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Camp Quality meets the pink Dolphins


Last Saturday, Camp Quality Hong Kong joined up with Hong Kong Dolphinwatch and took a boat trip to see the local dolphins. These unique creatures called the Chinese White Dolphins (Sousa Chinensis) are actually pink in colour and unfortunately are also under treat from local environmental hazards. To raise awareness of these pink dolphins, Dolphinwatch runs various tours throughout the week to increase public awareness of these dolphin plight.

On early Saturday morning, we charter our own Kaito style boat, which could accommodate up to 100 pax for our very own Camp Quality Dolphinwatch tour. Departing from the Tung Chung New Pier, we travel west of Lantau Island towards Lung Kwu Chau and surrounding waters. It takes around one hour traveling by Kaito boat to the pink dolphin study area where we can expect to find the pink dolphins. The Chep Lap Kok international airport was also visible from our boat and the kids were pretty amused just watching the planes take off and land.

During the trip a talk was given on the environmental situation which would affect the dolphins, the campers and companions were also given handouts with information on how to help the dolphins as well as postcard to keep as souvenirs.

As we continued moving west of Lantau, all eyes were focus on the water. We were just about to give up our search after being on the water for over an hour, when the most immediate and sudden sensation was encountered on board, the first sighting of the pink dolphins! You could feel the excitement on board as everyone rushed to one side of the boat, where the pink dolphin was spotted. We continue with our travel hoping to find more¡K. And we did! In the end we spotted around 6-7 pink dolphins on our trip.

By noontime, our campers and companions started to feel hungry, we then set off for Tai O. Tai O is a small fishing village on the far northwestern edge of Lantau. It is a rare example of a Chinese stilt house community. It used to be a fishing port but nowadays it's more of a tourist attraction, attracting vast numbers of tourists every year to it's unique heritage and character. We stopped in this traditional fishing village for a wonderful vegetarian lunch before traveling back to Tung Chung and board our bus back to Kowloon.

This trip had turn out to be an increasingly rewarding experience for everyone and added to our knowledge and understanding of these lovely local creatures, our pink dolphins.