Hong Kong Geology Guide Book Geotechnical Engineering Office ...

there is the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car from Tung Chung.
Nei Lak Shan reaches an elevation of 751 m but, because the bus terminal at the Po
Lin Monastery is at an elevation of c. 460 m, the summit of Nei Lak Shan is only a
relatively short 300 m climb. There are two possible routes to the summit. One,
slightly shorter, route is along the footpath from behind Po Lin Monastery. The initial
70-80 metres of the path is overgrown, making walking a little difficult. A second,
slightly longer but gentler and more popular, route follows the path along the
southeast ridge of Nei Lak Shan.
Outline of the Geology
The summits around Ngong Ping are underlain by porphyritic rhyolite lava, welded
and unwelded rhyolitic tuff, and tuffaceous sedimentary rocks of the Lantau Volcanic
Group (Sewell et al., 2000). Two main types of tuff within the Group are represented
on Nei Lak Shan: 1) slightly-welded tuffs with parallel flow bands. These rocks,
Boulders of tuff with parallel flow-bands,
mid-slopes of Nei Lak Shan
Feldspar crystal developed by slow cooling
in slightly-welded tuff
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Close-up of tuff with parallel flow-bands
Weathered surface of slightly-welded
coarse ash crystal tuff