By Nora Lindqvist · Updated · Affiliate links, explained in my disclosure
Shaohua Travel Service H.K. LTD
(N1)Hong Kong: Night Walking Tour, Tram Ride & Victoria Peak
4.9 (15) · from $64.34
Victoria Peak tickets on GetYourGuide start at $64.34 for the Shaohua night tour, which includes the Peak Tram, and rise to $159.26 for a private walking tour. The night tour is also the only one with reviews, 4.93 from 15. The platform I’d use for the view, Sky Terrace 428, is 428 m above sea level, but neither tour includes it. I’d go at dusk and stay for the lights.
| Tour | From | Rating | Length | Free cancellation | Book |
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| (N1)Hong Kong: Night Walking Tour, Tram Ride & Victoria Peak | $64.34 | ★ 4.9 (15) | 2.5 hours | Yes | Check availability |
| Victoria Peak Guided Walking Tour | $159.26 | – | 3 hours | Yes | Check availability |
There are only two Victoria Peak tickets and tours to compare here, so this page is short on options and long on detail. Prices, ratings and inclusions come from the listings I checked in October 2026, in US dollars. Links open GetYourGuide in a new tab, and I earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. Neither listing is a plain Peak Tram ticket or a Sky Terrace 428 entry ticket, and I say below exactly what each one covers.
Victoria Peak is a hill, not a building, so there is no single deck. Wikipedia describes it as the tallest hill on Hong Kong Island. The paid viewing platform at the top is Sky Terrace 428 on the Peak Tower, and several free lookouts sit within a short walk. These are the figures behind your Victoria Peak tickets, each with its source.
It is a major tourist attraction, offering views of Central, Victoria Harbour, Lamma Island and the surrounding islands.
The 552 m figure is the height of the hill’s summit. The viewing platform is lower, and that is the number that matters for your view and for the horizon calculator further down.
| What | Detail |
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| Paid viewpoint | Sky Terrace 428 on the Peak Tower, 428 m above sea level per Wikipedia |
| Address | 118 Peak Rd, The Peak, per Google Maps (The Victoria Peak listing); Sky Terrace 428 is at 1 Lugard Rd |
| Opening hours | The hill is open 24 hours per Google Maps; Sky Terrace 428 shows 8:30 AM to 10 PM at weekends on Google Maps, so check the operator’s site for weekday and holiday hours |
| Getting up | The Peak Tram, about 1.4 km and five minutes per Wikipedia, or on foot |
| Time to allow | 2.5 hours for the night tour, 3 hours for the private walk, per the listings |
If you search for Victoria Peak observation deck tickets, you are really looking for a ticket to Sky Terrace 428, the platform on the Peak Tower. I cannot sell you that one from my data, and I want to be straight about it: neither of the two listings includes Sky Terrace 428. The platform has its own page in my plans, and when it is live you will find it at Sky Terrace 428 tickets. Google Maps rates it 4.5 from 4,182 reviews.
What the listings do cover is the walk to the other kind of view. The one I would put in this section is the private TripGuru walk, at $159.26 for 3 hours, because it takes you up the slope on foot and finishes on Lugard Road, with a sweep of Victoria Harbour, Kowloon and the financial district. The listing describes a paved incline that ties into the Peak Trail network and says the walk ends at Peak Galleria. It includes an English-speaking guide, and it does not include the Peak Tram or any entry tickets.
It has no reviews yet, so the case for it is the route and the privacy, not a track record. The meeting point is Central MTR Station, Exit J2 at Chater Garden, and free cancellation runs until 24 hours before.
TripGuru Hong Kong
My pick: My pick if you want to walk up with a private guide: $159.26, 3 hours, finishes on Lugard Road. No Peak Tram or Sky Terrace 428 included, and no reviews yet.
