Most of the Peak is public parkland and there is free access to the Peak and its web of trails and footpaths.

Of all these trails the Peak circuit remains the most popular.  This walk starts at the Peak Tower and follows Lugard Road, built in 1908 and named for Sir Frederick Lugard, fourteenth governor of Hong Kong.  Lugard Road is a narrow pedestrian-only footpath for most of its length.  At the beginning of the trail a canopy of lush subtropical forest obscures the view of the city, but the trees soon give way to low scrub on the right-hand side of the trail, revealing the city spread out below. 

In spots the trail overhangs the cliff on concrete pilings, allowing you to look straight down onto the roofs of high-rise apartment buildings in the Mid-Levels and farther below the towering skyscrapers of Hong Kong.  Lugard Road continues past a sprinkling of villas and through more woodland -- a legacy of the colonial government's reforestation efforts -- and past a wizened old India rubber tree that serves as a trail landmark. 

Eventually Lugard Road ends at Harlech Road; the trail then continues on Harlech around the south side of the Peak to offer views of Pok Fu Lam Valley on the quiet backside of Hong Kong Island.  Shortly after crossing a bridge over a small ravine with a waterfall on the left, the trail returns to the Peak Tower, its starting point. 

Kenny and Rebecca were sure to lead us on this trail since they often strolled along it during their courting days back in the '50s.