2-hour Walking Tour - Backside of Bustling Hong Kong

The tour guide will WhatsApp you or call your hotel room the day before the trip starts. He will double confirm the meeting time and meeting point with you. Please leave your WhatsApp information when make the booking. You can WhatsApp me at +86-18807734970 in case you need to reach us.

Our tour guide waits for you at the meeting point and the tour starts at 3pm, please arrive the meeting point on time by yourself. 

• Meeting Point: Prince Edward MTR Station Exit D (INSIDE the station)
• Address: 1 Playing Field Road, 1 Playing Field Rd, Prince Edward, Hong Kong

Important Note:

• Please make sure to be punctual or early arrival. If for some reasons you are late, please call your tour guide immediately for help.

Meeting Point (Pic from Google Map)

Firstly, we will walk through Portland Street and observe the architectural transformation from traditional four-story buildings to modern thirty-story skyscrapers, reflecting the evolution of housing in Hong Kong. The tour guide will share with you the housing prices in different areas of Hong Kong when passing by a real estate agency.

As we all know, Hong Kong is a prosperous metropolis with stunning skylines that is one of the leading financial centers globally. Despite this, Hong Kong is still the most unaffordable city in the world for real estate. The soaring housing prices have led to a significant gap in wealth distribution among citizens, many residents are facing financial pressure.

Then we will go up a very narrow staircase to enter a local unit on Cedar Street. Here we will experience first-hand the reality of living in a 10 square meter subdivided unit and the unimaginable cage house. 

A subdivided flat is commonly known as a "subdivided unit", which generally refers to the division of a unit on the original approved plan of a building into two or more independent rooms. The monthly rent for a subdivided flat of less than 10㎡ is around HK$ 4600-8000 (US$ 600 -1020).

Even more extreme forms of housing than subdivided flats are the infamous "cage houses" of Hong Kong. Cage houses, also known as "bedspaces" or "cubicle apartments," are usually tiny, wire mesh cubicles stacked on top of each other within an apartment. Cage houses often lack basic amenities, and tenants usually have to share bathrooms and kitchens with many other residents. Renting such a cage house costs HK$1,500 -2800 (US$ 190-350) per month.

After experiencing the life of people with houses, we will pass by Lai Chi Kok Road and Boundary Street, here you can see how homeless people live in local free parks. They would sleep on the floor or on a bench. Eking out a living during the day by picking up trash and cardboard.

Have a break to sample a cup of local herbal tea while hearing our guide’s firsthand account of how to deal with everyday housing challenges in Hong Kong, as well as inspiring stories of people getting by in Hong Kong's tough housing market. You can also share with our group what the housing situation is like in your country.

Continue walking to see the traditional markets in these areas. The markets are located at the entrance of the vegetable market or on the busy roadside. Locals will bring their unused items to sell and you can trade them for money or your other items.

Our walking tour will finish at Sham Shui Po MTR Station around 5pm. You can go on your exploration of Kowloon area or return to your hotel by MTR.

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