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Lantau Island: Cable Car & Big Buddha Tour
4.5
107 Ratings
Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong, an IHG Hotel
Explore Lantau Island’s iconic Giant Buddha and Tai O village on a scenic cable car tour with hotel pickup. Discover culture, nature, and history.
Explore Lantau Island’s iconic Giant Buddha and Tai O village on a scenic cable car tour with hotel pickup. Discover culture, nature, and history.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Lantau Island - The highlight is riding the cable car to visit Tian Tan Big Buddha, exploring Tai O fishing village by boat ride
- Tung Chung - Access of group Entry to skip the line. Take cable car ride from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping ( mountain top ).
- Ngong Ping 360 - Ngong Ping Cable Car connects Tung Chung and Ngong Ping. The 5.7km…
- Lantau Island - The highlight is riding the cable car to visit Tian Tan Big Buddha, exploring Tai O fishing village by boat ride
- Tung Chung - Access of group Entry to skip the line. Take cable car ride from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping ( mountain top ).
- Ngong Ping 360 - Ngong Ping Cable Car connects Tung Chung and Ngong Ping. The 5.7km cable car journey offers visitors spectacular 360 degree panoramic views of South China Sea, Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau Country Park and Giant Buddha.
- Tian Tan Buddha (Big Buddha) - The world’s largest outdoor seated bronze Buddha. Take in 360-degree views of the island’s forested hillsides and blue-green water as you soar toward the towering 112-foot (34-m) statue.
- Po Lin (Precious Lotus) Monastery - Known as the “Buddhist Kingdom in the South”, Po Lin Monastery is the most popular Buddhist temple in HK.
- Tai O - Take boat ride around Tai O village to see the stilts house. In summer time, you can see Pink Dolphin in this area.
- Lantau South Country Park - Lantau North Country Park was designated in 1978. Occupying a total area of 22 square kilometres, it encompasses Sunset Peak, Yi Tung Shan, Lin Fa Shan, northern slopes of Lantau Peak, Nei Lak Shan and the region north of Ngong Ping. Lantau South Trail Starts from Mui Wo, you will walk to Nam Shan and then Pak Kung Au, where you can reach the peak of Yi Tung and Tai Tung.
What's Included
- Boat ride(option) in Tai O to see the stilts houses. Pink Dolphin can be seen sometimes in summer.
- If you do not offer a preferred pickup place or address, you will receive cancellation note & refund
- Service of English speaking tour guide during all transfers and sightseeing
- Group tour: Pickup is not available from airport, cruise terminal,…
- Boat ride(option) in Tai O to see the stilts houses. Pink Dolphin can be seen sometimes in summer.
- If you do not offer a preferred pickup place or address, you will receive cancellation note & refund
- Service of English speaking tour guide during all transfers and sightseeing
- Group tour: Pickup is not available from airport, cruise terminal, subway station & railway station.
- Do you pickup from my hotel, or I go to a departure point? What time? Book now and find the answer
- Return cable car ride to Tung Chung, see the world’s longest sea crossing HKG-MACAO bridge from sky.
- Private pickup from cruise terminal: Please choose the option of “Private Upgrade -Crystal Cabin”.
- You will be transferred back to hotel before 18:00. The actual time depends on traffic in rush hour
- Chinese style vegetarian lunch at Po Lin Monastery OR Tai O Snack Coupons
- Tour ends in Tung Chung at 4pm, then you will take 1-hour coach back to your hotel in downtown.
- Pickup from major centrally located hotels. Or meet tour guide & other tourists at a departure point
- Group Entry to skip the line. Take cable car ride to mountain top from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping.
What's Not Included
- Dinner
- Gratuities for guide and driver (optional)
- 2-way taxi fare between your hotel and the departure point if your hotel is not in the pickup list.
- Pickup from a hotel in Shenzhen
- The tour bus is designed for sightseeing. No seperated luggage room. Big luggage is not allowed.
- Request of taking this tour with big luggages onboard and…
- Dinner
- Gratuities for guide and driver (optional)
- 2-way taxi fare between your hotel and the departure point if your hotel is not in the pickup list.
- Pickup from a hotel in Shenzhen
- The tour bus is designed for sightseeing. No seperated luggage room. Big luggage is not allowed.
- Request of taking this tour with big luggages onboard and transfering to airport will be rejected.
- Luggage exceeds dimension of 48cm x 34cm x 23cm or weighs above 4 kg is not allowed on cable car
- Left luggage service at Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal. Optional storage fee is HK$100 per piece.
