Rock Carvings on Po Toi 蒲台岛石刻Pútáidǎo Shíkè

About Rock Carvings on Po Toi

These ancient rock carvings lie in the southern part of Po Toi, an island at Hong Kong's southern tip, and are estimated to be more than 3,000 years old. A rock fracture 70 cm wide divides them into two groups: lines resembling stylised fish and animals on the left, and interlocking spirals on the right. They were found in the 1960s and declared a monument in 1979.

How to get to Rock Carvings on Po Toi

Reached by kaito ferry from Aberdeen or Stanley, which the Transport Department lists on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays only, so check the return sailing; the carvings are about 0.6 km south-east of Po Toi Public Pier.

Nearby

• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 20 km
  Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 20 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride

Also within 20 km: Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse 鹤咀灯塔 (under 10 km), Old Stanley Police Station 旧赤柱警署 (under 10 km), Stanley Market 赤柱市集 (under 10 km), Stanley Main Street 赤柱大街 (under 10 km), Rock Carving at Big Wave Bay 大浪湾石刻 (under 10 km), Rock Carving on Tung Lung Chau 东龙洲石刻 (10 km).

On the map

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)