Cheung Po Tsai Cave lies on the southwest side of Cheung Chau, near the Family Walk and Cheung Po Tsai Road. It is a naturally formed granite cave with a narrow entrance. Its small opening meets a rocky island shoreline, placing the site within the coastal walking landscape.
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Cheung Po Tsai Cave: Granite, Shoreline and Pirate Legend
A small granite cave on Cheung Chau’s southwest coast is linked to the pirate Cheung Po Tsai through a local legend.
In this district · Islands ↗A cave at Cheung Chau’s edge
A pirate story attached to stone
The cave is associated with Cheung Po Tsai, a pirate active in the Pearl River Delta in the early nineteenth century. The Hong Kong Tourism Board presents the hideout connection as a belief: a place-memory that joins a real maritime figure to a particular rock formation.
Geology, walk and legend
The cave’s granite and narrow mouth are physical features; the pirate hideout is a legend associated with the site. The walk along Cheung Chau’s southwest coast brings these layers together. Visitors encounter a geological feature that has gathered a memorable story in the island’s maritime imagination.