Discovery Bay HK

Discovery Bay HK is a residential development in Hong Kong situated on the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island in the New Territories. The development spans an area of 650 hectares, and includes two bays, the Tai Pak Bay and Yi Pak Bay.

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Discovery Bay is the only luxury resort-style residential area near the Hong
Kong Disneyland, the award-winning Hong Kong International Airport, the newly completed AisaWorld Expo and SkyCity, all in Lantau Island.

In addition, a number of tourism projects nearby includes the Ngong Ping 360 Skyrail (a visually spectacular 5.7 km cable car journey traveling between Tung Chung and Ngong Ping where the Giant Buddha is), the Tai O Fisherman Village and the new Citygate Outlets in Tung Chung with nearly 500,000 square feet of shopping offering year-round discounts of 30-70% on all merchandise.

Disneyland fireworks; dramatic vistas of the Vistoria Harbour; dazzling Hong Kong Island skyline - all can be enjoyed right here at this apartment. The extensive 50 million sq.ft. lush greenery, including the gorgeous Central Park, Lake Siena and natural mangrove, has all given rise to a soothing retreat unique in Hong Kong.

Discover Bay owns 4 private premium club houses: 27-hole International Golf Club, Marina Club, Residents Club and the brand new Club Siena providing various relaxations and activities. Along with the first largest private beach and natural hiking trails, these all add colors to residents' wonderful life.

Discovery Bay has a current population of around 16,000 residents with a sizeable community of expatriates from over thirty countries. Discovery Bay is located 2km west of Hong Kong Disneyland and approximately 12km west from the nearest point on Hong Kong Island, with the co-ordinates of [show location on an interactive map] 22°17′44″N 114°00′59″E / 22.29556°N 114.01639°E / 22.29556; 114.01639.

As of today, Discovery Bay is a privately owned development consisting of 13 development phases with properties ranging from garden houses to high rise towers of up to 29 storeys. The development also features a 400m man-made beach (Tai Pak Bay), 4 private membership clubs including a golf club and a marina club. While it is considered to be a low-density development by Hong Kong standards due to the amount of open spaces (plot to development ratio), Discovery Bay is however the second most populous district (after the New Town of Tung Chung) on the sparsely populated Lantau Island. Unlike many other developments in Hong Kong, pets are allowed in Discovery Bay, whereas other developments generally ban them due to limited space.

Attractions and Community Life

Community life in Discovery Bay is centred on Discovery Bay Plaza, a commercial hub containing a bus terminus, ferry pier, an open piazza, and a range of shops including a supermarket, specialty stores, clinics, and a vet to serve the large pet population.

Discovery Bay Plaza is also home to over 20 restaurants and food outlets offering alfresco dining and drinking.

The Discovery Bay development includes various amenities, including a man-made beach at Tai Pak Bay, and 4 private membership recreational clubs including a 27-hole golf course and a marina (where some residents choose to live on yachts moored in the marina), natural streams and rock pools, a bicycle track alongside Discovery Bay Road, an astro-turf football pitch, basketball courts, a number of children's playgrounds scattered around the developments and hiking paths leading to other parts of Lantau Island - including the Trappist Haven Monastery and Mui Wo.

Discovery Bay is a 15 minute bus ride from Tung Chung, where a number of additional options, from a multiplex cinema to three shopping malls, are available.
Club Siena, Discovery Bay

Discovery Bay provides berthing and land-based facilities for boat owners, many of whom live on their vessels. The Marina opens into Nim Shue Wan, a bay immediately to the West of Discovery Bay, where there is also a public landing stage used by cargo boats and by privately operated ferries known as Kai-tos.

Kaitos provide shuttle services between Discovery Bay, the nearby Peng Chau Island and the Trappist Haven Monastery pier about 2km away along the Lantau coast to the West. The Kai-to service has also replaced the high-speed ferry to Mui Wo (Silvermine Bay) that was formerly operated by Discovery Bay Transportation Services Limited (Discovery BayTPL).

A number of resident-run activities and groups are also based in Discovery Bay, offering more choices to the community. These include the Lantau Boat Club (a catamaran sailing and outrigger canoe club), Discovery Bay Pirates Rugby Club and numerous religious worship services including churches of all different denominations.

