Barker Road, Billionaires Row, Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
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Prior to visiting the Barker Road at Victoria Peak, you may wish to visit Victoria Peak Garden at Victoria Peak for more amazing views and instagram photo opportunities and then the Lugard Road Lookout at Victoria Peak - click on the buttons below for my how to get to instructions for Victoria Peak Garden and the Lugard Road Lookout, it is very easy to do all 3 within a 3 - 3 1/2 hour time frame.
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Barker Road, Billionaires Row, Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Click on the button above, it takes you to my comprehensive blog post I have written about Victoria Peak (The Peak) in Hong Kong, I have visited the Peak over 6,000 times since 1972 and more importantly thousands of times from 2011 - 2020 when I was one of the premier Private Tour Guides in Asia, I completed 2,324 tours during that period.. I have now done 3 how to get instructional blogs on how to get the best out of your visit to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, I hope you do all 3 and you will be one of the few people that really gets to know the Victoria Peak District and see the best city views in the world.
How to get to | Barker Road at Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
The amazing view and other things at Barker Road Victoria Peak
Background Information
This how to get to guide to Barker Road is part of 3 how to get to guides that cover the essential bucket list task of visiting Victoria Peak (The Peak) in Hong Kong and getting the most out of it.
The Peak actually covers quite a vast area and trust me there are lots of very cool and unusual things to do but (yes, there is always a but) you will need the services of a private tour guide with a car to make the most of it if time is a factor but with my 3 how to get to guides for the Peak you can do it on your own, walking and will need 3 to 3 1/2 hours if time is not an issue
Please note that you can do the Barker Road Experience at Victoria Peak, Hong Kong on your own without hiring a Private Tour Guide, simply open this blog post on your smart phone and follow the very detailed step by step instructions.
Time is always a factor when you are on holiday, business or whatever brings you to Hong Kong and in my experience most people are here for a day, two at the most which means that you have to be very time aware.
If you have never been to Hong Kong you will soon find out why you need a private tour guide if time is an issue, it is virtually impossible to figure out how to manage time so you can see and visit most of the things on your bucket list, it is made worse by mediocre tour companies and online travel agents (OTA’s) such as Viator insisting that the tour company provide an itinerary for every step of the tour with time estimates, there are so many factors it is an impossible task and the biggest error is completely underestimating time, if they say 10 minutes it is always 20 minutes, if these say 30 minutes they mean one hour, I always err on the side of caution and my timings tend to be quite conservative and accurate.
I did 2,324 tours from 2011 - 2019 (I only did 2 tours in January 2020 before Hong Kong was locked down due to Covid) ranging from 3 hours to 8 hours with more than 50% of them being an 8 hour tour, trust me I know all about timing when it comes to tour itineraries.
So to make it absolutely clear | there are 3 essential things you must do when you visit Victoria Peak (The Peak)
The Lugard Road Lookout
Victoria Peak Garden
Barker Road, Billionaires row
You can do all 3 by walking and you can do Lugard Road Lookout on foot and Victoria Peak Garden and Barker Road by car if you wish to save some time.
Either way, these are in my humble opinion 3 of the best things you can do on your Hong Kong visit.
So back to Barker Road and why Barker Road?
Firstly, there is NO public transport allowed on Barker Road other than the red taxi’s, you certainly need to allow 40 - 50 minutes walking time end to end before you end up at Peak Road where you can catch a taxi or the No. 15 bus back to the Central Business District.
Barker Road is secluded and you should note that there are no pavements | side walks at certain parts for long stretches, fortunately traffic is very light but there are always construction projects going on so you have to watch out for delivery trucks, large dump trucks and concrete mixer trucks!
As you read my how to guide you will understand that Barker Road is popular with Billionaires, mostly from Mainland China but with some home grown ones as well, at many places there are some magnificent views, living at Victoria Peak has always been the aim for the rich and powerful, it should be noted that Deep Water Bay on the South Side of Hong Kong Island has a secluded hideaway where 10 - 12 Billionaires live in magnificent houses, including Hong Kong’s richest man, this enclave is naturally next to the Hong Kong Golf Club!
Me personally, I would absolutely live on Barker Road, no question.
About half way in on your walk along Barker Road you will see a sign called Chatham Path and it points down, please do NOT go down this path, it is very, very steep and slippery with moss and dead leaves and there are major remedial works going on to fix slopes (a 5 - 10 year project), I have slipped and fallen 3 times (one not so serious) over a 3 year span recently at exactly the same spot, I was with people at the time so I have plenty of witnesses, luckily I was not badly hurt but blood was spilled! it is treacherous and not worth the risk, Chatham Path starts at Barker Road and ends at May Road and to this day I have never figured how people enjoy walking up from May Road to Barker Road, it is so steep.
The photographs below tell you everything you need to know, all I will say is that it is well worth your time to “do” Barker Road on your visit to Victoria Peak (The Peak)
Yes, if you click on the button above, this is my list of the very best private tour guides in Hong Kong, if you do not wish to hire a guide then this is my guide on how to get to the spot where you get the most amazing city views (with an s) in the world.
If you click on the button above you can purchase this immersive voice app which is a fabulous AUDIO tour of my spot on Lugard Road, ie the Lugard Road Lookout - the app basically follows the instructions in my how to guide to the Lugard Road Lookout (because I had a hand in the creation of the app) - it is well worth the modest price | you can do the Lugard Road Lookout walk prior to going to Barker Road.
So, the how to get to Barker Road at Victoria Peak starts here, I am assuming you can get to Victoria Peak under your own steam either by the Peak Tram, Bus, Car, Taxi, Coach etc.
How to get to | Barker Road at Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
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