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for most people who have a bit of time to explore hong kong its well worth a short bus ride to aberdeen to see aberdeen harbour and jumbo floating restaurant. there are a few buses that go to aberdeen promenade from canal road under the overpass near hennessy road in wanchai. on the way there you will pass through the aberdeen tunnel which is an experience in itself too. get off at aberdeen promenade and get a sampan ride to the floating restaurant which is visible from aberdeen harbour. the food at the restaurant is not as good as you might think but its worth getting a few photos of the largest floating restaurant in the world. if you have more time in aberdeen theres a tin hau temple worth seeing too, and if you are feeling really adventurist, the aberdeen country park is not far from the tin hau temple and is great for hiking. along the way it will take you past the aberdeen resovoir and eventually you can reach victoria peak via the winding roads at the end of the aberdeen country park but be careful as the roads are narrow and not alot of room to walk on footpaths. Leave a Comment Directions: aberdeen
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As we tour around the HongKong Island, I've seen all of diffirent types of fishing areas. One of it is the Amberdeen Fishing Village. This is the home to where the floating restaurants are located and where the largest area of fishermens live. I've also seen boat houses and fishing boats but we're very clean and the area is being maintained! The guide told us that one can go glide the sampan ride to experience a first hand "water" lifestyle"! But never tride it as I'm from Philippines and I grew up were my grannies had their own fishing areas too in the province;-) So, did not ind taking one!
If you like you can go try the sampan ride but be sure you know how to swim! Leave a Comment
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It's on every day tour these days. Come and see the group of people in Hong Kong who still live their lives on boats floating on the waters at Aberdeen. The locals called this place "Xiang Gang Zai" in Mandarin or "Hiong Kong Zai" in Cantonese. See a living style so different from you and me.
There is also a large Jumbo seafood restaurant here for lovers of seafood, in a garish opulent floating ship.
So ironical; so Hong Kong. Leave a Comment Directions: 1. Take bus no.70 from Exchange Square bus terminus (Central MTR station Exit A), and get off near Aberdeen Promenade. 2. Take bus no.72 or 76 outside Hennessy Centre Causeway Bay and get off near Aberdeen Promenade.Website: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/touring/popular/ta_popu_aber.jhtml
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Aberdeen is a busy fishing port on the south side of HK Island. Catch a ferry from Lamma Island as you'll get a fantastic view coming into the harbour - much more picturesque than getting there by bus. Stroll along the waterfront and watch old ladies peeling prawns and then drying them in the sun. Walk over the flyover to Aberdeen Plaza - this is where the locals all go to shop! It's very crowded at the weekends. Walk along the back streets and look at the fruit and vegetables - great variety! You can see Chinese shop assistants making up prescriptions in traditional Chinese medicine shops. Grab a bowl of snake soup in winter - it actually doesn't taste that bad.
You can then catch a bus and go on to Repulse Bay or Stanley or go back to Central. The bus services in Hong Kong are regular, safe and quite cheap. Directions: It's on the southern coast of Hong Kong Island.
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Aberdeen is a fascinating place. Many Chinese live on sampans there. It is also the home of the famouse Jumbo floating restaurant.
Once a quiet fishing village, Aberdeen is now a thriving town best known for its floating restaurants, excellent seafood and waterborne population. You reach the restaurants by motor launch. See my travelogue on Aberdeen. Leave a Comment
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There are several buses that go to Aberdeen.
We found them more convinient than taxis and extremely easy to use!
Once in Aberdeen (the bus will leave you on a corner and you'll have to walk around the block and to the pier area), walk past all the ladies and guys yelling for your attention to ride on their sampas.
There is a free ferry terminal 1/2 way down the pier that is clearly marked to floating restaurant!
REGARDLESS of what people tell you, the ferry is NOT closed, it will be back in 30 mins maximum!
The restaurant is rather lavish, almost expensive looking but quite the opposite, has very reasonable din sum (and some of the best we had in Hong Kong)
Don't miss out on it! Leave a Comment
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The JUMBO floating restaurant moored in Aberdeen harbour is a sight to behold. Very ornate and especially spectacular when lit up at night with thousands of light bulbs. The food however is rather average and somewhat overpriced. Leave a Comment
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Aberdeen is, perhaps, an amalgamation of the old and the new. It boasts a marina, where sleek shiny white yachts are moored, and a habour, where many fishing folks live in junks.
Stroll the Aberdeen promenade in the evening and you will see folks making a meal of food that is cook on junks, while nearby, tall residential blocks tower over the habour in splashes of twinkling lights.
Tourist may wish to go for a sampan ride around the habour for a closer look at the fishing junks, or even have a meal on a "floating restaurant" in the habour.
Aberdeen is a 40 minutes bus ride from Causeway Bay. Leave a Comment
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Aberdeen Harbour is noted for being a traditional fishing village. We were told that due to the rising prices of fuel and living costs, the local fisherman are taking tourists out in their fishing boats to show them Aberdeen harbour to supplement their income...It was at a cost of HK$55, which I may add was paid before they would bring you back to the boarding place. You will see how the villagers live on their boats, and see them at their work for the day..It was a very interesting 30 minutes and one that shows yet another side to Hong kong! Leave a Comment
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Aberdeen, a harbour resort, is located on the South of Hong Kong island. As you step off the bus, straight away you can see the lively harbour with traditional sampan boats, which makes quite a dramatic scene, set against the high rise buildings in the backdrop. A must do activity here is to negotiate a price to ride a sampan from one of the persistant touts (best not to go for the first one that comes to you as the prices tend to get cheaper the further you walk). They will take you on about a 30 minute ride of the harbour, including a close up view of the jumbo restaurant. We were lucky in that we arrived at about 9.30am on a Thursday when there were no other tourists around and had a sampan boat ride to ourselves – I guess that at busy times, you may have to share your boat ride with other tourists?
Please look at my photos for this tip that show a boat house that we saw during our sampan ride as well as the jumbo restaurant. Leave a Comment Directions: Bus no 70 or 73 from Central Exchange Square. We caught a bus from Canal Road, Causeway Bay.
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