.