Camping in Lantau Island is not the best camping on earth, however, for a long weekend away from hectic city of Hong-Kong with easy access, it can be a good alternative.
We stayed at the Long Coast Cheung Sha http://www.longcoast.hk/engpage/, price was very good for Hong-Kong standards, 10 minutes by car to centre Lantau, with all city amneties such as supermaket, cinema, shopping and MTR to Hong-Kong.
The campsite offered nice tends, some would say even a 5 star camping, as they all have air-con (trust me, you are going to feel blessed), but as a surf destination? I would say it's overrated. Either I was very unlucky, or the waves during my stay were very flat - not higher than 20cm, and the water wasn't very clean too.
Although staff were very friendly, and helpful, you can do kayak, windsurf, skimming and the deal is, you pay for the water sports and they offer you your stay, which suited fine for us.
There are some restaurants along the beach, with Western and Asian food, and often you'll see private boats arriving at the beach and people going there just for lunch. It can get a bit too crowded sometimes.
If you have a chance, Sai Kung is a better choice for a stay as I was told. Bigger waves, and cleaner water, however, it will be wild camping.
The room is ok for a family with 2 small children, although the bathroom could be improved. If you stay in this hostel, I would strongly advise to keep your shoes at the door, or else it could really get dirty after a while, from the water of the bathroom and the dirt from the street. Apart from that, the room is clean and tidy. And the staff is friendly. Best feature is the location. Very near to everything and away from the noise and crowd. Good value for money.
Have you ever imagined being part of a Chinese painting? If someone asks me to advice a place to visit in China, I would definitely suggest Yangshuo, a small town near Guillin, which compiles a lot of poetic scenarios, bringing you back in time by the charm of the old architecture of a small Chinese village with 2 storey buildings, stunning mountains and river scenario, with some modern-hip feeling.
With such outstanding scenic landscapes, it is a backpack tourist and rock climbing lover destination, there are a few schools that offer trips for different levels climbers.
Here are few suggestions to spend your days: 2 hours walk up 800 step the Moon Hill - a hill with a huge hole in the shape of a moon, or a mud bath in Moon Water Cave, (caves riddling the limestone hills), finished by hot spring with almost 45ºC. It is also a great place to explore it by bike, and if you are not going alone, tandems are often seen in the streets. In fact, it can better be appreciated by bamboo rafting down Li River.
There are plenty of stalls, selling handicraft, and street food, and it also offers a good range of western food restaurants spread around the main streets, however, as a good traveler, one must try at least once the local dishes, and from Yanghsuo, the river fish cooked in beer is one of them.
If you are into nature, and would like to spend a budget laid back summer, this is a great choice. The campsite is surrounded by water, dam, natural swimming pools, rivers, the landscape is stunning, and the food in the area is lovely.
You can also enjoy artificial swimming pools and some water activities, such as kayaking and windsurf in the dam for extremely low price a day.
