Welcome to Hong Kong Countryside Adventure - the Tai Tam Country Park!
One of the most inspiring natural views in Hong Kong: Tai Tam Country Park.
It is located in the Eastern corner of Hong Kong Island. From Jardine's lookout in the North, it sprawls across rolling slopes of The Twins to end at the Southern border on Stanley Gap Road. The western border lies in Wong Nai Chung Gap, while Tai Tam Road marks its eastern boundary. Designated in 1977, the park occupies a total area if 1,315 hectares, or one fifth of Hong Kong Island's land area.
Among the most popular attractions featured in TaiTam Country Park are the 4 Water Reservoirs that were the key water storage facilities of the Island in the early years. Known as the Tai Tam Group;
Tai Tam Upper Reservoir
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir
and Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir
TAI TAM COUNTRY PARK HONG KONG
Built between 1889 and 1917, these reservoirs have an aggregate capacity of 9 million m3. Also found in the park; remnants of war, such as forts, magazines and wartime communal stoves. Tai Tam was a bloody battleground during WWII. Here, the invading Japanese met strong resistance from the defending British troops.