Lantau Island
To reach the Big Buddha, you start with a cable car ride. Not just any cable car ride; this is the Ngong Ping 360, a sky-high (and I mean that literally) journey from Tung Chung, crossing Tung Chung Bay, then up and over the peaks to North Lantau, suspended on a two-way loop from sea level to mountaintop.The ride takes about a half hour, floating over a dense canopy of trees and foliage that could only exist in such a tropical place. It runs 3.5 miles, with panoramic views of the South China Sea, Hong Kong International Airport (where you look DOWN on the airplanes taking off), and at the very top, your first glimpse of the Big Buddha.
I’m not sure how high off the ground this is, but trust me—it ain’t like any cable car or ski gondola I’ve ever seen. This baby has you up in the clouds. Definitely not for the faint of heart.
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