The Northeast New Territories is a hidden treasure of Hong Kong that can be accessed only by sea. This tour enables you to discover all its charm by way of a leisurely and scenic boat trip with fascinating shore excursions.

Setting out from Sha Tin, your tour boat heads east across Tolo Harbour and through a narrow waterway to Yan Chau Tong Marine Park. You will be treated to beautiful vistas of verdant hills in all directions, uninhabited islands, calm waters and peaceful bays, rocky headlands and cliffs along unspoilt coastline - an area proudly proclaimed as the Shangri-la of Hong Kong.

First stop is Lai Chi Wo, an island featuring a Hakka walled village, where you will follow a nature trail lined with century-old trees whose long scrambling branches twine and coil along the ground - an incredible natural wonder to be found so close to urban Hong Kong. Your boat then proceeds to Crooked Island (Kat O) where you learn about the islanders' living culture with visits to a century-old Tin Hau Temple and an ancient banyan tree - the tree of love.

Last stop is Grass Island (Tap Mun), which is famous for its fish farms, providing the main livelihood of villagers here. From the highest point of the island, you'll get a superb view of lush grassland and the South China Sea beyond. Light lunch will be arranged in the one of the simple village restaurants here.