5. The Big Buddha
Located on Lantau Island, pictures of the Big Buddha (or Tian Tan Buddha) are synonymous with Hong Kong.
It’s one of the tallest statues of a seated Buddha in the world and stands 112 feet above the Po Lin Monastery.
The walk itself to get up to the Big Buddha is also one of the things that Hong Kong is famous for.
You’ll have to walk up 268 steps to reach the platform that holds the Buddha sitting on its giant lotus. This might not sound too bad, but when you’re making the hike in Hong Kong’s famously humid heat, you’ll really feel it!
Despite the heat, almost every tourist visits this statue, which was created to symbolize the harmonious relationship between nature, religion, and human.