Animals, Plants and Pesticides:
 

Animals and Birds Import	Plant Import
Animals and Products of Animal Origin export	Plant Export
Animal Disease and Control	Plant and Quarantine
Control of Avian Influenza	Plant Breeders' Rights and Varieties Protection

            Country Parks:
            Hong Kong has about three-quarters is countryside, and a great landscape rising from sandy beaches and rocky foreshores.  Woodlands and mountain ranges covered by open grassland with a bariety of scenic vistas rarely.  The following places are country parks with activities ranged from leisure walking, fitness exercises, hiking and barbecuing.  Please click in any of them and check out the location, maps, dates of designation and other detail informations about the park.
 

Country Parks and Special Areas	Tai Tam and extension
Clear Water Bay	Shing Mun
Aberdeen Country Park	Sai Kung
Ma On Shan	Tai Po Kau Special Area
Lantau	Tai Mo Shan & Lam Tseun
Pat Sin Leong Plover Cover	Tai Lam
Kam Shan Lion Rock

            Marine Park:
            Hong Kong is one of the busiest ports in the whole world, part of its coastline has been used for accommodating the rapid growing of population and economic growth.  Fortunately, some of the coasline and diverse marine life in Hong Kong still remains.  However, these areas are threatened by the impacts of sewage, dredging, dumping, reclamation and other kinds of threats such as destructive fishing.  It is a neccessary to protect and coserve the marine environment for conservation, education and recreation.  Until now, there are three marine parks and one marine reserve were designated.  Please click in any one of the following parks and get more information about them.
 

Cape D'Aguilar Marine Reserve	Ho Ha Wan
Sha Chau Lung Kwu Chau	Yat Chau Tong
Telephone Enquiry

             Nature Trail:
           Nature trails is paths in an signifiant area for visitors to understand the countryside, wildlife, vegetation, history and village life.  On site intrepretation plates are installed along the path to draw attention to special and interesting features.  If you are interesting in conservation and want to have more knowledge about these parks, please click in the following items.
 

Aberdeen	Pak Tam Chung
Eagle's Nest	Pineapple Dam
Bride's Pool	Tai Tong
Hung Mui Kuk	Tai Po Kau
Kap Lung Forest Trail	Tsiu Hang
Pat Sin Leng	Twisk

            Country Trail:
            Hong Kong has a number of country parks with different lengths provided.  Those trails are prepared for family or small groups for a day or half day outing.  The following trail walks are waymarked footpaths passing through scenic areas of the countryside.  Presently, there are altogether 13 Country Trails and more would added in due course.  Please click in the following items and prepare a great day with your family or friends.
 

Lung Ha Wan	Peng Chau
Lau Shui Heung	Pak Tam
Luk Wu	Tai Tam
Ma On Shan	High Junk Peak
Cheung Sheung	Keung Shan
Hok Tau	Wong Lung Hang
South Lantau

            Long Distance Hiking Trail:
            There are four long-distance hiking trails in Hong Kong that are very popular. The MacLehose Trail (100 km) located in the New Territories from Sai Kung in the east to Tuen Mun in the west. The Lantau Trail (70 km) is a circular trail located in Lantau Island. The Hong Kong Trail (50 km) crosses all the five Country Parks on Hong Kong Island. The Wilson Trail (78 km) stretches from Stanley in the south of Hong Kong Island to Nam Chung in the north of the New Territories.
 

Lantau Trail	Hong Kong Trail
MacLehose Trail	Wilson Trail

            Visitor Centre:
 

Aberdeen	Tai Mo Shan
Clear Water Bay	Sai Kung
Lion Nature Education Centre	Shing Mun
Plover Cove

Comments and contribution are welcome. Please send to Ms Margaret Chu
Tiglion Consultancy Company Limited
Room 902 Yue Xiu Building, 160-174 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
(852) 2598 7660 / (852) 2511 7189  (852) 2519 7296  travel@travel.com.hk
 

Last modified 1 July 1998
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