Additional Information
This sightseeing excursion offers pickup from chosen hotels in the Central and East regions of Hong Kong Island, with transportation to Lantau Island. Enjoy a cable car journey to see the Tian Tan Big Buddha Statue at the PO Lin Monastery, and embark on a boat ride to discover Tai O, a charming fishing village with stilt houses. The tour also includes a…
This sightseeing excursion offers pickup from chosen hotels in the Central and East regions of Hong Kong Island, with transportation to Lantau Island. Enjoy a cable car journey to see the Tian Tan Big Buddha Statue at the PO Lin Monastery, and embark on a boat ride to discover Tai O, a charming fishing village with stilt houses. The tour also includes a vegetarian lunch.
- You will be picked up from hotel lobby, or you will be advised to meet with your tour guide and other tourists at the nearest departure point. This tour is a seat-in-coach tour. You will buy a seat on a tour coach, share an escorted tour with other tourists. If you do not like the lengthy tour start time, please choose the option of “Private Upgrade -Crystal Cabin”.
- If you stay in a local home or a hotel not in the pickup list, please inform of the address upon booking. You will be informed of the nearest pickup hotel and pickup time to meet your tour guide. Your reply of approval of this pickup arrangement and deadline of apply time is critical. No show at the meeting place will receive no refund.
- If you book an activity less than 24 hours prior to the scheduled activity start time, you are required to telephone the local tour supplier immediately right after your booking. The telephone number of the local tour supplier is displayed on your voucher. The office is open from 0700 to 2100 Hong Kong time. If no one answers the phone call after office hour, please telephone again at 0700 next day to add you in the pickup list. Otherwise the tour bus will not go to your hotel.
- Upon pickup, your tour guide will find you by eye contact, or read your name from the pickup list. Meeting point is hotel lobby or you will be advised of the nearest meeting place to meet with your guide. Please be waiting at the meeting place 10 minutes prior to departure. No refund for your no show or late arrival.
- The standard cancellation policy is: (1) a 100% refund for cancellations made at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. (2) Cancellations made within 24 hours of the start date of the experience will receive no refund.
- At the cable car station, most people line up to buy ticket on site and enter through Individual Entry. The normal waiting time is 2 hours. Your prepaid confirmation coupon allows you to use Group Entry. Less people line up here. Group Entry is a privilege benefit for travel agents’ customers only.
- As informed by Ngong Ping Cable Car Company, Ngong Ping Cable Car Service will be closed temporarily for scheduled maintenance on 14 Jan 2020.
- When Ngong Ping Cable Car will be suspended to carry out bi-monthly regular scheduled maintenance, or closed due to severe weather warning, alternative coach transportation will be available during the cable car service suspension. This tour will be operated by coach transfer between Ngong Ping and Tung Chung. No reduction in the tour price for the lack of the cable car ride.
- In the event that the boat ride is suspended in Tai O village, a HK$20 cash coupon will be issued for use in Ngong Ping 360 souvenirs shops. The Tai O boat ride will be suspended service on Sat 25th, Jan 2020 (1st Day of Chines New Year).
- How to join in this tour from airport: (1) Please take 24-minute Airport Express train, get off at Kowloon Station, go out from Exit D1, walk for 97m (2 minute) to W Hong Kong Hotel (Add: 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon Station, Kowloon). The pickup time from W Hong Kong Hotel is 10:00am daily. Your tour guide has a pickup list and will find you in the lobby. After tour, you will come back to W Hong Kong Hotel at 18:00 after tour. From Airport Station, the 1st train leaves at 05:54. From Kowloon Station back to airport, the last train leaves at 00:52. (2) Because this tour ends at Tung Chung Cable Car Station at 4pm, you can take a taxi from there back to airport. It takes 10 minute by taxi. (3) You take your own risk of missing your flight. Please only book this tour when your flight leaves from HKG after 20:00. The latest information of security check from airport is: Access control measures are being taken at terminals. Visitors are advised to arrive 3 hours before departure for proper checks. (4) Round trip airport express fare or taxi fare will be paid by yourself. No refund or discount on original tour price. (5) No refund for no show or late arrival caused by arrival flight cancel and arrival flight delay.
- If you live in a hotel on Lantau Island (Disney Resorts, Novotel Citygate, SkyCity Marriott, Regal Airport Hotel etc): (1) The meeting time is 10:55 from the Taxi Stand at Tung Chung cable car station. You need to take a Lantau taxi (blue) to Tung Chung Cable Car Station. It costs around HKD118 one way for 20 minute driving distance. (2) Tour ends at Tung Chung Cable Car Station at 4pm. (3) Round trip taxi fare will be paid by yourself. No refund or discount on original tour price. (4) No refund for no show or late arrival
Location
Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong, an IHG Hotel
Nathan Road
For guests joining the Base Tour, please meet us at the lobby of
Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui).
