When you see tulips blossoming in nature, its magical and soul stirring. Amsterdam or Holland is offcourse go to place for seeing tulip farms. But isn't it too far away? What if I tell you that there are beautiful tulip blooms in Hong Kong to see and enjoy!
Yes, very much in Hong Kong within our reach!
Tulip blooms can be enjoyed near Lake house on Lake Egret in Tai Po. It is expected to remain until April or May.
How to reach Lake Egret:
Address: 2 Hung Lam Road, Tai Po Kau, New Territories Hong Kong. There is a free shuttle bus between Tai Po MTR Nanyun Road to Lake House. The Tulip blossoms are next to Lake House.
Schedule for free shuttle bus is as follows. You cannot book the spot and queue can be liltte too much on weekend. So one can opt for Green cab from MTR which costs approx. 35 HKD only.
What to do there:
There is beautiful Florist who does wonderful job of blooming these tulips and many other flowers. You can also by tulips from here. So enjoy some picture taking opportunities followed by a walk surrounding the lake. You will be treated with postcard perfect picture of Lake house.
Lake house is beautiful restaurant on the lap of nature. Enjoy the views of Lake and Green lush gardens while having your lunch is most ideal and romantic setup.
P.S. there are very few vegan and vegetarian options there and absolutely no Jain food option. However you can enjoy some drinks! From around 12 noon the place is extremely full for lunch time and you may end up waiting for an hour so if you want good spot, please try to reach by 11 AM.
For Jain diet followers, please pack your lunches! there is absolutely nothing around so you may land up remaining hungry and tired :p and some staff at Lake House were very very rude to let us even use empty tables for baby's sake!!!
How long will it take:
Enjoying the tulips will take not take more than half hour but you can just sit around the lake Egret and enjoy the surrounding later. Its a good half day trip before it gets too hot and humid.
What else is there in Tai Po:
This we can cover sometime else in detail but its good to know that Taipo waterfront park is also a beautiful picnic spot where half a day or longer can be spent. Just around the spiral tower, one can hire the cycle and enjoy the cycling around waterfront. Its best possible thing to do in spring!
Also there is Tsz Shan Monastery but you need to book way in advance.
In all one can have a day trip in Tai Po - cycling and enjoying the waterfront and blooms!
P.s. There is Starbucks on Tai PO MTR, so if one is too tired and want to sip a cup of coffee or rest your legs after long travel and cycle this is easy grab!
Is it kids friendly activity?:
Absolutely, my toddler loved to see so many tulips and was in awe of all colorful blooms.
More pics from our short visit to see blooms!
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| The Florist Shop Near Lake House |
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| In the background is Lake Egret |
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| Beautiful Colorful Tulip Blooms! |
To Summarize, its bit far away but thankfully its not so crowded and its absolutely beautiful to give it a miss. So one must go!
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