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Hong Kong at a glance
Hong Kong is a territory in Eastern Asia. People mainly speak Chinese and English. The currency is the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here.
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Before you go: official information
Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Hong Kong’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.
Check your own government’s travel advice before you go.
Places to see in Hong Kong
12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

Hong Kong Island
Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: momo from Hong Kong (CC BY 3.0). Map

Lantau Island
Island
Lantau Island is the largest island in Hong Kong. Located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, it is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Typhoonchaser (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

Hong Kong Disneyland
Culture
Hong Kong Disneyland is a theme park located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It opened to visitors on Monday, September 12, 2005, at 13:00 HKT, the second Disneyland in Asia to open after Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, with Shanghai Disneyland later opening in 2016.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ngchikit (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

Victoria Peak
Mountain
Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as the Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of 552 metres (1,811 ft), it is the tallest hill on Hong Kong Island, and the 29th tallest in the territory of Hong Kong.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Daniel Case (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

The Big Buddha
天壇大佛 Tian Tan Buddha Statue
Memorial
The Tian Tan Big Buddha is a large bronze sculpture of Gautama Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, near Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Béria Lima de Rodríguez (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map
Chek Lap Kok
Island
Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories which is home to the Hong Kong International Airport.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Brücke-Osteuropa (Public domain). Map


Tai Mo Shan
Mountain
Tai Mo Shan (大帽山) is the highest peak in Hong Kong, with an elevation of 957 metres (3,140 ft) above the Hong Kong Principal Datum, or around 956 metres (3,136 ft) above mean sea level. It is located at approximately the geographical centre of the New Territories.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Minghong (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map
Hong Kong Park
Park & nature
Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened on 23 May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft) and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: HK Arun (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map


Avenue of Stars
Landmark
The Avenue of Stars, modelled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is an avenue located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It honours celebrities of the Hong Kong film industry.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Avenue of Stars Hong Kong Bruce Lee Statue.jpg (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

Central–Mid-Levels escalator
中環至半山自動扶手電梯系統 Central-Mid-Levels Escalator System
Landmark
The Central–Mid-Levels escalator and walkway system in Hong Kong is the second longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world, after the Wushan Goddess Escalator in Chongqing, China.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: K.C. Tang (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map
A few words in Chinese
From VoyaKin’s free Chinese lessons in the app, with audio there.
- 你好Nǐ hǎoHello
- 谢谢XièxieThank you
- 不客气Bù kèqiYou're welcome
- 对不起DuìbuqǐI'm sorry
- 没关系Méi guānxiIt's OK / No problem
- 不好意思Bù hǎoyìsiExcuse me / Sorry (for a small thing)
- 请问QǐngwènExcuse me, may I ask…
- 再见ZàijiànGoodbye
Keep exploring
Also in Eastern Asia: Japan · South Korea · China · Macao · Mongolia · North Korea · Taiwan
Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.
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