Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park

The Wong Lai Chung Reservoir café / snack shop has reopened (except Monday) . With a wide variety of foods to choose from and high tea for 2 includes the paddle boat rental !! With no time limit on paddle boat rental , one can relax and enjoy. There are lifeguards on duty so it’s pretty safe. It’s amazingly good value !! Especially you’re surrounded by this pristine and tranquil environment ! The cheese baguette I ordered was crunchy and tasty so was definitely a surprise 😋 and I rounded it off by warm bean curd sweet soup 熱豆腐花🥰🌈. Definitely coming back here on my next day off !

The Reservoir Cafe staff/owner are very helpful. I left my mobile phone in the public toilet. Someone found and gave it to the cafe. They kept it until I came back to look for it. I enjoy the sweet been curd (tofu fa) very much. The warm sweet soup made with ginger was a highlight for outdoors in winter. Thank you!

It's a nice small lake, I imagine that the paddle boats must be quite nice. However, if you're only passing by, it's not much of a sight, it's a nice place to stop by if you're headed to the trails.

It's a nice spot to have a family outing. It provides the park with water sports, snacks shop and toilet. It also connects to a walking track.

Peaceful environment for paddle boat in the reservoir surrounded by nature. Boats for 2 or 4 people available for in 45 minute sessions. I recommend buying fish feed and feeding the many fishes and turtles that inhabit the reservoir. Kiosk and toilet available as well. Unfortunately, after the typhoon, most of the boats sank. The remaining ones are old with screws falling out. Pre-book via phone hotline to avoid a long wait.

Pretty. Relaxing place to bring the kids, close to public transport. Paddle boats are available for hire.

The Wong Nai Chung Reservoir was the third man made lake constructed in Hong Kong back in 1899 and can be found just off the Wong Nai Chung Gap Road on Hong Kong Island. It is a small reservoir only holding around 27 million gallons, which led to the further damming of the nearby Tai Tam Valley to create a series of additional lakes in the decades that followed its construction. There is a small park that opened to the public in 1986 immediately around the lake which includes a recreation centre where you can hire leisure boats to enjoy on the lake (closed presently due to the pandemic). There is a kiosk for refreshments and public toilets as well. Another point of interest are the four Declared Monuments that can be viewed at Wong Nai Chung Reservoir. These include the reservoir dam, weir, value house and workman's quarters building just west of the lake. In the end, a visit to the Wong Nai Chung Reservoir and Park is best combined with a visit to the much larger and interesting series of reservoirs, trails and declared monuments that make up the Tai Tam Heritage Trail in the Tai Tam Country Park to the east of here. You can visit Wong Nai Chung first at the start of the hike and day in the country park before proceeding east on foot to Tai Tam. Note: From the city, take bus 6 between Central and Stanley. Exit at Wong Nai Chung Gap Road which you will see on the announcement sign in the bus. The exit is at a Sinopec petrol station. Walk up a small staircase to the Tai Tam Reservoir Road and walk to your left 150 metres or so and you will arrive at the Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park. There are signs along the way and onward to the Tai Tam Reservoirs, Country Park and Heritage Trail as well.

A tranquil place to rest, as it’s the mid-point of the 50km long Hong Kong Trail and also the along Wilson Trail, so the place is especially popular with hikers in the area as a rest stop. Amenities available are toilet and beverages vending machines. The snack shop only operates during weekend. It used to have paddling boats for hire, too bad it has already closed down by the LCSD management.