About Walk in Hong Kong

Walk in Hong Kong is the city’s leading cultural enterprise. We specialize in curating memorable experiences — be it tours or immersive events, in-person or virtual — that tell the mesmerizing stories of our bustling metropolis.

We are known for our wonderful storytelling. We make what might otherwise be dry history lessons into memorable experiences, rooted in Hong Kong’s people and culture. Our skills transcend the real and virtual world, and allow us to curate equally engaging journeys both offline and online. Our walking tours are well loved by travellers, corporates, schools, families, and locals alike.

Coming from a variety of professional backgrounds, each of our knowledgable guides has plenty of personal stories to share about this fair city. Most importantly, they all live a shared passion to promote Hong Kong beyond what's in the usual guidebooks.

Our vision does not stop there. While we are not an NGO, we are a company with a strong social mission. Despite our small scale, we are an influential advocate for heritage conservation and driving social changes. In 2016, our team successfully lobbied for a Grade 1 historic building status for State Theatre in North Point, helping preserve one of the city's most important theatrical venues.

Our vision

Build something that Hong Kong has never seen before.

Walk in Hong Kong began life in 2013 as a startup aiming to introduce walking tours to Hong Kong. Over the past few years, we have created a number of firsts — we have led Hong Kong’s first wheelchair-friendly walking tour, designed Hong Kong’s first gamified walking tour, and organized Hong Kong’s first secondary school level architectural education programme. Entrepreneurial spirit is deeply embedded in the company’s DNA.

Our Story

  • Aug 2013

    Walk in Hong Kong is born!

  • Dec 2016

    State Theatre Conservation: achieved Grade I historic building status

  • Apr 2017

    HSBC Youth Business Gold Award

  • Jun 2017

    Hong Kong LGBT+ Inclusion Index Top SME Employer Award

  • Aug 2017

    Collaborating with the Hong Kong Tourism Board in creating the Old Town Central campaign

  • Jul 2018

    First Hang Lung Young Architects Program completed

  • Sep 2018

    Sham Shui Po Hong Kong Tourism Board Campaign

  • May 2019

    Earned TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame status

  • Mar 2020

    Pioneered Hong Kong's first online live virtual tours

  • Mar 2022

    Achieved Hong Kong Awards for Industries: Innovation and Creativity Certificate of Merit with our online virtual tours

Our Team

Nurses, architects, government officials, academics... Our tour guides come from all walks of life, yet they share the same passion — telling you the city's mesmerizing tales (we do have a certified hypnotist on board!) and their own equally fascinating stories. Learn more about our co-founders, team members and some of our guides here:

(Kudos to Rayman Cheuk - Photographer for the great photos!)

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Paul Chi-yuen Chan

Co-founder & CEO

An erstwhile academic, a former ministerial aide, and a man of finance in his previous incarnation, Paul is principally an avid traveller. Outside of work, he can be found temple or village-hopping. By founding Walk in Hong Kong, Paul is determined to show the world that his home turf is not just a fishing-village-turned-metropolis, since there are actually more mesmerizing stories to tell!

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Haider Kikabhoy

Co-founder

Born into a family of natural storytellers, Haider grew up spellbound by the tales he heard from Hong Kong’s past century. He stalks the city’s streets in an imagined time machine, bent on resurrecting fabled buildings from the ashes of time. Whimsical and wry, his walks are a jukebox of Hong Kong’s eccentricities.

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Chung-wah Chow

Co-founder

Chungwah is a travel writer in both English and Chinese. She’s co-authored Lonely Planet guides to Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, as well as written for the BBC, CNN and various Asian media outlets. She enjoys ikebana, chado and yoga. As a careful yet adventurous traveller, she explores haunted house at midnight, challenges herself for a volcano excursion and graveyard is on her top visit list!

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Managing Director
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Project and Marketing Manager
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Joyce

Project Officer
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Lesley

Communications and Project Manager
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Jack

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William

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James

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Audrey

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Miranda

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Annie

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Ken

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could be our next team member!

Take a look at how working at Walk in Hong Kong is like here.

