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Hong Kong Greeters enters TripAdvisor Hall of Fame

Posted on 27 May 2018 by greetings

Here at Hong Kong Greeters we have been purveyors of the Hong Kong guided tour for six years. We are delighted to share with you that we have entered the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame!! We have received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellent FIVE years in a row.

Thank you to everyone who chose us and trusted in us to make their Hong Kong guided tour experience memorable and special. It has been enjoyable, educating and rewarding to meet all of you. We couldn’t have done it without you!

When I started Hong Kong Greeters six years ago, I had no idea we would get here. We have grown into a wonderful team of four amazing guides. We are all doing something we love are most passionate about – Hong Kong! Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you once more. Here’s to the next six years.

A Little More about What we Do

Hong Kong Greeters private tours provides customised walking tours and car tours in and around Hong Kong. We are a team of guides with a knowledge and passion for this great city! To book your very own Hong Kong Private Tour, please get in touch today at info@hkgreeters.com.

Learn About Hong Kong

If you’re planning a trip to Hong Kong, find out about various Hong Kong’s outlying islands, which are away from the hubbub of the main city here. Avoid some of the common pitfalls tourists encounter here. Discover once and for all what the difference is between Peking and Cantonese Duck here.

Three of our most Popular Hong Kong Guided Tours

Our Hong Kong guided tours can be somewhat customised to meet your requirements, but please read on to find out more about some of our most popular private tours. Our new Vegetarian Food Tour is proving to be a hit and Lantau Island, home of the Big Buddha and Tai O fishing village is a perennial favourite with our clients. We also offer a specialised Jewish Heritage Walking Tour which combines one or two Jewish Heritage stops combined with some of our more general Hong Kong must sees.

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Book a Golden Week Hong Kong Private Tour

Posted on 6 October 2017 by greetings

Private Tour Hong Kong to Ngong Ping on Lantau — Ngong Ping Cable Car on Lantau Island

Golden Week is a busy busy time in Hong Kong. Because of this, some of our clients have asked whether or not this is a good time to join us for a private tour in Hong Kong. The short answer is YES it is.

This week in Hong Kong 2 of our (very generous) 17 public holidays fell in one week. Firstly, China National Day is on October 1st. We celebrated the 68th Anniversary of People’s Republic of China (PRC) with a 23-minute firework display costing around $13 million HKD ($1.6 million USD). Secondly, my favourite, the Mid Autumn Festival fell on 4th October. This is where we celebrate the full moon with our families, by hanging lanterns, often eating outside under the moonlight. Oh and we eat a ton of delicious moon cakes!

Golden Week

Have you heard of the term “Golden Week”? No? What on earth is Golden Week? Well if you are from China, you could have enjoyed an extended 8-day holiday period this year covering both these holidays (1st – 8th October). It was estimated around 710 million people from the PRC were on the move to domestic and overseas locations, including Hong Kong. Unfortunately, Hong Kong locals only get the two public holidays, not the full week!

Mid Autumn Festival

Private Tour Hong Kong including Mooncakes — Enjoy Mooncakes during Golden Week

Mid Autumn Festival is celebrated with lantern displays in many of the major parks. The verdict is in for this years best Mooncakes. The best one was considered to be Maxim’s lava egg custard mooncake (whoop! Maxim’s Palace happens to be one of our favourite restaurants). I did get to try one and it was probably better than my choice from Kee Wah Bakery (pictured right), but they are still all gone and were enjoyed immensely.

Skip the Line on your Private Tour of Hong Kong

We hosted a number of private tours this week. We guided visitors from Worcester and Croydon in the UK and California and Alaska in the USA. Even though it is busier than usual during Golden Week, as private guides we have a few tricks up our sleeve. For example, Charlee and Cooper (pictured above) were incredibly thankful for our skip-the-line access for the Ngong Ping cable-car to the Big Buddha. The queues were so busy during Golden Week they went all the way back to the train station!

