Cheung Chau Hotels and Accommodation: Where to Stay and How to Book

There are plentiful accommodation options on Cheung Chau for those who wish to stay over for a weekend or for a longer period. Cheung Chau has always been a popular place to stay for a short trip but as it is mostly for local Hong Kong people there is more demand for budget accommodations for couples and small groups.

Overnight or a day trip: what a night on the island buys

Most people reading this page have already decided to sleep on Cheung Chau. Make the decision explicit anyway, because a day trip covers the whole daytime list - the beach, the food street, the Mini Great Wall - on one ferry fare, and a night costs you a room plus a timetable you now have to keep.

The evening. The Pak She Praya seafood restaurants with published hours trade until 22:30 or 23:00, and the last scheduled boat back to Central leaves Cheung Chau at 23:45 from Monday to Saturday, or 23:30 on Sundays and public holidays. Dinner on the seafront and a walk along the harbour with the boats still in it is the part of Cheung Chau a day trip does not reach.

The morning. Pak Tai Temple opens at 07:00. The first ordinary ferry from Central leaves at 06:10 and takes 55 to 60 minutes, so nobody arriving on it can be at the temple when the doors open. Sleep on the island and you can be.

The festival night. The Bun Scrambling Final is climbed at midnight. The 2026 festival ran 21-25 May and Sun Ferry put on an extra ordinary ferry from Cheung Chau at 1:15am for the people who stayed to watch; that was the 2026 arrangement and no 2027 time has been published, so treat the 23:45 boat as your last. The Bun Festival guide has the schedule.

What a night commits you to. One boat. The 23:45 fast ferry (Monday to Saturday) or the 23:30 ordinary (Sundays and public holidays) is what ends the evening, and if you miss it the next scheduled sailing back to Central is the 02:20 fast ferry. If a late dinner is the point of the trip, book the night. If a swim and a seafood lunch are the point, the day trip is the cheaper answer, and the ferries run roughly every 30 minutes through the day.

Which stay to book: the island's options side by side

Staying on Cheung Chau comes down to four choices: the Warwick, the Cheung Chau B&B and its houses, a holiday flat, or a residential camp. The table answers the same five questions for each, so you can rule three out in ten seconds.

"Not published" means the property quotes a price for your dates rather than printing a rate we could hold it to, so ask for the night you want before you compare. A dash means no walk time is published.

So which one? A full-service hotel with a balcony: the Warwick. Arriving with a bag and wanting the shortest walk: the B&B. Six or more people who want space: a holiday flat. A school, club or NGO booking a programme: a camp.

What the type buys you is worth saying plainly, because the table compares properties and not categories. A hotel puts a front desk, on-site staff and the facilities in one building, and you pay for the convenience. A guesthouse gives you a room, a rooftop breakfast and a two-minute walk to the sand, and leaves the rest of the island as your living room. A self-catering flat gives you a kitchen and your own hours, which is what families and longer stays want - and it is the one type where the unit itself varies, so look before you pay. A camp gives you a programmed stay rather than a room.

Which part of the island to stay in

Cheung Chau is small enough that the area matters less than the minutes. For the hotel, guesthouse and holiday-flat options the island has four pockets, and the difference between them is what you walk to in the morning and how far you carry your bag when you arrive.

The 10-to-15-minute figure for the Pak She houses is the operator's own, published for its Pak She room type. A dash means no walk time is published.

Which one? One night and a bag: stay within 2 minutes of the pier. Coming for the beach: the Warwick is across the road from it. Coming for the temple and the seafood: the Pak She houses put both on the doorstep, with the pier 10 to 15 minutes behind you. Six or more people: Lychee House holds 19 rooms in one building.

Warwick Hotel

The flagship accommodation on Cheung Chau, the Warwick is a six-storey hotel on Tung Wan Road at East Bay, directly across from Tung Wan (East Bay) beach and about a 10-minute walk from the ferry pier. Its facilities are an all-day seaview cafe (12:00-16:00), a bookable outdoor BBQ area, a pet playzone and a 24/7 common room, with free Wi-Fi throughout. Most ocean-view rooms have a private balcony; standard ocean-view and mountain-view rooms do not.

The eight room types run from 269 to 538 sq ft: Ocean View Suite, Ocean View Deluxe, Ocean View Twin, Standard Ocean View, Family Room, Deluxe Family Suite, Mountain View Room and Mountain View Triple. Balconies come with the Ocean View Suite, Ocean View Deluxe, Ocean View Twin and Deluxe Family Suite, so if the balcony is the point, book one of those four rather than a standard or mountain-view room.

Room rates move with the date and the season and there is no published rack rate, so the price you are quoted is the price for your night. Check it on the hotel's website.

