Boat Hire in Hong Kong
Private charters to Sai Kung, the south-side bays and the outlying islands
Boat Hire in Hong Kong
Private charters to Sai Kung, the south-side bays and the outlying islands
Ahoy Days lists private boat charters in Hong Kong — bookable online, with the live rate, licensed capacity and inclusions shown on the listing.
Hong Kong is a city that most people picture as a skyline, and it is really an archipelago: more than two hundred islands, a deep natural harbour between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and country parks over roughly forty per cent of the land. The consequence is that a boat is not a sightseeing add-on here — it is the fastest way out of one of the densest cities on earth and into empty water. Twenty minutes from a Central office tower there are beaches you can only reach by sea.
The local word for it is a junk trip. Hong Kong has spent decades turning a day on the water into a social institution — a boat, a group, a bay, and no fixed plan beyond swimming and lunch — and the vocabulary stuck even though most of the fleet stopped being junks a long time ago. Ahoy Days is the day-charter brand of Ahoy Club, founded in 2018 by Ian Malouf and his daughter Ellie Malouf, with its head office in Double Bay, Sydney. The Hong Kong listing states its own inclusions, licensed capacity and terms.
Hong Kong boats with live rates
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Where a Hong Kong day goes
Sai Kung and the Inner Port Shelter
Hong Kong's back garden: a cluster of green islands and sheltered bays half an hour from the city, and the default destination for a day on the water.
The geopark coast
The Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark takes in the hexagonal volcanic columns around High Island — cliffs of rock in ranks, best seen from sea level.
Tai Long Wan
Big Wave Bay on the Sai Kung peninsula — a run of surf beaches backed by hills, with no road to most of them.
The south side
Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay and Stanley, strung along the sheltered underside of Hong Kong Island and busy in the best way on a summer Sunday.
Lamma Island
Car-free, low-rise, and known for the seafood restaurants at Sok Kwu Wan — the classic lunch stop on a day out from the harbour.
Victoria Harbour
The reason the city is here. Crossing it at dusk, with the towers lighting up on both shores, is the view every visitor already has in mind.
Ways to spend the day
Sai Kung Swim
Out to the Port Shelter islands, an anchor down in a quiet bay, and back — the shortest day that still feels like a proper escape.
South Side and Lunch
Repulse Bay and Stanley, then across to Lamma for seafood at Sok Kwu Wan before the run home.
The Geopark Run
The long way east to the High Island columns and Tai Long Wan, with the afternoon spent on beaches that have no road to them.
Harbour at Dusk
Victoria Harbour as the towers come on — the short, unhurried charter that needs no destination at all.
When to go
Autumn is the season locals wait for: from roughly October to December the humidity drops, the air turns clear and the water is still warm enough to swim. It is the most reliable stretch of the year for a day on a boat.
Summer is hot, humid and the busiest time on the water, and it overlaps the typhoon season that runs broadly from May to November — charters are weather-dependent and the captain has the final call. Spring can be misty; winter brings bright, cool, calm days better suited to cruising than swimming.
Hong Kong boat hire, answered
What is a junk trip?
It is the Hong Kong term for a day out on a chartered boat — traditionally a wooden junk, now usually a motor yacht. The shape of the day hasn't changed: a group, a bay, swimming, and lunch on board.
Where do Hong Kong charters go?
Most days head for Sai Kung and the Port Shelter islands, or south to Repulse Bay, Stanley and Lamma. Longer charters run east to the geopark coast and Tai Long Wan. Your captain will pick the sheltered side depending on the wind.
How many guests can we bring?
The boat listed here carries up to thirty guests. The listing states its licensed capacity, which is the number that governs the booking.
When is the best time of year?
October to December is the local favourite — clear, dry and still warm enough to swim. Summer is hotter and busier and falls inside the typhoon season, so charters are weather-dependent year-round.
How do I book?
Open the listing, use the booking widget to choose your date and duration, and check out — instant online booking, no back-and-forth.
A day out of the city, by water
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