I almost never book tour guides when I travel, but I was looking for things to do while in Hong…read moreKong and stumbled across Mandy and Apple in Trip Advisor and every client raved about them. I met Mandy just outside of the station on Nathan Road. Immediately I felt very comfortable with her as if I were meeting an old friend. She is extremely personable, friendly and genuine. She has an enthusiasm about Hong Kong that I hadn't gotten from others and was eager to take me to some of the places that other tourists don't see. I won't go into detail about all the places we visited or food we ate, but let me give you a few good tips. You'll want to try an egg tart at Tai Cheong Bakery. Also try the Dim Sum at Chung's Cuisine. She will help you order some really tasty treats. The best thing about Hong Kong Getaway with Mandy and Apple is that they will create a custom tour for you based on what you prefer such as a food tour, a cultural tour or even if you just want to see the main sites, they will know the best times to avoid the crowds as well as the best way to get around. Even after my day with Mandy, she knew I was going to be in Hong Kong for a few more days so she kept emailing me other ideas on where to go and what to check out. If you are visiting Hong Kong, I highly recommend you use Hong Kong Getaway as your personal tour guide.

This was my second tour with Hong Kong Getaway!…read more This is by far the best tour of Hong Kong (shoot, maybe of any place). First, Mandy customizes the tour to your interests. She is uncanny in her ability, in a few questions, to know exactly what to recommend. And she's quick to pick up on when it's time to change the agenda. Second, her knowledge of Hong Kong, both history, culture, and layout, are extensive. But don't expect a history lecture. She'll tell you what you want to know, in a way that enhances the visit. Want detailed historical info? She can do it! Want a 2-minute overview encapsulating the background? Done, with all the important info included. Third, Mandy makes each tour like a visit with a good friend. Her warm, friendly personality is absolutely the best! For this tour, Mandy knew I like seeing and doing things locals do. She arranged a visit to the New Territories, a boat ride and visit to a fishing village, and many more stops. Chatting with her made the time fly! I recommend this tour!

I'm a local that is pretending to be a tourist this time, with my tourist hubby…read more This tour is really interesting because it takes you to a very local area, where there are usually few westerners and food shops might not even have an English menu. While the tour's focus is on food, the tour guide Carrie spaced it out with walks around the wet market, the electronics market and excursions into a few local stores that sells very interesting items. The food that I sampled are truly the gems of the local food culture. The pineapple buns and soft tofu dessert were amongst the best I've had, and despite having grown up near this area, I found some new favourite places that I will be bringing my family to! Another great thing is you could take a peek into the tiny back kitchens of these establishments - all of which make their food on site which is getting rarer and rarer. It's amazing how much people can do in a cramped space in this expensive city. Of course, Carrie did a great job explaining the economic situation of Hong Kong to our group of tourists, since most weren't aware how the city has the largest wealth gap in the world. Overall, the tour was delicious, interesting, socially conscious and wonderfully guided. If you are in tow, adventurous and willing to try some stuff that is hard to get elsewhere in the world, I would highly recommend this tour!

Yammy was amazing! We spent 5 days in Hong Kong and this tour was definitely a highlight! Each of…read morethe stops were interesting and delicious. The walking was enjoyable and I would recommend this tour highly!

Great tour aimed at tourists/English speakers. We went for the sampan dinner tour on a sampan in…read morethe Causeway Bay typhoon shelter. Virginia, the host, was chatty and entertaining. She was easy to communicate with and her website and booking system were clear and easy to navigate. Her knowledge of pretty well anything we asked her about was impressive! The tour itself was great fun. After visiting the old aunties who could arrange curses on those making our lives challenging, we took a tram to Tai Hang and then walked to the typhoon shelter. A short sampan ride and we were aboard our bobbing dining room lashed to other sampans full of locals. The food came quickly, each delivery making our dining 'room' wobble. Prawns were fat and tasty, noodles delicious especially when mixed with the crispy garlic from the crab dish. My only negative was that the crab was a big overcooked. Afterwards, our host walked us back to Causeway Bay and recommended some cool bars along the way. Overall a unique and personable experience.

I recently experienced a fantastic food sampling experience with popular Hong Kong tour company…read more"Humid with a chance of fish balls". Among the places visited were a traditional dim-sum cafeteria, up-and-coming roast goose restaurant, noodle house and clay pot rice establishment. The personalized, private tour, led by company founder Virginia Chan, enabled me to obtain a unique and fun look into the culture and some authentic food selections of Hong Kong Island in the shortest period of time. Knowing where to go, how to order as a local and learning the history of each neighborhood are just some of the benefits of arranging a "Humid" food tour. I truly enjoyed the tour and highly recommend 'Humid with a Chance of Fish Balls". See you the next time I'm in Hong Kong!

First off, free is a treat. Just 100-200 hkd as a tip for the guide taking us around the city is a…read moregreat deal. The tour guide covered the concept of Feng Shui and how it applies to the architecture in Hong Kong, the growth of Hong Kong, the differences between Mainland China and Hong Kong, religion, nearby sights, British conflict, and local cuisine (though I got better food recommendations from locals I met). I can say I learned a few new things and feel a little more of an expert on concepts and facts I was only vaguely familiar with. After the tour, the guide was available to answer questions.

