Hong Kong day trip, then airport

[DISNEY GIRL]

Hello all - We dock at 7am and our flight home is not until 11pm at night, so we are looking at a tour (private or smallish) to give us a tour of Hong Kong, then take us to the airport - with our suitcases in the trunk.    any recommendations please?

[John Bull]

Hopefully someone will come up with something which fits the bill, but ....................

 

Hong Kong is the sort of place to meander the streets, markets, waterfront & parks on foot, cross the harbour by ferry rather than MTR or road tunnels (to Wan Chai is much more interesting & easier on the feet  than Central), travel by the island's rickety old trams, by MTR (mass-transit railway) and by bus, mebbe up or down (or both) Victoria Peak by tram, and the "mid-levels" by their seriously-long covered outdoor escalator system. None of which are well-suited to a "tour"

I'm a fan of ho-hos, but because of the geography & traffic I don't rate the one in HK highly - others might disagree.

And with just one truncated day, a tour into the New Territories would be a waste of precious time.

Can I suggest that you explore independently,

You'll need a luggage facility - perhaps research the cruise terminal or a transportation centre, but not the airport which is too far out.

 

Return to collect your luggage at an appropriate time, & take a taxi to the airport. Not all taxi drivers speak English, so be prepared to play charades (how difficult can it be to indicate airplanes) or show your air tickets.

(Most HK taxis are small - they hold only 3 passengers, or two plus usual luggage. And  the road to the airport uses a toll bridge - unless things have changed, taxis have a go-box which automatically pays the toll and the cost will be added to the fare shown on the meter. It's not a con., and HK taxi drivers are honest)

 

Like I said, mebbe someone can come up with a worthwhile tour-transfer - if not, research the sights and  (cheap) public transportation. English is very widely spoken, and signs (transportation, street names, ATM instructions, menus etc etc are in English.

 

Super-interesting place, lovely people - you might regret not giving yourselves a day or two more.

Enjoy

 

JB 🙂

 

 

[toseaornottosea]

On 12/26/2023 at 3:10 AM, DISNEY GIRL said:

Hello all - We dock at 7am and our flight home is not until 11pm at night, so we are looking at a tour (private or smallish) to give us a tour of Hong Kong, then take us to the airport - with our suitcases in the trunk.    any recommendations please?

I would suggest you check out Tours By Locals for Hong Kong https://www.toursbylocals.com/Hong-Kong-Tours and contact one (or more) of the guides who specializes in full day shore excursions in a private vehicle and tell them what you want.  I'm confidant they will customize their tour to meet your needs.  

[cruisingaussies]

Is anyone able to recommend a transfer service from the cruise terminal to a hotel near the airport?  For four people.

Thanks for any info.

[alwayscruisetime]

We ended our cruise last month in Hong Kong at 7AM with a 10:45 PM flight home and were very pleased with SF Express, an airport baggage check-in and delivery service.  Our cruise line apparently was unaware that they would be right there at the port, but we passed their representatives as we were headed to the taxi line.  They took our bags from us, stored them at the airport for the day, and we jumped on a city bus (the SF Express representative showed us how to find it) and explored the day on our own.  We purchased Octopus cards which made boarding public transportation easy.  You have to put a deposit down on the card, and then have what's left refunded to you at the end of the day, but we had plenty of time so that wasn't a problem.

 

Agreed with the poster above who said that it's the type of place you want to have the time to spend when something interests you.  We traveled using public transportation - trains and buses, and the cost was minimal.  We enjoyed the flower and bird markets, which are sort of off the beaten path, and were glad we had the freedom to stay as long as we wanted.

 

At the end of our day, we took the train to the airport, where the SF Express counter was large and retrieving our luggage was quick and easy.

 

HIGHLY recommend!

[cruisingaussies]

Thanks alwayscruisetime, very interesting.