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(107 Ratings)
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Pat_r
Mar 13, 2026
Excellent tour to Lantau island - Well run professional tour. The tour guide Jonathan was very helpful and accommodating. He was very professional and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Maryann_a
Mar 12, 2026
Fascinating Lantau Island - We loved the cable car. Make sure you book the Crystal Cabin, so you can look directly down. It’s a most unusual experience since it turns heading up towards the Big Buddha. Hoe you can get to the last remaining Fishing Village. We had a great lunch there family style. Our guide Becky was very helpful. She encouraged us to try a mango mochi. I found it delicious! We made it to the top of the Big Buddha!!
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Philip_s
Mar 4, 2026
The trip to the big... - The trip to the big Buddha and the fishing village is a great trip -unfortunately the cable car wasn’t working but we was told in advance and given a new itenary using bus and taxi -we decided to still do the trip and we are glad we did.Tella was brilliant as a guide -working out the schedule and providing a very professional commentary and timely tour The trip was worth doing and we saw things that we would not have seen on Hong Kong island or Kowloon.The experience was great well done Tella
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Brad_f
Mar 2, 2026
Exceptional Private Guide-Led Excursion to Big Buddha - Our party of two couples enjoyed a wonderful excursion to Lantau island with private guide, Bruce, who was exceptional. He met us at our hotel right at the agreed up arrival time and shepherded us by taxi to the Ngong Ping cable car. Upon arrival at the Big Buddha, he accompanied us on a short 10-min bus ride to
Tai O fishing village where we went on a great 20 min boat ride to see the pink dolphins. Unfortunately, no pink dolphins were spotted, but the boat ride was still lots of fun and seeing the fishing village was very interesting. On our trip back to the Big Buddha, we first toured the very beautiful Po Li Monastey before ascending the 268 streps to see the Big Buddha. The weather was cloudy so visibility was poor at the top of the Big Buddha as well as on the round-trip cable car ride, but we still thoroughly enjoyed the day. Our guide, Bruce, was a wealth of information and took great care to explain everything that we were seeing. Instead of lunch at the Monastery, he suggested that we have lunch at a restaurant closer to our hotel in Kowloon. Lunch was absolutely delicious and was some of the best Chinese food that we encountered during our time in Hong Kong. If you take this excursion, you will be lucky if you get Bruce as your guide!
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Elizabeth_s
Feb 27, 2026
Great tour - Our guide, Jonathan, was wonderful! He was very knowledgeable and entertaining. He really went over and beyond to accommodate us and arranged and delish lunch at Tai O village. Highly recommend this tour.
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Joe_s
Jan 30, 2026
Excellent tour and brilliant guide - We really enjoyed this tour, especially because our guide, Becky, was excellent. We got picked up on time, the group was small and very friendly. We're happy that we chose the Crystal cable car because it was a wonderful ride up to near the big Buddha. The boat ride along the fishing village was lovely although we didn't get to see any dolphins. Lunch in the fishing village was delicious. The tour was well organised and made even better by the excellent Becky. Highly recommended.
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Julia_h
Jan 6, 2026
Must do - Amazing guide, so knowledgeable. Full day with excellent service, accommodating everyone’s needs. Would do again
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Josh_c
Feb 28, 2026
Pretty, good views. - Overall fine, don't know if I'd do it again if I had a do-over. The timing and order of things is a bit fluid. Once you get to the top of the mountain, it's a public bus that takes you to the fishing village and it only runs every two hours so if you miss it things get shuffled. The "tour" is not SUPER Informative, your money is really just going towards them guiding you through all the different transportations needed. You could probably do it all yourself but I don't know it would cost much less and would be a headache. Be aware it can be very windy up there. Our guide Becky was very sweet and made sure we all got where we were going. At the last minute the tour company apparently changed their policy and instead of returning people to where they were picked up decided they would only drop everyone off at one place. Becky tried to push back and was unsuccessful. She ultimately was able to get a compromise to have the dropoff be at a place most convenient for most people. While not a big deal for me in this instance, concerning that the company wouldn't abide by the agreed upon itinerary that clearly said people would be returned to pickup locations.
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391johan
Feb 23, 2026
Dont book this. Fraud - We booked this through Getyourguide.
Showed up at the starting location 10 in accordance with the instructions. Waited for almost an hour but no guide shows up. Met several other tourists that had booked the same tour. Tried to contact Get your Guide and the local contractor but no response.
Talked to another guide that we found from a different company and they say this has happened a lot and she thinks they have gone out of business.
It has now gone a week. No response from Getyouguide and no refund
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Daniele_p
Jan 29, 2026
A poorly organized excursion - Line up to get on the cable car for more than 1 hour (there was a skip-the-line). Use of public transport to/from Tao Village, lunch in the village in a pseudo restaurant below the threshold of the dignified , a guide who probably would do better to change profession
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