Bride’s Pool at Plover Cove Country Park
Bride’s Pool at Plover Cove Country Park is located at New Territory. It has a waterfall and a clean BBQ area in the forest. A bus no. 275R on Sundays and Public Holidays departing from MTR Tai Po Market Station will take you directly to the pool. If you take a bus no. 75K or Minibus 20C at the same station, they will stop at Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus every day. It takes around 1 hour of foot from Tai Mei Tuk to Bride’s Pool. You can also find a clean BBQ area at Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus.
It seems a little far from Hong Kong Island to Bride’s Pool at New Territory. However, if you try, the journey to Plover Cove Country Park will present you 4 kinds of excitement.
Map of Hong Kong – Bride’s Pool at Plover Cove Country Park Photo Gallery
(a) When you take a subway from MTR North Point Station for Bride’s Pool, you have to transfer trains 2 times at MTR Yau Tong and Kowloon Tong Station to catch a train bound for Luohu Station. Luohu is the border between mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
(b) You will take a bus at MTR Tai Po Market Station towards Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus or to Bride’s Pool. On the way to Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus, you can enjoy the beautiful perspectives of Pat Sin Leng, 8 God’s Mountains, from the bus.
(c) You will meet many people enjoying BBQ at the vast BBQ area which is prepared just by the sea behind Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus. You can also enjoy BBQ at the BBQ area well-established in the forest of Bride’s Pool.
(d) When you return to MTR Tai Po Market Station, you can take a bus no. 275R at Bride’s Pool on Sundays and Public Holidays. However, if you take a 1-hour-hiking from the pool to Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus, it would be a wonderful itinerary. At Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus, you can take a bus no. 75K, 275R or minibus 20C to return to MTR Tai Po Market Station.
(Bus no. 275R bound for Bride’s Pool runs only on Sundays and Public Holidays. If you take a 75K or a minibus 20C from MTR Tai Po Market Station on weekdays and Saturdays, they run only to Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus. In this case, you have to walk around 1 hour from the bus terminus to Bride’s Pool. It is the reason why Sundays are much convenient for the journey to Bride’s Pool.)
There can be various kinds of itinerary to Bride’s Pool to traveler’s preference. Here suggests you an itinerary to the pool as follows.
(a) On a Sunday, you prepare BBQ items and foods from the Wellcome superstore at MTR North Point Station before riding a subway.
(b) You take a bus no. 75K departing from MTR Tai Po Market Station and stop at Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus. You enjoy BBQ at Tai Mei Tuk BBQ Area.
(c) After BBQ, you take a 1-hour-hiking to Bride’s Pool. Cyclists and fantastic open cars run fast on Bride’s Pool Road.
(d) You take a short walk to Bride’s Pool in the forest.
(e) After taking photos of the waterfall at Bride’s Pool, you take a bus no. 275R at its exclusive bus terminus of Bride’s Pool and stop at MTR Tai Po Market Station, its destination.
There is a clean and vast BBQ area at Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus. It is prepared just by the sea. Hong Kongers are bustle at the BBQ area to enjoy BBQ since early morning. If you have a plan to enjoy BBQ at Tai Mei Tuk BBQ Area, take a bus no. 75K or a minibus 20C at MTR Tai Po Market Station and stop at the bus terminus of Tai Mei Tuk. For BBQ at Bride’s Pool, take a bus no. 275R on Sundays and Public Holidays. Then, it will take you directly to the pool. Remember to prepare BBQ items and foods from the Wellcome superstore at MTR North Point Station before boarding an MTR.
There is no Wellcome superstore at Tai Mei Tuk and Bride’s Pool. Here introduces the Wellcome store at MTR North Point Station. Take a look at the map first shown below. Go around 100 meters to the left from the exit B1 of MTR North Point Station and you will find a Wellcome superstore at the basement of Metropole Building.
Way from MTR North Point Station to Bride’s Pool.
If you have a plan to enjoy BBQ at Tai Mei Tuk BBQ Area or Bride’s Pool, you have to prepare BBQ items and foods before riding a subway at MTR North Point Station. Go to Yau Tong Station first and transfer train to Green Line. At Kowloon Tong Station of Green Line, transfer train again to Blue Line, East Rail Line, towards Luohu Station which is the border between mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Stop at Tai Po Market Station of the Blue Line and take a bus no. 75K at the bus terminus linked with exit A3 of the station.
If you go to the end of an underpass linked with exit A3 of MTR Tai Po Market Station, you will find a signboard for buses posted on the wall. It shows the way for double-deck buses such as 75K or 275R to the right and for minibuses to the left. If you go left from the end of the underpass, you can take a public minibus no. 20C bound for Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus. Operating days and fares for the buses towards Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus or Bride’s Pool are stated below.
75K : Operating all days bound for Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus at HK$5.80. 275R : Operating only on Sundays and Public Holidays bound for Bride’s Pool at HK$10.60. 20C (minibus) : Operating all days to Tai Mei Tuk at HK$7.30.
Way back to Hong Kong Island.
When you come back to downtown at Hong Kong Island, you can take a bus No. 275R on Sundays and public holidays. On the other days, you have to walk back to Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus to take a bus No. 75K or minibus No. 20C bound for MTR Tai Po Market Station.
