Bus #91 (#91R on Sundays) from Diamond Hill MTR. Clearwater Bay is a broad inlet at the mainland’s southeastern extremity. Tai Au Mun is the only settlement, boasting two beaches, the small #1 and the much bigger #2, the latter 5km to the south and packed with weekend crowds.

From the bus stop at beach #2, follow the road uphill for 500m to where a marked path leads up onto the peninsula’s exposed ridge and runs for about 3km, providing marvellous seascapes before you descend to the venerable Tin Hau Temple on Joss House Bay. This is a major site for Hong Kong’s annual Tin Hau celebrations, but is otherwise a quiet and simple whitewashed structure, whose entrance is guarded by two stone lions: turn the balls in their mouths three times for luck.