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{{Short description|Peninsula at the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong}}
{{for|the [[Hong Kong Island]] district of the same Chinese name|Wan Chai}}{{Use Hong Kong English|date = August 2022}}
[[File:HK WanTsaiPeninsula.JPG|thumb|Western coast of Wan Tsai Peninsula.]]
[[Image:Wan Tsai map.svg|right|thumb|Location of Wan Tsai within HKSAR.]]
[[Image:Wan Tsai.jpg|right|thumb|South campsite of Wan Tsai.]]
'''Wan Tsai''' ({{zh|t=灣仔|sl=Waan<sup>1</sup> Jai<sup>2</sup>}}) is a peninsula at the northern extremity of the north-western [[Sai Kung Peninsula]], [[Hong Kong]], with [[Hoi Ha Wan]] to its west and [[Long Harbour (Hong Kong)|Long Harbour]] on its east. [[Tap Mun|Grass Island]] lies east of the peninsula.

==Geography==
Joined to the mainland by an isthmus at [[Lan Lo Au]], Wan Tsai consists of the two hills [[Tai Leng Tun]] and [[Nam Fung Shan]]. Its northern tip is [[Ocean Point]] ({{zh|t=棺材角|sl=Goon<sup>1</sup> Choi<sup>4</sup> Gok<sup>3</sup>|labels=no}}).

==Facilities==
Facilities are available at Wan Tsai for camping.<ref>[http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_skwwte/cou_vis_cou_skwwte.html Sai Kung West (Wan Tsai Ext.)]</ref>

==Scouts==
[[Scout Association of Hong Kong|The Scout Association of Hong Kong]] organised a [[Jamboree (Scouting)|Jamboree]] for all Hong Kong and international Scouts on the peninsula for a week between 1999 and 2000 to celebrate the millennium. Another Jamboree was held there in 2001 to celebrate 90 years of Hong Kong Scouting.

==Conservation==
The peninsula had been a restricted area before being opened to the public in late 1999. Since 1996, the peninsula has been designated the [[Sai Kung West Country Park (Wan Tsai Extension)|Wan Tsai Extension]] of [[Sai Kung West Country Park]].

==Access==
Wan Tsai is reachable by [[ferry]] from [[Wong Shek Pier]] in [[Wong Shek]], situated on the south-western shore of Long Harbour.

==References==
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[[Category:Peninsulas of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Places in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Sai Kung Peninsula]]


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