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Ngong Ping is a highland in the western part of Lantau Island
Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. It hosts Po Lin Monastery
Po Lin Monastery

Po Lin Monastery is a Buddhist monastery, located on Ngong Ping Plateau, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting from Jiangsu and was initially known as "The Big Hut"....
 and Tian Tan Buddha
Tian Tan Buddha

Tian Tan Buddha , also known as the Big Buddha, is a large bronze statue of the Gautama Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong....
 amidst the hills which is about 34 m tall. There are many hills nearby which are also an attraction to tourists. It is now the terminus of the cable car ride Ngong Ping Cable Car which travels to Tung Chung
Tung Chung

Tung Chung, namely the eastern stream, is an area situated on the north-western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Tung Chung, currently one of the latest generation of new towns, was formerly a rural village around Tung Chung Wan, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma Wan Chung in the north-western coast of L...
. New facilities and tourist attractions have opened including the Ngong Ping Village, Walking with the Buddha, A tale of monkey's theatre and Ngong Ping tea house.






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Ngong Ping is a highland in the western part of Lantau Island
Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. It hosts Po Lin Monastery
Po Lin Monastery

Po Lin Monastery is a Buddhist monastery, located on Ngong Ping Plateau, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting from Jiangsu and was initially known as "The Big Hut"....
 and Tian Tan Buddha
Tian Tan Buddha

Tian Tan Buddha , also known as the Big Buddha, is a large bronze statue of the Gautama Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong....
 amidst the hills which is about 34 m tall. There are many hills nearby which are also an attraction to tourists. It is now the terminus of the cable car ride Ngong Ping Cable Car which travels to Tung Chung
Tung Chung

Tung Chung, namely the eastern stream, is an area situated on the north-western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Tung Chung, currently one of the latest generation of new towns, was formerly a rural village around Tung Chung Wan, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma Wan Chung in the north-western coast of L...
. New facilities and tourist attractions have opened including the Ngong Ping Village, Walking with the Buddha, A tale of monkey's theatre and Ngong Ping tea house. A youth hostel is located near the monastery. The second highest peak, Lantau Peak
Lantau Peak

Lantau Peak or Fung Wong Shan is the second highest peak in Hong Kong. It is situated on Lantau Island, with a height of 934 m above sea level....
, in Hong Kong is at its southeast.

Ngong Ping can be reached by bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 or by cable car
Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a Wire rope and is pulled by another cable.An aerial tramway is often called a cable car or ropeway, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift ....
 Ngong Ping 360
Ngong Ping 360

Ngong Ping 360 is a tourism project in Lantau Island, Hong Kong, consisting of Ngong Ping gondola lift and Ngong Ping Village. It is owned by the MTR Corporation, built and originally operated by Skyrail-ITM until it was sacked after an investigation following an incident where a cable car plunged 50m to the ground ....
.

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