Landscape and Wildlife

As with most of the terrain in Hong Kong, Lantau Island seems to be a set of hills that rise out of the water. Discovery Bay is wedged between the hills and the sea and both environments are accessible from the edges of the developed areas.

The hills directly behind Discovery Bay reach up to 465m (1,525ft), and the hiking trails that traverse all the peaks on Lantau Island are accessible from those hills. The hills of Lantau tend to fall dramatically into jungle-covered valleys that spread up into verdant, grass-covered hills.

Discovery Bay has a series of rock-pools which lead to one such valley and into a man-made addition to the water-drainage system. Connected aqueducts of cement were built to deal with the torrential rain of the monsoon season. These huge aqueducts empty out into the sea, flowing over natural rock formations, creating pools and waterfalls of fresh rainwater.

Discovery Bay is home to animals of many kinds, most of which are domesticated pets. There are, however, a number of wild species that lived or are living on Lantau Island that can be found in and around Discovery Bay. Most of these creatures are birds such as finches, tits, gulls and kites, however pelicans, loons and herons have been sighted.

Birds were adaptable to the growing human population, though, and have remained unperturbed by the expansion of Discovery Bay. Until the construction of the new Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, wild cattle and water buffalo thrived in the pasture-like hills.

Increasingly vigorous development all over Hong Kong has reduced the habitat of the local dolphin and whale populations. The most famous of these is the Chinese White Dolphin, often called the Pink Dolphin due to a slight pinkish cast to their skin.

Getting There and General Transportation

Discovery Bay is accessible from the rest of Hong Kong via a road tunnel to the North Lantau Expressway and by a 24-hour ferry service. All services (except Kai-to services) accept Hong Kong's Octopus card as well as cash. Half-price discounts are offered to children, senior citizens and students under the age of 18 on the external bus and ferry routes.

Scheduled external public transport services include:

Ferry services A 24-hour ferry service plies between Discovery Bay Pier on Tai Pak Bay and Pier 3 in Central HK District on Hong Kong Island (journey time of approximately 25-30 minutes; frequency of around 15-30 minutes during day time, but 60-90 minutes from roughly midnight until dawn. Current ticket price is HKD$33for a single journey. Both single trip tokens and stored trip transport cards are accepted. Free on-board Wi-Fi wireless broaDiscovery Bayand Internet is also provided.

Kai-to Ferries - privately operated link between Discovery Bay and Peng Chau Island (via Trappist Haven Monastery) and Mui Wo, also on Lantau Island (journey time approximately 10 and 20 minutes respectively)

A new (ca2000) 2.4km road tunnel links Discovery Bay to the North Lantau Expressway shortening the journey to other parts of Lantau, Kowloon and the New Territories. Shuttle bus services ran to Tung Chung and the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, and Sunny Bay MTR station.

• DB01R: From Discovery Bay Plaza to Tung Chung MTR station (journey time approximately 15-20 minutes; frequency of every 20 minutes during day time).
  
• DB02R: From Discovery Bay Plaza to Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok (via Cathay City; journey time approximately 20-30 minutes; 24-hour service)
  
• DB03R: From Discovery Bay Plaza to Sunny Bay MTR station (journey time approximately 15-20 minutes; frequency of every 20 minutes during day time, every 8 minutes at peak hours).

Internal transport

Commuting within Discovery Bay is done via a 24-hour internal shuttle bus service operated by Discovery BayTSL, which runs between various parts of Discovery Bay and the Bus Terminus by the Discovery Bay Plaza/the ferry pier.

Travelling between the various villages by bus requires a change at the Bus Terminus. The same applies for residents not living on a direct connection to the schools, churches and most of the clubs.

Yet, residents can use the hire car service which is provided on a point-to-point basis. Residents can also drive their own golf carts or bicycles to travel around Discovery Bay as an alternative. Generally, Discovery Bay is considered quite pedestrian friendly due to the dearth of motorized vehicles.

A key icon of Discovery Bay is the use of golf carts to commute from one part of Discovery Bay to another. The number of golf carts is highly restricted by the Transport Department to a total of 500 vehicles and demand for golf carts can push prices up to around HK$1,200,000 – almost as expensive as a brand new luxury car.

 

 

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