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Two Victoria Peak tickets are on sale through my links. The Shaohua night tour is $64.34 for 2.5 hours, and the TripGuru private walk is $159.26 for 3 hours. The gap is $94.92, and it buys you a private guide and a longer walk, but not a tram ride.
| Product | Price | Rating | Peak Tram | Sky Terrace 428 |
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| Night Walking Tour, Tram Ride and Victoria Peak | $64.34 | 4.93 from 15 | Included | Not included |
| Victoria Peak Guided Walking Tour | $159.26 | No reviews yet | Not included | Not included |
To see the total for your group, pick a product in the calculator.
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Prices are the lowest per-person prices on GetYourGuide when I last checked; the final price depends on the date, time slot and age.
The Peak Tram is the classic way up. Wikipedia says it opened in 1888, is about 1.4 km long and takes an average of five minutes, and that its lower station is on Garden Road near St. John’s Cathedral. I do not have a fare for a plain tram ticket, so I will not quote one. What I can say is which Victoria Peak tickets include the ride.
The Shaohua night tour includes the Peak Tram admission, along with the old “Ding Ding” street tram. The TripGuru walking tour lists the Peak Tram as not included, which makes sense because you climb. Its description notes that the queue behind the tram turnstiles is already forming as you walk past.
So when you compare these Victoria Peak tickets, the tram is the first thing to check. If you want the ride and a guide in one booking, take the $64.34 tour. If you want a plain ride, buy the tram ticket from the operator and keep the walking tour for another day.
Night is what the Shaohua tour is built for, and it is the cheapest of the Victoria Peak tickets I list. The group meets at 17:30 at Exit C of Central MTR Station, with a guide holding a sign marked GetYourGuide. The route runs from Central Market to the Central-Mid-Levels Escalators and Tai Kwun, then a ride on the Ding Ding tram, the Peak Tram, and about 20 minutes at Victoria Peak. The tour ends around 20:00 at The Peak, per the listing.
These Victoria Peak tickets have 4.93 stars from 15 reviews, which is a small sample but a good one. One reviewer wrote that they would recommend the Victoria Peak with a guide, and another said it was a practical, efficient way to learn about the city with limited time. English and Chinese are offered, and free cancellation runs until 24 hours before.
Two caveats. The tour does not include Sky Terrace 428, so you would pay for that separately if you want the platform. And the time at the top is short, 20 minutes in the itinerary, so for a long look at the lit skyline I would stay on after the group leaves.
Night tourShaohua Travel Service H.K. LTD
My pick: My pick for a first night visit: $64.34, 2.5 hours, Peak Tram included, 4.93 stars from 15 reviews. Sky Terrace 428 is extra.
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I recommend the Victoria Peak with a guide.
The price of Victoria Peak tickets runs from $64.34 to $159.26 in my data, and neither includes the Sky Terrace 428 platform. The night tour is the cheaper of the two because it moves in a group and uses public transport. The private walk is dearer because the guide is yours alone for 3 hours.
A ticket for the tram alone or for the platform alone is not in my data, so I cannot tell you whether the $64.34 tour saves money against buying those separately. What I can say is that you pay for guiding, a route through Central and the tram ride in a single booking. Use the calculator above for a family or a group, and check the operators’ own sites for their current fares before you decide.
Booking Victoria Peak tickets online matters most for the tram, since the line carries more than 4 million riders a year according to Wikipedia. The night tour is the online route I can offer: you hold the Peak Tram admission in the booking, and the guide takes you to the station. The listing does not say whether you skip the queue, so I would not promise it.
If you are travelling on your own, the plan is simple. Choose the date, check the forecast, and pick a tour that can be cancelled up to 24 hours before. Both Victoria Peak tickets here allow that, which means you can rebook if the cloud sits on the hill.
I do not have a measured walking time for the climb, and I will not invent one. The TripGuru listing is the only data I have. The private walk takes 3 hours in total, starting at Central MTR Station, passing St. John’s Cathedral and the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, then climbing the paved incline to Lugard Road and finishing at Peak Galleria. That includes the guide’s stops, so it is not a pure walking time.
