Ding Ding, Top Deck
Explore · Quick · 50 points · 45 min
Ride a Hong Kong tram from the front of the upper deck for at least ten stops.
The catch: No MTR on this quest.
Bonus +25: Ride to the end of the line.
Free travel game
Side Quest
Turn Hong Kong into an adventure.
Tell us where you are. Pick your kind of adventure. We'll give you something unexpected to do. No account. No app. Just go.
Start a side questPlay anywhere · Complete quests · Earn points · Screenshot your wins · Challenge your friends
Step 1
Pick your place
Tell us what city you're exploring.
Step 2
Get your quest
Choose a category or let us surprise you.
Step 3
Complete + share
Finish the challenge, earn points and screenshot your achievement.
Where are you right now?
No location access needed — just tell us the city.
What kind of side quest?
How far do you want to go?
Your side quest score today
0 points
0 all-time
100 points to Explorer
Scores are saved in this browser on this device only. No account, no email, nothing sent anywhere. Clearing your browser data clears your score.
Side quests written for Hong Kong
These challenges only work here. Play them in any order — the game will mix them with quests that work anywhere in Hong Kong.
Cha Chaan Teng Order
Food & Drink · Quick · 50 points · 30 min
Order a full set at a cha chaan teng and share the table with strangers.
The catch: No waiting for your own table.
Bonus +25: Order milk tea and finish it.
Trail Above The Towers
Outdoors · Adventure · 200 points · 2 hrs
Walk a Hong Kong hillside trail with a view over the towers.
The catch: Public transport to the start only.
Bonus +75: Continue to a second peak or beach.
Outlying Island
Hidden Gems · Adventure · 200 points · 3 hrs
Take a ferry to an outlying island and stay long enough for a meal.
The catch: No returning within two hours.
Bonus +75: Walk a village trail before the ferry back.
Market After Dark
Food & Drink · Easy · 100 points · 45 min
Walk a Hong Kong street market at night and buy one cooked thing.
The catch: Nothing from a shop or mall.
Bonus +50: Ask what it is only after eating it.
Peak To Harbour
Must-Do · Epic · 500 points · 4 hrs
Get high above Hong Kong, then come all the way down to the water on foot.
The catch: No transport on the descent.
Bonus +150: Cross the harbour by ferry at the end.
Share your Side Quest
Hong Kong Side Quest
Send Hong Kong side quests to whoever you're travelling with. The link opens this city ready to play.
https://buybeforeyoufly.com/fi/side-quest/hong-kong
#BuyBeforeYouFly #SideQuestTravel #HongKongSideQuest
What is a travel side quest?
A side quest is a small, self-contained challenge you can complete wherever you happen to be standing. Side Quest is a free browser-based travel game from Buy Before You Fly: you tell it which city you are exploring, choose the kind of adventure you are in the mood for, and it hands you something unexpected to do. Every quest is built from an objective, a constraint that makes it interesting, and an optional bonus — so instead of another list of the same twenty attractions, you get a reason to walk down a different street, order something you cannot pronounce, or look at one painting for twenty minutes.
There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. It works on the phone in your pocket, in the gap between a late checkout and an evening flight, or on a full free day in a city you have never visited.
How Side Quest works
- Pick your place. Search for the city you are exploring. No location permission and no precise GPS required.
- Choose a category. Food, museums, landmarks, exploring, photography, culture, outdoors or hidden gems — or let the dice decide.
- Get your quest. Each one comes with a mission, a catch and a bonus objective worth extra points.
- Earn points. Quick quests are worth 50 points and epic ones 500, with bonuses from 25 to 100 on top.
- Screenshot and share. Completing a quest turns it into an achievement card built to fit a phone screenshot.
Side Quest ideas for travelers
Food & Drink
Markets, bakeries, street food and the dish locals order without looking at the menu.
Museums
One room, one object, one story — museum challenges that beat drifting past everything.
Must-Do
The landmark experiences, with a twist that stops them feeling like a checklist.
Explore
Neighbourhood walks, wrong turns on purpose and streets guidebooks skip.
Photo Quest
Small photo missions that train you to notice details other travellers walk past.
Local Culture
Language, music, craft, ritual and everyday life where you happen to be standing.
Outdoors
Parks, water, viewpoints and green detours between the busy bits.
Hidden Gems
The small, quiet, odd and overlooked corners of a city.
Play Side Quest with friends
Side Quest has no accounts, no friend lists and no leaderboards to join — which is exactly what makes it easy to play together. Everyone opens the page on their own phone, plays the same city, and compares screenshots at dinner. Agree on a target before you split up: first to 500 points, most quests completed before sunset, or one epic quest each. Points are kept in your own browser, so the only scoreboard is the one you keep between you.
- 100 — Explorer
- 500 — Wanderer
- 1,000 — Adventurer
- 2,500 — Globetrotter
- 5,000 — Side Quest Legend
Explore more with Buy Before You Fly
Side Quest is free and always will be. When you want the rest of the trip sorted, the same site covers it:
- Destination guides
Country-by-country guides, things to do and short itineraries.
- Airport guides
Arrivals, transport, wi-fi, food and connections for major hubs.
- Travel eSIMs
Mobile data in 200+ destinations, installed before you land.
- Personalized trip plans
A downloadable plan built around your pace, interests and budget.