Yuen Tun Country Trail Information

This country trail leads from the entrance to Tai Lam Country Park inTsing Lung Tau to the northern end of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir. The route wends across the Civil Aid Service's Yuen Tun Training Camp and the ruins of old rural houses in the once thriving Yuen Tun Village. Your gaze takes in the placid Tai Lam Chung Reservoir and the Gold Coast seascape.

Walking upward, the trail allows you to look back at Sham Tseng and Ma Wan. The Tsing Ma Bridge that connects Tsing Yi and Ma Wan is of grand scale. It is 2.2km long, and is the world's longest road-cumrail suspension bridge. It makes vehicle access to Lantau possible, and is a famous landmark of Hong Kong.

Construction of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir actually started in 1951. The biggest component of the whole project - the 150ft main dam - was Hong Kong's most magnificent concrete dam at the time. The reservoir was developed from a river valley where several rural communities lived. Old villages were Wu Uk, Kan Uk Tei, Tai Wai and Tai Lam. The reservoir gets its name from the main natural waterway Tai Lam Chung.