Lugard Road is the flat finish. On Google Maps, Lugard Road Lookout is rated 4.7 from 2,403 reviews and is open 24 hours, and it is 0.92 km from the main viewpoint. If you plan to walk, bring water, wear shoes with grip, and check the weather first, because the rainy days below are real.
The story of Victoria Peak is a story of getting up it. The TripGuru description says wealthy residents once paid porters to carry them up the slope by sedan chair, decades before the tram opened in 1888. Wikipedia adds that the current Peak Tower was completed in 1997, after an earlier tower that opened in 1972. Lugard Road, the cliffside path, was built between 1913 and 1914, per the same listing.
That history is a reason to think about which Victoria Peak tickets suit you. The tram is the heritage ride, the walk is how it was done before, and the platform is the modern addition. The night tour covers the first and the private walk covers the second.
Yes, in my view, if the sky is clear and you know what you are paying for. The view across the harbour to Kowloon is the reason people come, and Google Maps rates The Victoria Peak 4.6 from 11,314 reviews. Wikipedia’s Peak Tower article warns that severe air pollution often hinders the outlook from the viewing terrace, so the best day is one with a clean sky.
My rule is simple. Go for the view and the ride, not for a single ticket, and treat Victoria Peak tickets as a way to get there with a plan. If you only want the platform, wait for the Sky Terrace 428 page. If you want a guide and a story, the Victoria Peak tickets on this page do that well. The free lookouts on Lugard Road, which I cover below, are the budget answer.
Before you buy Victoria Peak tickets, know where you are going: the hill sits on the western half of Hong Kong Island, and and is reached from Central. Both Victoria Peak tickets on this page start in Central, so you need no transfer beyond the MTR to Central Station. The night tour meets at Exit C, and the walking tour meets at Exit J2 at Chater Garden.
The wider area is worth a morning of its own once you have your Victoria Peak tickets, since the Peak has a cluster of short walks and lookouts, all within about 1.5 km of the main viewpoint by my distance check.
Cloud decides how good the view is, so choose your day for Victoria Peak tickets with the weather in mind. In the 2025 weather data from Open-Meteo, the clearest months were January at 33 percent average cloud cover, December at 44 percent and October at 56 percent. The cloudiest were June at 88 percent and July at 85 percent. August was the rainiest month, with 27 rainy days, followed by July with 26.
| Month | Sunset (Hong Kong time) | Cloud cover | Sunshine a day | Rainy days |
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| Janclearest | 18:00 | 33% | 8.7 h | 5 |
| Feb | 18:20 | 62% | 7.8 h | 6 |
| Mar | 18:32 | 61% | 7.5 h | 10 |
| Apr | 18:43 | 74% | 8.2 h | 14 |
| May | 18:55 | 82% | 8.5 h | 19 |
| Jun | 19:08 | 88% | 9.3 h | 25 |
| Jul | 19:10 | 85% | 8.6 h | 26 |
| Aug | 18:54 | 82% | 7.9 h | 27 |
| Sep | 18:26 | 71% | 8.9 h | 19 |
| Octclearest | 17:58 | 56% | 8.3 h | 16 |
| Nov | 17:39 | 70% | 7.6 h | 4 |
| Decclearest | 17:41 | 44% | 8.1 h | 5 |
Sunset ranges from 17:39 in November to 19:10 in July. The planner below gives the sunset and the entry time for any date.
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Sunset and cloud cover for the same dates in 2025 at the deck (Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5), 2025); sunset moves by about a minute between years.
My rule for Victoria Peak tickets is to book something refundable, watch the forecast and arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset. October to January gives the best odds in this data, and the night tour starting at 17:30 fits those months, since it reaches the top after dark.
The platform on the Peak Tower is 428 m above sea level according to Wikipedia. The calculator uses that height to show how far you can see on a clear day.
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428 m · 1404 ft
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Geometric horizon d ≈ 3.57 × √h (km, h in metres); refraction adds about 8%. Haze and clouds usually limit the real view first. Formula: Distance to the horizon.
Distances are straight-line from Victoria Peak, computed from Google Maps coordinates.
