Big Bus Tours (Hong Kong Trip)
Read my full 4D3N Hong Kong Trip itinerary HERE.
As mentioned previously, we have chosen Big Bus Tours as we need a flexible tour around Hong Kong due the fact that we have a three year old Sam tagging along. We really love the “Hop-on, Hop-off concept”. We can choose to hop-off one bus at any of the stop-points and simply hop-on to another bus when we are done. The buses frequency is around 30-40 minutes per stop which gave you plenty of time to explore the tourist spots nearby the stop.
If you have been to their website, there are a few categories of tours. We bought the Deluxe Tour (48 hours) for USD 45.00 per pax after a 15% discount – fixed date tickets ONLY! (Valid till 31st August 2012).
Since we have bought the tickets online, we need to redeem our passes at Big Bus Info Centre @ Tsim Sha Tsui near Star Ferry Harbour. The TWO days passes consist of unlimited rides on THREE separate bus routes, plenty of Star Ferry tickets, entrance tickets to The Peak, Sampan ride at Arbedeen and a boat cruise around Victoria Harbour .
The moment we have the passes, we boarded the Star Ferry to Hong Kong Island as we want to ride the Red Route Bus Line. The other route available at Hong Kong Island is Green Line which we decided to board the next day.
Star Ferry Pier
The boarding pathway.
The fishing boat.
We were greeted graciously by the stunning view of sky scrappers of Hong Kong.
The Star Cruise.
Again, why do we choose the Big Bus Tours? The photo above pretty much explained everything :P. Sam can have her nap anytime in the bus and we simply alight at any of the ‘stop point’ to explore further.
Sam and daddy posing excitingly in front of the Big Bus!
Basically Big Bus Tours is a sightseeing double-decker bus with air-conditioned lower deck and roofless upper deck.
The upper deck
It’s close to summer-time and Only “guai lou” sit on upper deck =.=” *HOT*. It was close to 37 Celsius that time.
A multi-lingual audio system in the bus offering you a personal tour commentary in a choice of 10 languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian.
The Hong Kong Tram ~ Ding Ding
Bamboo pole and scaffolding that use in building construction
Golden Bauhinia Square (金紫荊廣場)
Some high-rise architectures along the bay.
Along the Red Line route, we alighted at Times Square & Causeway Bay for a walk.
The winding escalator.
Supermarket in Times Square.
The Deli
Some of the food/snacks on display at the supermarket.
Lovely merchandises of one of the cafe in the supermarket.
HKD 18 or RM4.30 for a piece of roti canai! (exchange rate: HKD 100.00 = RM 42.00)
Closer to the evening, we managed to sit at the upper deck when the temperature cool down. What greeted us were impressive skyscrapers up-close. That’s the appeal of open deck in a place full of high-rise buildings!
That’s the end of our Red Line tour @ first day and I took this photo at the pier before we boarded the Star Ferry to Kowloon. Magnificent!
We started our second Big Bus Tour on our 3rd day at Hong Kong on Green Line Route that day. We passed by the following places:-
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay
Barbeque pits by the seaside.
Stanley
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, where we can alight to take the complimentary sampan ride take; but alas we have to skip it as Sam was still in her sweet dream ~.~ (napping again in a hot afternoon)
Ocean Park from far >.<
For more details of Big Bus Tour Hong Kong, please click HERE.
Next Post: Our hotel, Metropark Hotel Kowloon.
I’m so not a fan of big group tours. I suppose sometimes though they are a good way to get an overview of a city before you start exploring.
This is definitely more flexible than you engage a tour package 🙂
nice!
Indeed!
yea group tour is much convenient and easier for me who ‘buta jalan’ 😛
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Not really a group tour because we can hop on & off at certain point.
Ur post makes me wanna go visit HK (^^)
Book an air ticket!
love hong kong. can’t get enough of it:)
I will definitely go again!
HK is a nice place to visit! At least we won’t have trouble in language barrier! hehe…
Big Bus Tour is definitely a good idea when you are traveling with elderly ppl and also kids. =)
ya, you are totally correct! The correct choice if travel with elderly and kid 🙂
you didn’t go to Dik Dik Ney?
no wor, because hubby & I think that Sam is too small for the ride and she will not have memory of the trip too when she grow up, no point right?
I miss HK! I wanna go again and this time, I’ll use your entries as a guide 🙂
me toom will go again but wait Sam grow a lil bit older 😛
It was indeed a great deal offer by the Big Bus Tour. As for last time we opted for the Rickshaw Sightseeing Bus for a day tour.
At Hong Kong too? But I didn’t see any of the Rickshaw bus on the road 😛
Yupp…in HK. ahahhaha…guess not as popular as Big Bus.
Ic… because I didn’t see any bus from your mentioned company 😛
Its a nice idea to see HK… best of all… no need to walk… I am that lazy.. haha
love the 1st pic of Sam & Daddy posing!
definitely suitable for us with kid 🙂
Looks good if traveling with small kids….miss out a lot of stuff the last time around…so maybe the next time around will do that!
I love the flexibility 🙂
Did they go till The Peak?
Ya, with complimentary cable car ticket~
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