Radio Star!

I was also invited onto the local radio station RTHK 3 with Peter Lewis. We chatted about what to do over the holiday period and what other people were doing. Watch the Facebook Live video of my interview below.

Here are some links to some of the things I spoke about with Peter. We highly recommend all of them.

Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence 2015

Posted on 22 May 2015 by greetings

I am very proud to announce that Hong Kong Greeters have received the Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence award 2015. Thank you to all visitors past and present who toured with us and took the time to complete a review. Being a small business it is fantastic to get this endorsement from our customers, and to learn and grow with every tour we do.

We will endeavour to continue to keep up the good work, and could not possibly do that without all of your help! Thank you, dor je, and a big massive mm goy from one of the best places in the world, Hong Kong xx

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Voted one of Hong Kong’s best Tour Guides!

Posted on 2 March 2015 by greetings

Yes, we have been voted one of Hong Kong’s best tour guides! Hong Kong Greeters has been chosen by Hong Kong Hub as one of the best. Thanks so much Mawgan and Lindsey, to say that we are chuffed to bits is an understatement!

Hong Kong Hub

After all, Hong Kong Hub is a well regarded website. Written in English, it’s a great place to go to find out what’s happening in Hong Kong. They list many of the best things to see, do, eat and buy in this vibrant city.
The HK Hub

Have you got guests coming to town? Or do you just fancy getting out and exploring more of what Hong Kong has to offer? Here’s HK Hub’s guide to the Hong Kong’s best tour guides who will show you the hidden gems of this wonderful city!

Hong Kong Greeters, possibly one of Hong Kong’s Best Tour Guides

We offer a wide range of tours to suit your time frame. Our private walking tours are a fantastic way to get up close and personal with the city. However, if you’re short on time or have accessibility issues, we also offer private car tours. Our tours are customised and we can often combine popular Hong Kong sights with some of the lesser known and quirkier pockets of the city. Alternatively, pop over to neighbouring Macau for one of our tours. This former Portuguese colony has a completely different vibe to Hong Kong and is worth exploring in its own right.

ExpatLiving Magazine Talks to Hong Kong Greeters in Tai Wai

Posted on 17 December 2014 by greetings

Back in September 2014, Expat Living Magazine invited me to participate in their Street Talk article.

I Love Tai Wai

I jumped at the chance, because I love where I live, Tai Wai. In fact, I also love to tell people about it too!

My love affair with Tai Wai began very early on when I first arrived in Hong Kong in 2010. A new friend invited me to cycle from Tai Wai (where she lived) out to Tai Po. I used to volunteer for Sustrans as a cycle ranger in the UK and thought there was not going to be an opportunity to get the miles in cycling in Hong Kong. Also, I have to confess I was way too scared to cycle on the roads! She convinced me there was a cycling wonderland in the New Territories. A wonderland where you never even got a sniff of the main road and the route was immaculately managed. I had to see if it truly existed….

It was fantastic, we cycled along the Shing Mun river and followed the paths all the way up to Fanling. When we were done we got the train back home. Since then I have discovered more routes, hidden villages, abandoned villages, temples at the top of very steep hills, BBQ pits, farms and museums! Here is a link to that first route of mine – I hope you get an opportunity to go!

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It turns out there are a few options when it comes to cycling in Hong Kong. Find out more here.

A Quick Round-up of Tai Wai’s Highlights

Tai Wai is quieter than living on the Island or in Kowloon and the air is cleaner. It’s a more traditional area and also boasts one of the most intact Hakka villages remaining in Hong Kong. We’re also close to the Heritage Museum and all the shopping malls of Kowloon Tong and Shatin are only a stop away on the MTR. There’s a fabulous water park close to the MTR which is great with kids. Tai Wai MTR is an interchange station offering access to both the East Rail and Ma On Shan line meaning we’re well connected with the rest of the city.