Lantau Island and Giant Buddha Cable Car Group Tour With Hotel Pickup in Hong Kong Island

Begin your group tour with pickup in the lobby of select hotels between 9am to 9:30am. Ride the Ngong Ping Cable Car that connects Tung Chung and Ngong Ping. Your 3.5 mile (5.7km) cable car journey will offer spectacular 360 degree panoramic views of South China Sea, Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau Country Park and Giant Buddha. Take a closer look at Tian Tan Buddha, a large bronze statue of a Buddha Amoghasiddhi completed in 1993. The Buddha is 112 feet (34 m) tall and weighs 250 tons. You will need to climb 268 steps to reach the Buddha, there is a small winding road to the Buddha for vehicles to accommodate the handicapped.

There are 3 museum floors beneath the Buddha statue: The Hall of Universe, The Hall of Benevolent Merit, and The Hall of Remembrance. See one of the most renowned features inside, a relic of Sakyamuni, consisting of some of his alleged cremated remains. Next, visit Po Lin Monastery, which is known as the "Buddhist Kingdom in the South". Po Lin Monastery is the most popular Buddhist temple in Hong Kong. The world's largest outdoor Buddha at the Po Lin Monastery becomes a site of Pilgrimage and is visited by Buddhists' from all over the world.

Enjoy a Chinese Vegetarian lunch at the monastery which is a culture heritage from ancient China. Po Lin Monastery is famous for providing high quality Buddhist vegetarian cuisine in Hong Kong. Nowadays, the chefs can prepare the vegetarian food with a taste similar to typical Chinese cuisine. After lunch, take coach to Tai O fishing village, once the largest inhabited settlement on Lantau Island. The village's stilt houses on the waterfont, offer a glimpse into Hong Kong's past and provide a striking contrast with the modern city. Take a boat trip to cruise around the old fishing village to see the stilt houses, unusual, interconnected structures on water that form a tightly-knit fishing community for villagers to live in. At the conclusion of your trip, you will be returned to your hotel around 5pm.