7 Must-Visit Places for A Hong Kong Family Tour

Hong Kong’s Disneyland is the smallest Disneyland in the world, containing seven theme parks, of which "Grizzly Gulch" and "Mystic Point" are unique to Hong Kong. The amusement rides and fireworks display at the park offer tourists of all ages the purest of happiness in this fairy-tale world. In addition to the distinctive parks and recreational programs, many restaurants in Hong Kong Disneyland offer a wide range of meals including Chinese food, western food, snacks, vegetarian meals, fast food, and halal food to satisfy everyone's taste buds. Each park has its own department store, offering exquisite Disney products.

The Ocean Park boasts the largest ocean aquarium and theme park in Southeast Asia, with the dolphin and sea lion performance being the most popular show in its Ocean Theatre. If you are lucky enough, you will be invited up to the stage by the trainer to touch those adorable dolphins yourself! Blending together an amusement park, zoo, and aquarium in one place, Hong Kong Ocean Park is a perfect place for you to experience exciting rides, get close to adorable pandas, or explore various rare deep-sea fishes. The whole park is divided into "The Summit" on the mountain and "The Waterfront" below the mountain according to its geographical location. The three transportation routes connecting the Summit and the Waterfront are also big sources of fun in the ocean park.

Located to the south of Hong Kong Island, Lamma Island is famous for being the hometown of Chow Yun-fat, a well-known Hong Kong actor. With clean, fresh air and beautiful scenery, it is a popular place for hiking and camping. There is a hiking trail around the island. Walking along the trail, it takes only two hours to visit all the major scenic spots on the island. The seafood on Lamma Island is a must-try local delicacy. There are many seafood restaurants on the island whose ingredients are supplied by local fishermen and are delivered directly from the fishing boat. Among those restaurants, the two most famous are "Longhua Seafood Restaurant" and "Lamma Rainbow Seafood Restaurant."

Ngong Ping Cable Car is the largest cable car system in the world, and connects downtown Tung Chung with Ngong Ping on Lantau Island,. In contrast to other cable cars, the Ngong Ping 360 cable car turns twice to provide pleasant scenery along the way. It crosses above the North Lantau Country Park, as well as the Tiantan Giant Buddha and Po Lin Monastery on the Ngong Ping Plateau. There are two types of Ngong Ping cable car: the standard cabin and crystal cabin. The crystal cabin has a fully transparent glass bottom, allowing you to feast your eyes on the view of blue sea and green mountains underneath your feet. From the comfort of the cabin you will view the grand Tiantan Giant Buddha from far away. If you’re lucky enough, you will also enjoy the enchanting beauty of a plane taking off or landing amid the sunset over the hills. The crystal cabin provides you with a perfect 360-degree view from the sky.

Located at the Peak Tower on the top of Taiping Mountain, Hong Kong’s Madame Tussauds wax museum is filled with wax statutes of celebrities. The wax museum is divided into seven exhibition areas, displaying wax statutes of well-known personalities and famous movie stars from all over the world. Among them, the "House of Terror" is the most famous and is on many a tourist’s must-visit list. In the exhibition area, you can take photos with those wax statutes, enjoy yourself by striking a pose with your favorite figures. For example, you may start a fight with Bruce Lee, join US President Obama in the White House, sit side by side with Audrey Hepburn, play basketball with Yao Ming, the basketball giant, and pull at the heartstrings with Andy Lau Tak-wah, the celebrated Hong Kong actor. In addition, there are many cartoon characters in the exhibition area that are popular among children, such as Astro Boy, the McDull couple, Doraemon, etc. Those wax statutes are so vivid that tourists often can’t believe their eyes when they enter the museum, which is itself fun to watch.

Hong Kong Science Museum owns the world's largest energy machine, which produces pleasing sound and visual effects. 80% of the exhibits in the museum can be touched and operated by visitors, and there are many interesting experiments, such as making clouds. It’s a perfect place for parents to bring their children for a fun day out. There are about 500 permanent exhibitions in the Hong Kong Science Museum, which are displayed in 17 exhibition areas, and cover a wide range of topics - the perfect situation for quality time with the kids. The Children's Gallery on the third floor is a particularly ideal place where children can make clouds by pressing down the face panel of the "Cloud Ring" exhibit, and or learn about how those home appliances work.

The Hong Kong Space Museum is also one of the popular attractions for parents and their children, where they can watch full-dome screen shows in the world's largest planetarium, and experience a mysterious starry sky journey or simulated rocket launches and moon landings. Located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Peninsula, the Hong Kong Space Museum is one of the most famous planetariums in Asia, and is divided into east and west halves. The east part of the museum is shaped like a huge egg, housing the Stanley Ho Space Theatre and Space Science Exhibition Hall. The Hong Kong Space Museum is one of the largest in the world that can play ultra-high-definition animations and movies on a full-dome screen, and whose star projector can project more than 8,000 stars and planets, including the sun, onto the sky canopy, bringing visitors an unprecedented journey through space.