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Hikers urge live updates on free quota spots to fix Po Pin Chau booking confusion

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Cheung, K. (2026, September 26). Hikers urge live updates on free quota spots to fix Po Pin Chau booking confusion. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3368895/hikers-urge-live-updates-free-quota-spots-fix-po-pin-chau-booking-confusion?utm_source=rss_feed

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-09-26 · by Kristen Cheung

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Hikers at Po Pin Chau on High Island Geo Trail are experiencing booking confusion during the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend and National Day holiday period. The site introduced a trial registration system for free quota spots, but many visitors like Maria Chen find it fully booked despite checking days in advance. Visitors who did not book ahead wait uncertainly at the entrance hoping for walk-in slots to become available, leading some to seek alternative hiking locations like Long Ke.
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Hikers in Hong Kong are facing booking confusion for the Po Pin Chau section of the High Island Geo Trail during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day weekend. A new trial registration system has been introduced, but many visitors have found slots fully booked when they tried to reserve four days in advance. On Saturday morning, the trail continued to see a large influx of visitors despite the pre-booking system being in place. Some hikers who did not secure reservations ahead of time are trying their luck for walk-in spots on-site, while others like Maria Chen, a mainland postgraduate student studying in Hong Kong, have decided to go to Long Ke instead due to uncertainty over waiting times for available slots.

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🔮 Hikers urge live updates on free quota spots to fix Po Pin Chau booking confusion Trial scheme for section of High Island Geo Trail set to undergo first real test amid Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, National Day golden week A day after the large influx of visitors, the High Island Geo Trail’s Po Pin Chau section continued to draw lines of visitors on Saturday morning – the second day of an extended weekend in mainland China.
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Hikers urge live updates on free quota spots to fix Po Pin Chau booking confusion Trial scheme for section of High Island Geo Trail set to undergo first real test amid Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, National Day golden week A day after the large influx of visitors, the High Island Geo Trail’s Po Pin Chau section continued to draw lines of visitors on Saturday morning – the second day of an extended weekend in mainland China.
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🔮 Hikers urge live updates on free quota spots to fix Po Pin Chau booking confusion Trial scheme for section of High Island Geo Trail set to undergo first real test amid Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, National Day golden week A day after the large influx of visitors, the High Island Geo Trail’s Po Pin Chau section continued to draw lines of visitors on Saturday morning – the second day of an extended weekend in mainland China.
2026-09-26 · South China Morning Post
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Hikers urge live updates on free quota spots to fix Po Pin Chau booking confusion Trial scheme for section of High Island Geo Trail set to undergo first real test amid Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, National Day golden week A day after the large influx of visitors, the High Island Geo Trail’s Po Pin Chau section continued to draw lines of visitors on Saturday morning – the second day of an extended weekend in mainland China. asserted
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While hikers who pre-booked a slot under a newly introduced trial registration system asserted
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were seen queuing at the entrance in the hot sun, others hoped to try their luck on site for walk-in slots. asserted
others → see → slots
Among them was Maria Chen, a mainland postgraduate student studying in Hong Kong, who said she had checked for reservations four days in advance, only to find them fully booked. asserted
them → study → advance
“The staff asked us to wait 10 minutes or more to see if any on-site slots would open up, but we do not know how long we have to wait, so we are going to head to Long Ke to continue our hike,” she said. asserted
she → ask → hike
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