Your Lantau Island private tour starts with a 25-minute ride on the Ngong Ping Cable Car where you will enjoy the amazing views of Lantau Country Park and the airport, as you travel over the back of the island. Upon reaching your destination, the famous Big Buddha, you will learn about Buddhism, climb the 268 steps to the Buddha, visit the Po Lin Monastery, and the hall of 10,000 Buddhas.
From there, the journey will take you to Tai O, affectionately known as the Venice of Hong Kong. It is one of the very few remaining places in Hong Kong where you can still see stilt houses over the water. Tai O used to be a fairly big community but due to the decline of the fishing industry, it is now primarily a tourist destination for both overseas visitors and Hong Kongers who wish to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. Tai O is still known for its traditional production of shrimp sauce and shrimp paste and for its colorful seafood market.
There, you will start exploring the fully restored Old Police Station, now operating as a heritage hotel. If you are hungry, you can enjoy your lunch at the Lookout restaurant. Then, you will visit one of the two remaining shrimp sauce production outlets, meander the back streets in and around the stilt houses, visit a temple from the late 1400s and learn about the religion of Taoism. Once you have finished at Tai O, you will take the public bus back to Tung Chung MTR station where the tour finishes.