I’ve heard of Devil’s Peak and how crowded the place can be during the weekends, so I’ve avoided this hike for the longest time. Until last Sunday…

Our family, rather — I wanted to do an easy hike to get our family out and about on a beautiful day. After a bit of moaning from almost everyone, we managed to leave the house and head to Yau Tong. I think this is actually our first time to this area.

We got off in front of Lei Sang House and turned the corner to follow the road up to the Junk Bay Chinese Permanent Cemetery. The walk up was a bit steep!

The road is paved going up Devil’s Peak – much like most of Hong Kong’s famous city hiking paths. The views were spectacular as always so that kept us busy — as well as making sure Aya and Lukey don’t play around the edge of the road that could clearly cause some injuries.

Before heading straight up, we checked out the Gough Battery and imagined soldiers posted here watching and readying their canyons to defend themselves from the invaders. Hopefully, not something we’d see in our lifetime again.

From Gough Battery, we chose the dirt path going up Devil’s Peak to add a little bit of spice to our hike. The minders there — who I think were volunteers reminding people to keep hydrated — said the path we chose was less safe! But really it was a safe but with just a dash of adventure!

And then a few more steps to get to the top…

And success!!! We made it on top. It wasn’t as crowded as I feared it would be. So we sat down, relaxed and ate some snacks.

Instead of tracing our path back, we decided to do a loop and exit via Lingnan Temple .

After only an hour and a bit of walking, we finished our hike for the weekend! Glad that after 8 years in the city, we finally conquered the Devil’s Peak — on a Sunday nonetheless.