Private Lantau Tour: Big Buddha, Crystal Cable Car & Tai O Pickup

Upgrade to crystal cable car is a must, our guide Bekky spoke very good English and was very knowledgeable and has a happy disposition and made our trip very memorable.

Experiencing the Big Buddha in Hong Kong is a must do. It was a rainy day but that made it even more special. Being able to walk the streets of the fisherman village and trying a traditional lunch was the cherry on top of a perfect day. Our private tour included moving in taxis and the bus with the locals which was also a treat to experience a slice on their everyday life. The most important component of our day was out guide. He was knowledgable, kind, funny and accomodating. Our guide Edward, certainly won the day!

Jovita Yeung, our tour guide was outstanding. Excellent English, perfect food choices meeting all different requests, she even made changes on the spot to fit a more comfortable ride for us since the cable car was not working. We did not get to see the pink dolphins but the captain did wait long enough for the opportunity. Very nice all together.

It rained and was misty and the cable car was not operating (bus substitute) but Becky our guide made the day most enjoyable by flexing the plan to make the most of the conditions. She deserved 5 stars but I gave 4 because of the problems outside her control.

I wanted to write to provide a very positive review of our tour today with Eva. Eva was very knowledgeable, kind and communicated very well. She was adaptable to our requests and was always checking to see if we needed anything. We would highly recommend her to our friends and colleagues. Thank you Eva for making our day a memorable one!

Daisy was an excellent, fun guide who spoke clear English. She communicated very well, met all our needs & told us interesting facts about things we saw. Drivers to and from were also very good with clean, comfortable vans. Definitely recommend!

If I could give this experience a detailed rating, I'd be giving it a 3.5 stars out of 5. Despite inclement weather, we enjoyed the sightseeing portion of this tour. The cable car, the temple, the buddha statue, and the fishing village on stilts were all well worth checking out, and a great way to spend a day on Lantau island. The tour company and tour guide were even accommodating of our request to link up with the tour group on Lantau island itself (since that was where we were staying). Our only major complaint was the included meal, which was confusing. We booked the tour expecting to experience a fully vegetarian lunch at the monastery, as that was listed on the program itinerary and description. During the tour we were confused when time was not set aside at the monastery location for a meal. Some aspects of the itinerary had been shuffled around due to the weather, so we just rolled with it as it was happening, expecting that maybe the meal portion would fit in later, when we came back through the monastery area. We proceeded to the next stop on the itinerary, enjoyed the boat ride around the fishing village, and then were completely blindsided by transitioning to a meal at a seafood restaurant in the fishing village. My wife is vegetarian and I am pescatarian, so when we booked this experience we were both excited to have the chance to eat a meal that fit both of our dietary preferences, but a majority of the dishes in the meal actually served contained ingredients we could not eat. The tour guide seemed frustrated when we brought this to her attention, but did make an effort to accommodate our needs. We did not leave hungry, but definitely disappointed and confused, having had a lot less food variety than everyone else in the group got to taste. The tour guide did ask us when we linked up with the tour if we had any food allergies, specifically. Neither of us do, so we answered no, and we at that point in the day were both expecting the meal to be vegetarian anyway, so we didn't even think to discuss vegetarian dietary preferences (as they aren't allergy-related). This seems to be a part of the mix-up because when we asked her about the vegetarian lunch later, she reminded us that we said we had no allergies. The conversation was mildly tense, and it made us feel like we had somehow made a mistake, even though we checked the original listing again and it did make mention of the meal we were expecting. We both think that it is important to clarify food allergies and dietary needs in general as these are two separate questions that are both important for a group participant's ability to fully enjoy an included meal. We both think that something should be done to make it clearer in the booking and itinerary and activity descriptions exactly what kind of food/dining experience is to be expected ahead of time, because clearly there was some major miscommunication. The tour guide did do a good job overall of addressing the situation. The listing still makes reference to "Chinese-style vegetarian lunch at Po Lin Monastery" as part of the itinerary (as long as you don't book the basic package, which doesn't include a meal), and to this day, we are still unclear why this is not what we received. This was the only major disappointment of our experience, even on a day with a pretty serious downpour.

Definitely not what we expected. You don’t get private 7 seating car. It was mini bus with 20 people. A lot of time spend in village and not barely any at Buddha. We got 30 minutes at Buddha’s with a lot of rush climbing the stairs but were over 2 hours at village wasting time (wanting us to shop). We did public transport couple times not sure why bus wasn’t provided. I think the itinerary should definitely be updated. The lunch was definitely hard for us to eat due to sanitation practices.

Great day with our guide. She was very informative and did everything we asked . Couldn’t have had a better day!

Great trip and guide Daisy did wonderful. We rode the cable car and then a bus across to the fishing village. Not everyone had selected lunch but it was a local place and we had a very nice quick lunch. Back to the big Budda area. Visited the monasteries and then up the 168 steps to Big Budda if you wanted. Great views. The only downside to the trip is if you upgrade to the Crystal cabin you don’t have to wait in a long ride, but others in your group may have standard cabin tickets and you have to wait on them both ways. I would suggest changing the trip to only have one option. That said make sure to choose the crystal cabin option if you can. 5-10 min in line on the weekend instead of an hour for the standard ticket.