The Peak Tower - Victoria Peak Hong Kong

Hong Kong Peak Tower, Hong Kong Overview

The Peak Tower located in Victoria Gap, near the summit of the Victoria Peak in Hong Kong is one of the most unique leisure tourist attraction cum shopping complexes of its type. The grand tower is a prominent landmark along the Hong Kong skyline and is popular for housing the Peak Tram, Sky Terrace 428 Observation Deck and the Madame Tussauds Museum.

The Peak Tram gives visitors the opportunity to take in the sheer beauty of their surroundings along with a few fun surprises on the way, followed by the number of attractions to check out once inside the tower. While the Sky Terrace 428 has a mind stirring incredible panoramic view of the city, the world famous Madame Tussauds Museum houses fascinating lifelike wax sculptures. The Madness 3D Adventure studio which introduces a whole new world of illusionary paintings and frames giving the opportunity to click some of the best illusionary photos.

Attractions at The Peak Tower

The Peak Tram: Being operational since the past 130 years, the Peak Tram is the world’s oldest funicular rail lines. Ascending all the way upwards to a height of 396 meters above sea level along a steeply inclined slope, the visitors experience an illusionary effect of the buildings around to be leaning at an angle of 4 to 27 degrees. The best part of the entire tram ride is undoubtedly the thrilling descend down the steep slope.

The Peak Tram in Hong Kong — The Peak Tram
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Sky Terrace 428 : This fascinatingly built observation deck stands at a booming height of 428 meters above the ground level, making it the highest viewing platform in Hong Kong. The Sky Terrace 428 gives a marvellous 360 degree scenic view of the entire city. Moreover, they have a signature ‘wishing booth’ where visitors can stop over to take some amazingly fun photographs with their near and dear ones.
It also consists of a special deck known as the Sky Terrace 428 West Deck which can be booked as a party venue, be it a private party or a formal business gathering.
Opening Hours: 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM (Monday to Friday)
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)
Ticket Cost: HKD 52 per adult (12 to 64 years of age)
HKD 26 per child (3 to 11 years of age)
HKD 26 per senior citizen (65 years of age and above)
Free entry for toddlers upto 2 years of age

View from Sky Terrace 428 at the Peak Tower — View From Sky Terrace 428
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Madame Tussauds Hong Kong: Housing about 100 realistic wax figures of internationally renowned personalities, and featuring a couple dozen themes per month such as the Hong Kong Glamor, Music Icons, Historical and National Heroes, World Premier and The Champions, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong proudly stands as the main show stopping attraction of the city.

Madness 3D Adventure: The Madness 3D Adventure studio brings an absolutely unique fun and interactive session where visitors get to check out numerous 3D paintings created by the local artists, featuring all the famous scenes and scapes from all around Hong Kong. The best part of this studio is the special photo shooting zone where visitors can go ahead and strike plenty of fun and wacky poses with the help of the professional photographers and get the ultimate 3D experience!
Opening Hours: 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM (On all days of the week including public holidays)
Ticket cost: Entry to Madness 3D Adventure is completely free of cost and is open to all.

Tips

The premises of the Peak Tower are disabled friendly and they have special ramps and wheelchair facilities.
There are specially trained staff who help out the elderly visitors in case they need any assistance in going about the place.
There are well equipped centers for the pregnant and nursing women.

How To Reach Peak Tower

Taking the Peak Tram to reach the Peak Tower is the quickest and the most economic method. The Peak Tram Lower Terminus is easily accessible from the foot of MTR Central or by any other form of public transit.