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Landmarks tour, plus Ocean Park and Happy Valley

From the Bank of China Tower to the Garden Hill beacon: the landmarks you can spot around Kai Tak, and two new additions, Ocean Park and Happy Valley Racecourse.

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The Bank of China Tower's braced, faceted shaft among the Central towers.
The Bank of China Tower and the Central skyline.

Fly Kai Tak is full of places you can recognise from the cockpit, the tower or a spectator spot. Here is a tour, now with Ocean Park and Happy Valley Racecourse added.

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Central and Wan Chai

Look across the harbour for the Bank of China Tower, Central Plaza, The Center, HSBC, Jardine House and Exchange Square. The Convention Centre extension sits on the Wan Chai waterfront.

The Bank of China Tower's braced, faceted shaft among the Central towers.
The Bank of China Tower, with its diagonal bracing.
Central Plaza's gold tower rising over Wan Chai.
Central Plaza, the gold tower over Wan Chai.
The Center's dark tower above the Central skyline.
The Center, the dark tower on the skyline.
The HSBC building in Central seen from the harbour.
HSBC in Central.
Jardine House on the Central waterfront.
Jardine House on the waterfront.
The Exchange Square towers in Central.
Exchange Square.
The Convention Centre extension on the Wan Chai waterfront.
The Convention Centre extension.

Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom

On the Kowloon side are the TST Clock Tower, the Cultural Centre, Ocean Terminal and the Hung Hom Coliseum.

The Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower on the Kowloon waterfront.
The TST Clock Tower.
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.
The Cultural Centre.
An ocean liner alongside Ocean Terminal.
Ocean Terminal, with a liner alongside.
The inverted-pyramid Hung Hom Coliseum among the Hung Hom blocks.
The Hung Hom Coliseum, the dark inverted pyramid.

Kai Tak and Garden Hill

The Kai Tak terminal and tower are on the apron. In Sham Shui Po, the Garden Hill obstacle beacon marks the hill under the approach, and at night it flashes red.

The Kai Tak terminal behind parked jets on the apron.
The Kai Tak terminal across the apron.
The Kai Tak control tower beside the apron.
The Kai Tak control tower.
The red-and-white Garden Hill obstacle beacon in Sham Shui Po.
The Garden Hill obstacle beacon in Sham Shui Po.

New: Happy Valley Racecourse

The racecourse sits in its bowl among the Happy Valley towers, with sixteen floodlight masts, the stand canopy and the infield screen. At night the masts light up.

Aerial view of Happy Valley Racecourse surrounded by tower blocks.
Happy Valley Racecourse from above.
Happy Valley at night with lit windows and floodlights.
The same view at night.

New: Ocean Park

Ocean Park is built at its real site on the south side. The Waterfront has a Ferris wheel. On the Summit are the Ocean Park Tower, a roller coaster in the style of The Dragon, and a Space Wheel. Red cable cars run between the two, with pylons along the way.

The Ocean Park summit with the tower, a roller coaster, a spinning wheel and the cable car line.
The Summit: tower, coaster, Space Wheel and cable car.
The Ocean Park Waterfront Ferris wheel among the buildings, with the summit behind.
The Waterfront Ferris wheel, with the cable car climbing to the Summit.

Heads up

Ocean Park and Happy Valley are stylised models placed at the real sites, not exact copies. They are solid, so you can crash into them.

Fly Kai Tak 有好多你喺駕駛艙、控制塔或者觀機位置可以認出嘅地方。以下係一個導覽，而家加入咗海洋公園同跑馬地馬場。

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中環同灣仔

望過海對面，會見到中銀大廈、中環廣場、中環中心、滙豐總行、怡和大廈同交易廣場。會議展覽中心新翼喺灣仔海旁。

中銀大廈有斜撐、刻面嘅塔身，喺中環高樓之間。
中銀大廈，帶有斜向支撐。
中環廣場嘅金色大樓聳立喺灣仔上空。
中環廣場，灣仔上空嘅金色大樓。
中環中心嘅深色大樓，喺中環天際線之上。
中環中心，天際線上嘅深色大樓。
由海港望過去嘅中環滙豐總行。
中環滙豐總行。
中環海旁嘅怡和大廈。
海旁嘅怡和大廈。
中環交易廣場嘅大樓。
交易廣場。
灣仔海旁嘅會議展覽中心新翼。
會議展覽中心新翼。

尖沙咀同紅磡

九龍一邊有尖沙咀鐘樓、文化中心、海運大廈同紅磡體育館。

九龍海旁嘅尖沙咀鐘樓。
尖沙咀鐘樓。
尖沙咀海旁嘅香港文化中心。
文化中心。
一艘郵輪停泊喺海運大廈旁邊。
海運大廈，旁邊停咗一艘郵輪。
紅磡樓群之間嘅倒金字塔形紅磡體育館。
紅磡體育館，深色嘅倒金字塔。

啟德同嘉頓山

啟德客運大樓同控制塔喺停機坪上。深水埗嘅嘉頓山障礙物燈標示進場航道下面嘅山丘，夜晚會閃紅光。

停機坪上停泊嘅客機後面嘅啟德客運大樓。
停機坪對面嘅啟德客運大樓。
停機坪旁邊嘅啟德控制塔。
啟德控制塔。
深水埗紅白色嘅嘉頓山障礙物燈。
深水埗嘅嘉頓山障礙物燈。

新增：跑馬地馬場

馬場坐落喺跑馬地高樓之間嘅碗狀地形入面，有十六支泛光燈柱、看台頂篷同場中央螢幕。夜晚燈柱會亮起。

被高樓大廈包圍嘅跑馬地馬場鳥瞰。
由上而下望跑馬地馬場。
夜晚嘅跑馬地，窗口同泛光燈都亮起。
同一個畫面嘅夜景。

新增：海洋公園

海洋公園建於南區真實嘅位置。海濱樂園有一個摩天輪。山上樂園有海洋摩天塔、仿照過山龍風格嘅過山車，同一個太空摩天輪。紅色纜車往返兩地之間，沿途有支柱。

海洋公園山上，有高塔、過山車、旋轉摩天輪同纜車線。
山上：高塔、過山車、太空摩天輪同纜車。
海洋公園海濱嘅摩天輪夾喺樓房之間，後面係山上。
海濱摩天輪，纜車正爬上山上。

注意

海洋公園同跑馬地係喺真實位置擺放嘅風格化模型，並唔係準確複製。佢哋係實心嘅，所以你可以撞上去。

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