Dongxichong Coast 东西涌

About Dongxichong Coast

Dongchong, the eastern end, sits at the tip of the peninsula under the Nan'ao subdistrict office and has substantial mangrove wetland behind its shoreline as well as open coast. Local tourism there is built around three linked routes that the district describes together: a 700-metre beach line, a 3.3-kilometre riverside waterfront walk, and the six-kilometre traverse to Xichong. Recent upgrading work has added viewing platforms, and a mangrove wetland park adjoins the beach.

At the western end, Xichong is grouped by the city's tourism authority with the astronomical observatory above the bay, and the settlement there has been developed as a dark-sky community where visitors climb to the observatory to look at the night sky. The traverse between the two ends is a coastal route rather than a beach walk, so the two bays and the shore between them should be planned as distinct parts of a visit.

What to look for

• The six-kilometre coastal traverse linking Dongchong and Xichong
• The mangrove wetland park behind the shoreline at Dongchong
• The 700-metre beach at Dongchong and the 3.3-kilometre riverside waterfront walk beside it
• The viewing platforms created at Dongchong during recent upgrading work
• The astronomical observatory above Xichong and the dark-sky community below it

Location & getting there

Getting to Dongxichong Coast

Confirm ferry arrangements where needed, weather and any local restrictions on water access. A beach listing does not establish that swimming is permitted.

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