Train to Tsuen Wan MTR, then bus #51 from the Tai Ho Rd flyover behind the station, to the junction of Route Twisk and Tai Mo Shan Rd. Looming high above Tsuen Wan, at 957m Tai Mo Shan is Hong Kong’s highest peak, contained inside Tai Mo Shan Country Park. The trail to the peak starts on Route Twisk, the road running west of the mountain. Ten minutes up adjacent Tai Mo Shan Road is a visitors’ centre (Mon, Wed-Sun 9.30am-4.30pm; T2498 9326) with details of all the local trails; there’s also accommodation if you walk further up Tai Mo Shan Road at Sze Lok Yuen Youth Hostel.

The exposed, three-hour climb along a concrete track to the peak takes in broad views south over Kowloon; at the top you’re just off the MacLehose Trail, 22km from its western end at Tuen Mun.