Tourist attraction
4.5 · 4,182 Google reviews
1 Lugard Rd, The Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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4.5 · 752 Google reviews
The Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Observation deck
4.7 · 2,403 Google reviews
31 Lugard Rd, The Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Tourist attraction
4.6 · 1,338 Google reviews
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Pok Fu Lam, Mount High West
Tourist attraction
4.1
1 Expo Dr, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Observation deck
4.5 · 1,818 Google reviews
Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tourist attraction
4.4
Ave of Stars, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Sky Terrace 428 is the closest at 0.1 km (0.06 miles), and the Victoria Peak Pavillion is 0.78 km (0.48 miles) away. Lugard Road Lookout is 0.92 km (0.57 miles) and Mt. High West Viewing Point is 1.43 km (0.89 miles). Golden Bauhinia Square is 2.92 km (1.81 miles), the Ocean Terminal Deck 3.11 km (1.93 miles), Victoria Harbour 3.45 km (2.14 miles) and the Avenue of Stars 3.54 km (2.20 miles).
The Peak is not the only place to look at the city, even if Victoria Peak tickets are the ones most people buy first. Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps, and distances are straight-line from Victoria Peak.
| Viewpoint | Google rating | Reviews | Distance | Cost |
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| The Victoria Peak | 4.6 | 11,314 | the hill itself | Open 24 hours |
| Sky Terrace 428 | 4.5 | 4,182 | 0.1 km (0.06 mi) | Paid |
| Lugard Road Lookout | 4.7 | 2,403 | 0.92 km (0.57 mi) | Check locally |
| Mt. High West Viewing Point | 4.6 | 1,338 | 1.43 km (0.89 mi) | Check locally |
| Ocean Terminal Deck | 4.5 | 1,818 | 3.11 km (1.93 mi) | Check locally |
| Kowloon Peak Viewing Point | 4.5 | 2,442 | 11.77 km (7.31 mi) | Check locally |
The pairing I’d make is the paid platform for the elevated view and Lugard Road for the free one. The Ocean Terminal Deck gives you the opposite angle, looking back at Hong Kong Island from Kowloon.
The hill itself is a public place, and Google Maps lists The Victoria Peak as open 24 hours. What costs money is the way up and the paid viewing platform. The two Victoria Peak tickets I compared are guided tours at $64.34 and $159.26. I have no Peak Tram or Sky Terrace 428 fares in my data, so check the official sites.
Wikipedia says more than 4 million people ride the Peak Tram each year, and the private tour listing describes a queue already forming behind the turnstiles. The $64.34 night tour includes the Peak Tram admission, so it removes the ticket step. For a plain tram ride I have no fare data, so check the operator's site.
The listings give a good guide. The night tour takes 2.5 hours from Central and spends about 20 minutes at Victoria Peak itself, and the private walking tour is listed at 3 hours. If you go up by tram and add Sky Terrace 428 and the lookouts on Lugard Road, I would allow a couple of hours at the top.
It depends on the cloud. The 2025 Open-Meteo data shows January with the least cloud at 33 percent and June the most at 88 percent, so a clear day gives the widest view. Night gives you the lit-up harbour, which is what the $64.34 tour is built around. I'd choose by the forecast and book something refundable.
I'd arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset, which in the 2025 data ranged from 17:39 in November to 19:10 in July. You then see the city in daylight, at sunset and with the lights coming on. Check the sunset planner on this page for your date, because the entry time moves by more than an hour across the year.
Not a cable car, but a funicular. Wikipedia says the Peak Tram opened in 1888, runs about 1.4 kilometres and takes an average of five minutes, from a lower station on Garden Road near St. John's Cathedral. The $64.34 night tour includes the Peak Tram admission. The $159.26 walking tour does not, because you climb on foot.
The hill is free to be on, but the bookable options are $64.34 for a guided night tour with the Peak Tram included and $159.26 for a private walking tour. That is a gap of $94.92 for a private guide, a longer walk and no tram. Fares for the tram alone and for Sky Terrace 428 are not in my data.