Alumni

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Janice

Project Officer
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Francis

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Megan

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Oskar

Project Manager
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Stephanie

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Brand Manager
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Social Media Strategist

Blog

Walk in Hong Kong’s submission to 2019-2020 Policy Address Public Consultation

August 26, 2019

Walk in Hong Kong, a local cultural enterprise, calls on the government to make the protection of post-war historic buildings, which is also commonly referred to as “modern architecture”, a policy priority for heritage conservation in Hong Kong. Specifically, as we have called for in submissions to the public consultations respectively for the 2018-2019 Policy … Read more

Lost in Causeway Bay: 8 Hours of Discovery

July 25, 2019
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The weekend is upon us again. Are you looking for some new experiences to spend a fun and leisurely day, while not necessarily wanting to venture too far from the city centre? Our team at Walk in Hong Kong has the perfect solution for you. Whether you are a tourist or a local, our curated … Read more

Hong Kong: A Promising Dystopia

June 24, 2019
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At first glance, you may think this title is contradictory: how can a dystopia be promising? Hong Kong appears to be a miraculous metropolis trademarked by a spectacular skyline of skyscrapers that symbolize our city’s status as Asia’s financial hub. The business sector hails it as the Promised Land for investors. Yet several cyberpunk movies … Read more

啟迪未來建築師:巴馬丹拿集團 × 活現香港 Inspiring Future Architects: P&T Group × Walk in Hong Kong

May 10, 2019
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有冇諗過四十年後嘅中環地標建築會係點嘅樣?Walk in Hong Kong 活現香港最近再次同屹立香港 150 年嘅建築師樓巴馬丹拿集團合作,將導賞團結合模型工作坊同建築師分享會,啟迪小朋友欣賞建築嘅唔同可能性,再將自己心目中嘅建築設計活現眼前,向成為未來建築師之路進發。唔知今日喺模型裏面見到嘅大…

Why are Chinese Vampires Better than Zombies and Mummies?

May 8, 2019
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Are you afraid of zombies? Do mummies scare you away? If you are not daunted by the living dead, you must be a brilliant warrior when zombies attack. (Let’s hope they won’t.) But even the valiant may find Chinese vampires terrifying. Yes, the Chinese have their own vampires. They are drastically different from zombies and … Read more

《亡友黃湛森》 – 「活現黃霑.重行深水埗」後感

April 18, 2019
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《亡友黃湛森》 – 「活現黃霑.重行深水埗」後感 我們剛舉行了其中一個活現香港五周年活動「活現黃霑.重行深水埗- 導賞團× 音樂會」,這是我們多年來最喜歡的導賞團之一。導賞團的講者,是黃霑生前的好友,吳俊雄博士。 黃霑,本名黃湛森,2004年11月24日肺癌逝世,終年63歲。 黃霑用他生…

活現香港 × 協恩中學 @ 香港總商會商校交流計劃 Walk in Hong Kong × Heep Yunn School @ HKGCC Business-School Partnership Programme

April 11, 2019
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考試、面試、演講、滙報,呢啲唔單止成年人要面對,對中學生嚟講都越嚟常見。你有冇諗過,帶團嘅技巧唔係淨係導遊啱用,對學生日常學業亦都相當有幫助! 活現香港身為商界嘅一份子(同埋香港總商會嘅會員),今年參與總商會舉辦嘅商校交流計劃,走入協恩中學校園。計劃上星期嚟到尾聲,協恩嘅同學仔運用我哋公司業務拓展顧…

活現五年「重行」系列:《點對點》× 活現香港 維城界石導賞團

March 25, 2019

散落於維多利亞城邊緣的六枚界石,連繫起電影《點對點》中主角黃雪聰(陳豪 飾)與小雪(蒙亭宜 飾)的一段情緣,在現實中也見證着香港的城市發展。 由本地電影人黃浩然執導的電影《點對點》(2014),揉合香港歷史、本土情懷與愛情故事,上映時好評如潮。活現香港在 2015 年舉辦的三場《點對點》電影場景導賞…

城市之夢。與未來建築師同行.分享會 Dreams of a City – A walk and talk with our future architects

March 12, 2019

城市,由無數建築師的夢想交織而成。想了解建築師行業,但又不知應從何入手?有意入讀建築學系,卻不知建築師職業是否適合自己? 適逢第十六屆威尼斯國際建築雙年展香港回應展在展城館舉行,巴馬丹拿集團與活現香港將於 2019 年 4 月舉辦兩場「城市之夢 。與未來建築師同行/分享會」,專爲有志成為建築師的你而…

城市之夢。與未來建築師同行.創作坊──誠邀 10-15 歲少年參與! Dreams of a City – A walk and workshop with our future architects

March 12, 2019

城市,由無數建築師的夢想交織而成。未來城市之夢,又會由誰塑造?誠邀 10-15 歲少年參加巴馬丹拿集團與活現香港合辦的「城市之夢。與未來建築師同行.創作坊」,先在導賞員帶領下遊走中環商業區,認識建築物的不同形態,然後走進展城館,運用積木親手將心目中的未來都市活現眼前,踏出成為未來建築師的第一步。 I…

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