Pfigaron Cruising Hong Kong Border Wetland Excursion

Border Wetland Excursion

Tin Shui Wai was once a mosaic of fish ponds. In 1982, the Government and a private developer reached a joint venture agreement to proceed with an urban development in Tin Shui Wai. The first residential development was materialised in 1993.

The Hong Kong Wetland Part (HKWP) situates at the Northern part of Tin Shui Wai Town. The park and the surrounding designated special area is proposed as a replacement habitat for the wetland lost from the engineering work in the town and to act as a buffer to minimize human disturbance to the ecological sensitive areas of Inner Deep Bay Special Site of Scientific Interest, the adjoining fish ponds, and Mai Po Nature Reserve. to its east and north-east which has been designated as a Ramsar Site.

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　The North tip of the Tin Shui Wai river sides park. Leading to an access road to Mong Tseng Wai ( 輞 井 圍 ).

↑ Signs under Tin Ying Road.

↑ A cross, turn right would lead to Mong Tsung Wai. Go straigh would lead to Sham Wan Road.

↑ An abandoned school ↓ A closer look

The paved trail ends near the school. Travellers have to walk across a short section of woodland and then to fish ponds.

↑ The paved trail of Mong Tseng Wai

↑ The open view of fish ponds after leaving woodland ↓ Another view to the nearby knoll ↓ Where the unpaved trail from Mong Tseng Wai joints Border Road

↑ Border Road ↓ Head to Tsim Bei Tsui (尖 鼻 嘴) on left.

↑ Marsh ↓ An embankment penetrates into Deep Bay (后 海 灣)

↑ Footbridge across the Tin Shui Wai Nullah estuary ↓ Tin Shui Wai as seen from the bridge

↑ Tai Tseng Wai

↑ Mai Po wetland as seen from a knoll near Fuk Shuen Street

↑ Setting sun at Mong Tseng Wai

Written on 2 June 2005. Translated on 15 November 2007

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