Wutong Mountain

Traveler reviews

• Rob Nesbit

  ★★★★★a year ago

  A big mountain to climb and if you did what we did - climb from Wutong Xiao to Wutong Da, its a real serious effort. We went from the smaller mountain crossing over to the bigger mountain and then down, the whole climb taking over 8 hours and it was a little dark when we finished. But also very interesting. Starting off, it looked pleasant, and we saw some warthogs nearly immediately - they were quite passive - I think they scavenge for a lot of food from the tourists visiting - We climbed as far as the observation deck and tower. From here you can go across to Wutong Da. After a while you will come to a big area where you can get some snacks and drinks in a shop. Some people by pass all the hiking and get the bus or drive here from the road. From here its a trek then to the top of Wutong Da, which is the highest peak in Shenzhen. The peak itself isn't anything amazing and is quite busy and not easy to get a good photo. From where we took a quieter, less used route to go down. We took this route as we didn't want to retrace our steps and wanted some new sights. It had many steps and went very deep into the forest. We came across many Woolly Aphid's - which was very interesting to see - . By the time we got down it was nearly pitch dark so we were happy to finish before it was completely black. Then we went for some food, but the next day we were both well knackered. One thing on these mountains is the steps - lots of them - up, down, and around and around - lost of steps - monotonous at times, and tiring. Its not hiking per say, but still if you do enough of them its damn tiring by the end of the day. They have cleverly used tree branches as railings which helps. Also the routes are well sign posted, and also every few km/s there are posts showing how much is left to climb.... which can motivate one to keep going. On the routes up and down you will see many people selling drinks, food, fans, hiking gear, all sorts - even in areas where we thought were quite remote we still seen people selling their wares. Makes one think how they carried so much up to the mountain. The views from both mountains were majestic and you get a great view of Shenzhen city in all its glory. Overall it was a good hike and a memorable trip - but I think perhaps doing the two mountains together was a bit much. Still though I enjoyed it.

• A L (借枕頭)

  ★★★★★7 months ago

  It took us 2.5 hours to reach the top hiking from the subway station. We then hiked along the ridge for any 3.5 hours. Totally 11km. It was tough, but very nice views of the whole city, including the most of the mountain tops of Hong Kong.

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