Cheung Chau B&B

Compact rooms with built-in glass shower cubicles and modern bathrooms, all en-suite, air-conditioned and with free Wi-Fi. Breakfast is continental and served on the rooftop cafe. The main houses sit on the path between the ferry pier and Tung Wan beach, about two minutes from each, so you can drop your bag and be in the water almost immediately.

The two Pak She Street houses are a few minutes from Pak Tai Temple; ask for one of those if you would rather be in the village than on the beach road.

Holiday Flats

There are many Holiday Flats or Holiday Apartments on Cheung Chau.  Read this list of Cheung Chau Holiday Flats.

If you are staying in a hotel elsewhere in Hong Kong then Cheung Chau is readily accessible as a day trip!

Lychee Sunset Hotel (Lychee House)

Lychee House is the Cheung Chau B&B's house at 94-95 Lai Chi Yuen, and it is the one with the rooftop the operator names as its sunset spot. It is part of the same 36-room B&B, so the rooms are booked through the B&B and you check in at the reception at 83 Tung Wan Road - tel +852 2986 9990 - not at the house itself.

Breakfast is continental and is served on the rooftop cafe. No nightly rate is published: the B&B quotes each date, so the only price that means anything is the one you get for the night you want, on ibnb.hk or on the booking sites.

Budget Accommodation & Vacation Rentals

For travelers seeking affordable accommodation or longer stays, Cheung Chau offers an extensive range of holiday flats and vacation apartments that provide excellent value and authentic local living experiences. These regular village residential units are converted for daily rental, offering visitors the chance to live like locals while exploring the island at their own pace. The most convenient way to secure these accommodations is through the numerous rental kiosks located immediately outside the ferry pier, where friendly staff can help match visitors with suitable options based on group size, budget, and preferred location.

Named developments come and go as flats change hands, so use the Cheung Chau holiday flats list as a starting point rather than as a register of what is available this week. Flats range from basic room-only units to more upscale apartments with full kitchens, private terraces and harbour views. Quality varies significantly between properties, so inspect the unit before you pay and agree what the nightly rate includes.

The advantage of holiday flats extends beyond cost savings - they offer greater flexibility for meal preparation, longer stays, and the opportunity to experience authentic island living away from tourist hotels. Many are located in quieter residential areas, providing a peaceful retreat while still being within walking distance of beaches, restaurants, and ferry connections. For families, groups, or travelers planning extended stays, these accommodations often provide significantly more space and value compared to traditional hotel rooms, making them an increasingly popular choice among both local Hong Kong residents and international visitors seeking authentic island experiences. If a longer stay turns into a decision to rent or buy, Cheung Chau property agents and the checks before you sign covers the licensed agencies, what a viewing involves and the paperwork to demand before money moves.

Group Accommodation & Camps

The island's residential camps are group accommodation rather than hotels. Caritas's camps on Ming Fai Road include the Caritas Jockey Club Ming Fai Camp at 5 Ming Fai Road, licensed as a guesthouse (H/2190) with 38 rooms and a licence period running to 15 January 2028, which takes 156 people residentially or 200 for a day camp, with a minimum of four, and the smaller Oi Fai Camp at 4 Ming Fai Road, which takes 84 residential.

The Salvation Army Bradbury Camp at 6 Ming Fai Road is the one to book if you would rather have a published tariff than a quotation: it prices rooms and whole-camp hire for 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, and those figures are in the comparison table above. It takes 108 people residential, the minimum is 12 in a group or 4 in a family suite, and it is about a 15-minute walk from the pier via Tung Wan. Day camp is HK$90 a person (HK$130 on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) and evening camp is HK$130, each including one meal and needing a minimum of 20 people; breakfast is HK$35 and a set lunch or dinner HK$58 or HK$68.

Caritas takes group bookings for its camps; Bradbury will also sell rooms by the night, with the group and family minimums above, or hire the whole camp of 108 beds. Summer is the pinch point: July and August places at Bradbury are applied for by letter in February and balloted in early March, and phone applications open on the first working day of April, so a summer trip needs planning a season ahead.

Book Caritas on 2973 0062 or [email protected]. Bradbury's booking line is 2981 0383, with the office open Monday to Friday 09:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:00, or [email protected]. For a group that wants rooms without a programme, the holiday flats and the B&B houses are the easier booking.

If you want a tent without a group programme, Sai Yuen (tel 2666 9556) is the island's licensed tent campsite, holding HAD guesthouse (holiday camp) licence H/6668 for 31 rooms. It lets its units by the night with no published minimum stay, and they are not all tents: Mongolian gers, safari tents, teepees, a geodesic dome and bring-your-own-tent pitches, priced per unit on a dated rate card.

When to book: the dates that move

When to book comes down to two things: the dates the island fills, and the fact that neither the Warwick nor the B&B publishes a rate you can compare - so on the busy dates the price only exists as a quote.

