Kowloon Peak: not your-average-family-hike route!

A normal mother bringing her 4 and 6yr old children up a hike would usually check first if the hiking trail is safe and kid-friendly. This mother — that’s me — just looked briefly at All Trails app and saw a 2.3km hike and then decided to bring the family up Kowloon Peak!

I thought we were going for an easy hike. But boy I was wrong! Aaron spotted this trail with ropes and decided to have an adventure. I initially said no as we were with our kids, but I got persuaded when Aya — who was wearing her animal print dress on a hike — decided to take the lead up this path!

Aaron: Come on! This would be fun. Rawnna: No! We are with kids! Aya: (just walked up and decided to hike ahead) Lukey: (Is this for real?!)
Aya in her animal print dress showing us how it’s done!
Fun going up with the ropes as guide!
Lukey was having fun here, climbing up the rocks!
A quick video to show the trail — people passing by us were amazed with our kids (or perhaps wondering if we’re responsible parents!).
Lukey decided to take a quick rest on this tree!

And a few more steps up, the hike became harder and harder. The slope was getting steeper. Then the rope was gone and the path was getting more slippery.

Aaron went ahead with Aya so I was left with Lukey, who once in a while gives me a heart attack by standing straight on a steep slope, not holding on to anything. My mind was just racing on what would happen if he falls and I lose my balance and we both fall off the cliff?!!! And will Aaron find us?!!!

Seriously, I almost cried once asking Lukey to hold on to the rocks in front of him while we were sort mountain/rock climbing – not simply hiking!

I managed to snap this photo after I found a safe(?) spot for Lukey to sit down and rest before we continue our rock climbing!
Thank goodness, Aaron traced back his steps and saved the day! And yep, it was this steep and I managed to document it!
And we found a rope again!!!
By this time, it was a relief to see the rope! It’s like a security blanket for me and the kids!
Just a few more steps to reach the top…

We took a quick rest beside the CLP Kowloon Peak Radio Station, ate some snacks and took in the beautiful view of our Home Kong. It was awesome, perfected by the sun’s golden glow above our city and our faces.

Note to parents: always bring a treat to reward the kids on top of the hike. This day’s treat was Skittles!
Papa making sure his kiddoes won’t fall off!

That beautiful sun was also a reminder it will be setting soon. So we continued on with our hike up Kowloon Peak!

Only a few more steps up Kowloon Peak!
Spot the people on Suicide Cliff. We didn’t check it out anymore as we’ve seen a lot of dangerous parts on the hike up already.
The other side of the view
We were quite happy to see some stairs for a change today!
Smile! We’re almost there…

And voila! We made it to Kowloon Peak!!!

Gotta have that shot with the peak marker for posterity’s sake!

We did not stick around for long at the peak. Aaron rushed us down as he’s worried we’d be stuck in the dark going down the mountain.

Hello Sai Kung!!!
Left or right? Left, Aya!

The path down wasn’t as hard as the hike up. But it was not an easy one as well. There were a lot of rocks, boulders and wasps on the path we took down, but it was the fastest way to get to the road.

We had to keep the kids going as we only have less than an hour of sunlight left!

I love this part of the hike. The path was covered with bamboos!

We made it down Jat’s Incline just before it went totally dark. We were safe and sound; tired but very happy and proud of ourselves for this adventurous hike! Definitely one for the books… but I won’t recommend it for those faint of hearts.

And despite the fact that we’re rushing, I needed my photos!

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