Plover Cove Country Park is a country park in Hong Kong, an area of ​​630 hectares. Park officially demarcated on April 7, 1978, June 1, 1979 and expanded on this basis. The newly expanded park covers several major islands of the northeast New Territories waters, the west and the relatively old vessels Bay Country Park. Several of the most remote islands in the East Ping Chau, while the other was Kat O, Oceania (across the continent), Crescent Island, Wong Wan Chau, Tiger Island (Lake Oceania), as well as Red Island. Kyrgyzstan Australian special area located within the Country Parks.

Park area of ​​four thousand five hundred ninety-four hectares, lying three facing the sea, the mountains overlap the central, west and mountain church conflict of Pat Sin Leng Country Park adjacent to, whether it is sun-drenched sunny day, bursts of light rain or mist floating when part of the early spring, very much like the Chinese landscape painting depicting like beautiful scenery easily pop up. Speaking splendid views, Plover Cove Country Park within one of the most familiar sights human nature is Bride's Pool. Around 25 meters in diameter, among the trees Bride's Pool located at about two meters deep, and the waterfalls water constantly, I feel people's paradise, with a legend Bride's Pool because unfortunately drowned bride named, lead to more visitors reveries.

In addition to Bride's Pool, the Plover Cove Country Park in the beautiful landscape of mountains and rivers are numerous, such as mirrors Lake, Pearl Lake and mountain cross Chung, as well as man-made Plover Cove same hot spot for tourists. Like hiking or climbing citizens can choose more challenging set of Bride's Pool Nature Trail Park, Tai Mei Tuk Family Walk, Chung Pui Tree Walk, horse feces Chau Ping Chau island nature trails and hiking path and other path.

Plover Cove Country Park is vast, colorful natural flora and fauna park, Hong Kong general common wild animals such as porcupines, ferret badger, pangolin, leopard cat and red-bellied squirrels, etc., it can be to find its traces in the park. Bird habitat in the park the same variety, according to the cuckoo record tones and chestnut-winged cuckoo were raised Kat O and Lai Chi Wo habitat within the park areas.

However, to number in the Plover Cove Country Park's most precious ecological treasures is certainly rare butterflies. According to AFCD recently completed survey shows that Hong Kong has been two hundred kinds of butterfly species increased during 2002 increased to two hundred thirty-eight kinds, one of the new varieties of ramie Jane butterfly It is in Shuen Wan Country Park found and belong to rare species of butterflies Ann gray, last year was also AFCD staff found in the park, more than a decade in Hong Kong again with precious record of safety infested ash butterfly. Park range Wu Kau Tang and Lai Chi Wo have more different varieties of butterfly habitat.

Bride's Pool Waterfall

Bride's Pool is located northwest of Plover Cove Reservoir and Country Park is the most famous tourist spot. Tai Po Bride's Pool Waterfall is a very popular tourist spot in Tai Po area, Bride's Pool name comes from a legend: Once there was a child bride take the bridge depart for her husband, a way to slip bearers, the chair into the water, Therefore drowned bride, bride and later into gods to the waterfall as a mirror when the dress. Bride's Pool Waterfall folklore had a top red sedan pick up the bride, the groom's family on his way to being, because one slip bearers, so that the bride falling waterfall, drowned in the lake, so this lake called "Bride's Pool" . There are silver chain waterfalls, lush shrubbery, water gurgling cross Chung Stream, its broad valley downstream, can accommodate thousands of visitors. Two streams flowing into the valley in the forest of the Bride's Pool, forested, native tree variety, more in spring blooming azaleas dotted with red. Other clusters of flowers shrubs along the valley on both sides, on the rocks near the waterfall, more suitable for ferns, begonias and orchids grow.

Bride's Pool Nature Trail

Located in the northwest corner of Plover Cove Reservoir, introduction of Bride's Pool and plant ecology. From Tai Po by minibus or bus and get off at Bride's Pool, along the former path next to the Lions Pavilion line. Tree-lined, full of insects and birds and the gurgling sound of water.

Bride's Pool Waterfall trail across the top, look down from a height, saw the water plunging without a break. Legend has it that a bride married, when the sedan chair through this mountain, inclement weather, fell into the waterfall, tragically drowned bride, future generations will be named this Bride's Pool Lake.

Trails along the line, can be seen on the wooded hillside. There are streams of the river bed one hole, which was the "potholes" are cracks riverbed rock by the water in the sand constantly rotating erosion and erosion formed.

Bride's Pool via trails stone bridge, this bridge was built in 1906, in order to facilitate exchanges of villagers Wu Kau Tang and Chung Mei. Finally, through streams downstream, then walked complete the entire trail.

Tam mirrors

Tam mirrors, formerly known as Lake neck lesions. Attractions include "mirrors Lake Falls" and "Chiu Keng Tam", up to 35 meters height waterfall, splash, so tourists have extremely cool feeling.

Along the pool side, there are a few alternative rock sit and feel the natural landscape. There are two pools: the top layer is formed a circular hole leading to diarrhea pool water from the top, the hole about three meters high, the water flowing down from the top layer, the underlying pool is known as "loquacious Dragon." It is known as Hong Kong's village concept waterfalls, attracts a lot of tourists go to take pictures.

Ping Chau, Chau Ma feces

Located in the ship's country parks Ping Chau and Chau Ma feces is a good place for people interested in rock formation, called the only solution of its geographical environment in Hong Kong, who love nature scenery worth chasing. Ping both of which have a flat shape and interesting, Hong Kong's unique stromatolites, known as "Ping Chau" (PingChauFormation).

Layer Cake appearance of seemingly "Ping group" is between erosion through thousands of years, the process from deposition and changes in the crust and the like, formation thickness of 200 m, a thickness of each layer is about 1-5 mm in processing, bedding clear, lithology and color affect each frequency, after weathering a richer color changes, even in a color strip.

In addition to "Ping Chau," the island many geographic phenomena exotic scenery, visitors can certainly Yi Tan Bode Seven Wonders of nature, such as wave-cut platform on the southeastern tip of the island "more building stone", there are about seven two eight meters high, unique shape sea stacks. These rocks over a long period waves and wind and rain erosion, forming a unique shape, and in the two vertical rock pillars can find a joint shale.

In addition to Ping, the Tolo Channel is located on an island horse feces Chau, the same as a good place for people learning geography, which is located in the south-east shore of the island piece of sedimentary rock, is the formation of the Permian geological time ago about $ 285 million years. Here you can find a lot of geological features such as faults, sausage-shaped structure, fold and so on, very much like a geological museum.

Rock "Dragon fell into the water."

In the southern tip of rock has a Ping down vertical cliff extending along the coastline, the elapsed falling wave erosion, the formation of many caves under the cliff, only under very low tide and retreat pole calm sea conditions , before "Lau Shek 'walking distance from, hence the name. As for Ping Chau Marine perimeter, facing southwest, since there is a long, thick rock band, edge triangular, like most revealing a dragon Dragon's dive into the water, hence the name "Dragon fell into the water."

Scenic Area Address: North Bride's Pool Road, Hong Kong

Bus routes: Take KMB 275r go