Bun Festival week. The festival runs the fifth to ninth day of the fourth lunar month, which falls on 10-14 May 2027, with the Piu Sik parade and the midnight bun scramble on Thursday 13 May 2027 - Buddha's Birthday, and therefore a public holiday. On the 2026 parade day alone, Sun Ferry carried about 38,000 passengers between Central and Cheung Chau by 9pm. It is also May: afternoons often go above 31°C and showers are common.

Public and school holidays. Both guesthouse operators on the island that publish a per-night rate card write the same exclusion into it: school holidays and public holidays are not covered by the listed prices, and both tell you to telephone for a rate. Festival week falls inside the public-holiday exclusion, so the useful advice for those dates is not "book early for a better rate" - it is that the rate only exists as a quote, and you have to ask for it.

Weekends and summer. The same cards price Saturday separately from Sunday to Friday, which shows that weekend nights are not priced like midweek ones. July and August are when the camps fill instead: Bradbury's summer places are applied for by letter in February and balloted in early March, and phone applications open on the first working day of April (see the camp section above).

Off-season. Neither the Warwick nor the B&B publishes a nightly rate at all, so there is no published peak-and-off-peak spread to test a quote against. Outside festival week and public holidays you are comparing quotes rather than waiting for a discount: ask two or three places for the same night and book one you can move. There is no road off the island, so check the typhoon signals and ferry guide before you commit to a summer date.

Arrival logistics: ferries, luggage and cash

This is the part visitors get wrong, and every item on the list can be settled before you leave home.

The boat. You cannot buy a ferry ticket in advance - Sun Ferry sells at the pier, first come first served. The first ordinary ferry from Central Pier 5 leaves at 06:10 and the ordinary ferries run to 23:30; fast ferries go later, at 23:45 from Monday to Saturday and 23:55 on Sundays and public holidays, with a 00:30 departure after midnight. The crossing takes 55 to 60 minutes on the ordinary ferry and 35 to 40 on the fast one. Back from Cheung Chau the last scheduled boats are the 23:45 fast ferry from Monday to Saturday and the 23:30 ordinary on Sundays and public holidays. The Cheung Chau ferry timetable and fares has every sailing in both directions.

The fare. Octopus, Hong Kong dollars in cash and the QR codes at the pier gates (AlipayHK, Alipay, UnionPay) all work. The QR codes buy single journeys only, and UnionPay's cannot pay a child or senior fare.

The bag. One travelling case or bag up to 32 by 23 by 12 inches travels free; anything larger goes as freight. Past the pier you carry it yourself: along Tung Wan Road to the B&B's reception at 83, about 10 minutes to the Warwick, 10 to 15 minutes to the Pak She houses. Ask when you book whether the way in involves steps or stairs.

The cash. Not every stall or restaurant on the island takes a card or a phone - at least one of the Pak She Praya seafood restaurants is cash only. There are ATMs on the Praya a short walk from the pier, but bring some Hong Kong dollars from Central anyway.

Check-in. For the B&B it is at 83 Tung Wan Road for all five houses, so carry the bag there first rather than to the house you booked. For the Warwick it is at the hotel, about ten minutes along Tung Wan Road from the pier.

The island's tent-and-camp options, with per-night rates and booking numbers for each of the seven licensed premises, are set out in where to camp or glamp on Cheung Chau.

Transportation and Getting Around

One of Cheung Chau's most distinctive features is its car-free environment, where residents and visitors navigate the island primarily using bicycles and motorized scooters. This unique transportation culture creates a peaceful, pedestrian-friendly atmosphere that enhances the island's charm and makes exploration both safe and enjoyable. For visitors staying overnight, understanding local transportation options becomes essential for maximizing your island experience and accessing all the beaches, restaurants, and attractions spread across this historic fishing community.

Bicycle rentals are readily available throughout the island, with the shops on Tai Hing Tai Road being the easiest to reach on arrival. Prices and refundable deposits differ from shop to shop and with the type of bike, so agree both at the counter before you take the bike. Shops rent adult bicycles and children's bikes, including models with training wheels, and some also have small tuk-tuk style vehicles. However, visitors should note that helmets are not always provided, so bringing your own safety equipment is strongly recommended, especially for families with children.

Popular cycling routes include scenic paths along the harbor to the southeast and northeast areas, offering spectacular coastal views and access to various beaches and cultural sites. While the terrain includes some hills and occasionally requires carrying bikes up stairs, most routes are manageable for recreational cyclists and provide an authentic way to experience the island's diverse landscapes. The bicycle-centric culture makes Cheung Chau particularly appealing to environmentally conscious travelers and families seeking car-free vacation experiences in a safe, controlled island environment.