[2025 Hong Kong Attraction] Travel Guide for Checkerboard Hill (Updated Jul)

Address - Lok Fu, Lo Fu Ngam, Fu On Street Environment/Facilities - Comfortable park environment Recommended Reason - Many movies/TV series filming locations Average Price - Free entry Rating - 8 out of 10 Originally named Kowloon Tsai Hill, Grid Hill was renovated in 2021, with the grids repainted in red and white, restoring its bright and beautiful appearance. This prompted me to visit. Located within Lok Fu Park, this is a stunning scenic spot, backed by Lion Rock and the entire Kowloon mountain range. The view in front is vast, with Tsing Yi Island, Phoenix Mountain, and Victoria Peak on the right, and Fat Tong Mun Channel, Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Lei Yue Mun, and Fei Ngo Shan on the left. This unique and easily accessible hill offers unbeatable scenery. Additionally, you can visit the free attractions of Lok Fu Park and Tin Hau Temple, and then head down the hill to return to Lok Fu MTR station.

Checkerboard Hill is an easy stroll in Kowloon with wonderful city views. It presents the skyline of Kowloon without requiring a strenuous climb. The Checkerboard Hill used to have other names such as Kowloon Tsai Hill, Lok Fu Hill and Radar Hill. It is now commonly known as Checkerboard Hill because of the painted checkerboard patterns on two faces of this hill. The bright red-and-white pattern used to serve an important purpose. Due to its being in the vicinity of the former Kai Tak Airport, these checkerboard patterns, along with the navigation lights and the radio navigation equipment installed there, signaled to the pilots flying into Kai Tak airport to turn and be directed to the landing path onto the runway. The Kai Tak Airport has retired from its historic role in 1997, when the Hong Kong International Airport began operation in Chek Lap Kok. Since then, the checkerboard paint on the hill was covered with gray paint. Yet the red and white patterns reappeared recently. The beautiful pattern is a living reminder of this hill’s important role in an era bygone. For the Kai Tak Airport was known to be one of the most challenging maneuvers in the world for pilots. #cityhike #hongkonghistory #hongkongairport #kaitak #kowlooncity #checkerboardhill #shorthike #hongkongheritage #kowloon #citydaytours#china

#SpringGoodDestination2024 《NewsQueen》Gezai Mountain Hiking Route! It takes only half an hour to reach the top and enjoy the beautiful view... Gree Mountain is one of the easy-to-reach hills in Kowloon East. It became a hot search attraction in the TV series "News Queen". In the drama, the heroine Zhang Jiayan (Li Shihua) regards Gree Mountain as a secret little world. In fact, it only takes half an hour to reach the top of the mountain and overlook the whole view of Kowloon. Moreover, it is a hill full of historical stories. In 2021, it was repainted in red and white, and the scenery of the past is back before your eyes!