I'm pretty sure I've had others in this tour, but Summer rocked !! She was very organized and…read moreextremely articulate on mt Dark Side of Kowloon tour. While I was not able to comprehend everything, I had enormous respect to the people of Hong Kong.

My husband and I are relatively well-traveled for Americans in their early 30's, so when I say Joe…read moreoffers a walking tour that is not to be missed, trust me. We did the Central/Western districts itinerary that was suggested in Ski's email and met Joe exactly on time at a spot easy to find. The tour flew by because we had such a fabulous time. We talked about topics of personal interest as well as interesting parts of Hong Kong culture we wouldn't know to ask about. I wish we could have adopted him for the rest of the week! You'll want to schedule this tour for early in your trip as you'll get lots of suggestions for things to do during the rest of your visit. I would list the highlights, but really it's the entire day. Come hungry as there are lots of opportunities to stop and grab a bite! Joe will draw out the route on your city map you can revisit some of the spots or and he'll mark other suggestions so you have an easy time finding them.

By far the Best tour I have ever done!!…read more We told Ski (our host) a few things we wanted to do - seeing a fortune teller and have traditional yum cha. We left the rest up to her. It was perfect. Loved every aspect of the tour. When we had the yum cha she happily ran after all the trolleys to ensure we got a wide variety. Her knowledge and passion of the city is inspiring. Do yourself and book this tour.

Fantastic private tour guide Stephen is a passionate,…read moreinformative, communicative and kind guide. He definitely makes every effort to individualize your tour to your interests and his follow up with additonal information based on what he learns as he does the tour is fantastic. He is a great way to start your trip to Hong Kong as he will give you tips on how to navigate the city, to include assisting you in getting your Octopus cards (your pass onto metro, bus, ferries). We can't speak highly enough about his desire to accommodate your interests and provide history and background on a city he knows extraordinarily well. He is keenly astute to addressing topics of interest and sensitive to avoiding those that may be touchy if he senses that. Truly can't imagine any other guides surpassing him.

We spent six hours with Stephen this week and enjoyed every second. As others mentioned, he is…read moreintelligent and informative. But beyond this, he is extremely flexible and adapts the tour to your interests with his beginning questionnaire and as you go along. For instance, I had commented on an upset stomach and Chinese herbalists, so we tried medicinal tea. I enjoyed the temples so much that he added a third one near the end of the day. He pointed out many things that we had passed on our own and missed, or misunderstood. And he shared many of his experiences of family and growing up in Hong Kong. These gave us a much deeper view of Hong Kong culture. Somewhere in his advertising he states that he's a bit expensive, but I believe his tour is worth every penny. Just be sure to wear your walking shoes!

I did three tours with Gray Line and was really happy with all of them! We did the Lantau Island…read moreafternoon tour, the dinner cruise, and the deluxe Hong Kong Island with lunch tour. The Hong Kong Island tour was the best of the three - our tour guide Joelle was absolutely FABULOUS. She was so freaking funny and just a joy to be around, and I learned a lot. Seriously she's probably my favorite person I met in Hong Kong. We went to the Man Mo Temple, took the tram up to Victoria Peak, went to Aberdeen fishing village, ate at the Jumbo Floating restaurant and took the boat ride, and then took an old school tram to a petty person beating show (google it and go to one if you aren't taking this tour). It was a great day and we had a really nice group too. The Lantau Island tour was great too. Our tour guide was sweet - a little more serious so not quite as funny as Joelle but still very informative. We did the cable cars to the Ngong Ping village and went to the Big Buddha and the temple there. We also went to Tao fishing village and took a boat ride. The dinner cruise was super fun - good buffet, great life music and dancing, and great view of the skyline and light show. I would absolutely take more tours from Gray Line! Only complaint is they did run a little late to start and it's very go go go, but that's most tours. I definitely recommend them! We booked all of ours from the Royal Plaza hotel in the lobby.

High pressure sales, not a tour of Hong Kong. I'm very disappointed and hope others read this…read morebefore booking. The tour was described as one of Hong Kong. It was instead a bus that dropped us off at a jewelry company where we were quickly herded into a showroom with staff doing pressure sales, the 'tour guide' just disappeared. The fishing village tour was a person (who did not talk, and again no guide) that took us around parked boats....really? This was recommended by the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, they need to do a bit more due diligence themselves.

Give yourself plenty of time because you will need to go through immigration and passport control…read more Bathroom is clean in the mall, but often has a line. The ride takes an hour or so. Easy and relatively affordable way to get between Hong Kong and Macau.

My family and my old school friends had a dream-like 2-day trip to Macau. We met at the Shun Tak…read moreCentre in Sheung Wan and took the TurboJet ferry together. Make sure to bring your passport and leave time for immigration, as this is a cross-border trip. Luckily, it was a weekday morning, so the terminal was not crowded at all. It was very fast! Many people take the cross-border bus now, making the ferry terminal much quieter. The ferry ride took about 60 minutes. The boat was clean, comfortable, and had great air conditioning. It was a wonderful, stress-free start to our reunion.