Dialogue in the Dark Hong Kong
Dialogue in the Dark Hong Kong
4.5
10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
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Experience an "Unseen" tour you never experience before. Unlike ordinary sight-seeing spots in Hong Kong, we offer a "dark" and inspiring experience. Please visit our website for more detail. PRE-BOOKING is required. Please contact us for your reservation now!
Duration: 1-2 hours
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Neighborhood: Sham Shui Po District
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Murdochsroomate
Murdochsroomate25 contributions
May 2012 • Solo
Having visually impaired tour guides lead you around the city -- so to speak -- in the pitch dark is definitely an original idea and definitely educational. But the #1 tourist attraction in Hong Kong? Come on, people. It's not THAT great. For those unfamiliar with the concept, when you arrive at the entrance to the exhibit, you are handed a white cane and sent inside -- at which point, you can see nothing. Your guide tells you to follow her voice and a maze of walls and rails as she guides you through a series of city environments. You hear sounds that hint at where you are and you feel your way around through different situations. Of course, everyone gets totally lost, crashes into things, and has to help others find there way onto seats and things. The tour is over an hour long but it seems to fly by. And our tour guide was very fun and animated. I think everyone should have to do a workshop like this once in their lives. It's a great way to encourage support among the public for measures to accommodate people with disabilities.
I really don't have any particular criticism of the experience. It's just that, viewing all the ratings here, you'd think this was better than Disneyland, and that's pushing things just a bit. It's a cool, original idea, but it's not on exactly on par with the great museums or historical landmarks of the world. By all means, go. But, after reading all the glowing reviews here, you may want to adjust your expectations down a touch just to make sure you're not disappointed.
I really don't have any particular criticism of the experience. It's just that, viewing all the ratings here, you'd think this was better than Disneyland, and that's pushing things just a bit. It's a cool, original idea, but it's not on exactly on par with the great museums or historical landmarks of the world. By all means, go. But, after reading all the glowing reviews here, you may want to adjust your expectations down a touch just to make sure you're not disappointed.
Written May 5, 2012
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BoBotheFool
Vancouver, Canada46 contributions
Oct 2011 • Couples
At first it's a little scary walking around with no sight, and touching a feeling this that you can't see. But after a while you start to get used to it and it's quite fun and challenging to navigate through the world and identify things. the guide was very friendly and helpful and seemed quite enthusiastic and happy to help us and answer questions.
Written January 25, 2012
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rabbitloverHk
hk49 contributions
I attended DID as part of a company sponsored team building event about a year ago.I have to be honest. I did not like being stuck in the dark for 2 hours. I also did not like having to struggle through so many activities in the dark with the aid of colleagues. I didn't care too much about the team building.
The one thing that really did make an impression on me was how important our basic senses are and especially how much we rely on our sight. Without it I was practically helpless in the dark. The lesson to be learned is that our basic health is our most important blessing, over and above everything else in life. If we have good health there is not much for us to complain about. The host of the event asked me if I would trade my eyesight for a billion dollars. I, of course, said no. She said "you're a billion dollars richer as of today". I would have to agree.
The one thing that really did make an impression on me was how important our basic senses are and especially how much we rely on our sight. Without it I was practically helpless in the dark. The lesson to be learned is that our basic health is our most important blessing, over and above everything else in life. If we have good health there is not much for us to complain about. The host of the event asked me if I would trade my eyesight for a billion dollars. I, of course, said no. She said "you're a billion dollars richer as of today". I would have to agree.
Written August 17, 2010
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fareastjim
Hong Kong, China426 contributions
Jan 2014 • Couples
We had an excellent experience and we can't recommend it highly enough. As well as a good dinner in very interesting company you get the opportunity understand how challenging it is to be visually impaired and how we take our sight for granted. We all had a good time and it was an interesting challenge eating in the dark. The food actually tasted better and we were more relaxed. You don't get to know the menu until after the dinner but you can inform them of food preferences and allergies at time of booking. Grace our guide and helper was absolutely wonderful and we had such fun with the other guests on our table. We will be back for the exhibition later in the year and we would also like to experience Christmas in the Dark at some time in the future..
Written January 25, 2014
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JJAACCKK2004
West Covina, CA28 contributions
Dec 2013 • Family
We arrived and were given a key for a free storage locker where we can store our stuff (they ask you to bring around $20HK - you'll know why later). The restroom is not inside the Dialogue in the Dark facility, but it's just around the corner on the same floor of the mall. The restroom was clean and modern (sit down toilets). Our group of 8 was led by an English speaking blind guide (they have set times available for English speaking guides) into 4 to 5 different rooms, one at a time. All the rooms are pitch black, and you are given a guide stick to use to keep from bumping into things. Each room has different things to feel for, like furniture or boxes of items, etc... However, there are not really "many things" to feel for, and they don't give you enough time to explore around the room. The whole thing takes around 1 hr and 15 minutes. When you try to feel with your hands, sometimes you end up feeling "somebody" instead of "something", so we were very glad everyone in the room was a friend. I have touched the guide by accident a couple of times, but luckily, it was only his hand. The rooms are not that big, maybe 12'x12' or so (can't really tell since it was pitch black). It's neat to experience what blind people have to deal with, but I was expecting a more exciting experience and it wasn't. What was really weird was the last room, where they sell candies or sodas. I suppose they were trying to let you experience trying to buy something as a blind person, but the guide didn't really explain that, so at first, we were like, "Huh?" when they told us we were at a bar and asked us what we wanted to buy. The experience was actually o.k., but it wasn't worth the $190HK per adult we paid (we went on a weekend). I probably would have felt better if it cost somewhere around $120HK.
Written January 5, 2014
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Dear Customer,
Thank you so much for your comment about our ticket price.
In regards to the price, it had been remained the same since our opening in 2009. However, due to a rapid rise inflation here in Hong Kong, it leaves us no choice but decided to increase the ticket price in July 2013.
We understand that this decision might cause inconvenience to some of our customers but we will keep doing our best to provide the best experience, with that we hope to make it worth for the new ticket price.
Once again, we truly appreciate for your feedback and thank you for your visit.
Ramona Lam
Manager, DiD Exhibition Center
Written January 7, 2014
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Wassaw
3 contributions
When i heard about it for the first time i liked the idea,,, but living this experiance is something else,,, we have discovered (me and my wife) a new view of the world,,, at the end of this experiance i felt the i did not appriciate enogh god's gift of site,,,, truly by far the best experiance of my life....
Written July 10, 2011
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Debbie T
Brisbane, Australia778 contributions
Mar 2019 • Family
I went with my 8 and 12 year old grandchildren who loved it. They said it helps you understand how hard it is for visually impaired. They didn’t stop talking about it. When asked what we should rate it they were shocked and said 5 of course! We had a little trouble finding it. Basically walk through Lau chi Kok park past the library across the road to the mall and up the escalator to the first floor.
Written March 7, 2019
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Ana Clarisse J
52 contributions
May 2017 • Couples
It was worth the price and travel.
A different type of tourism that lets you experience Hong Kong having you use all your other senses but the sense of sight. I definitely created a better understanding for us on how the blind have to live their lives in Hong Kong's metropolitan area- the struggle and challenges.
Loved our chatty tour guide who made it all so memorable for us.
What I disliked were the rude comments made by students and youngsters writing in DID's guest comment book.
I would definitely recommend others to taking the tour.
I was with my mother and boyfriend. My mother who is easily scared felt uneasy at first for the whole 30 minutes then started to travel on her own.
Do not bring autistic people in here or people who are claustrophobic. Remember, it's a long tour that have you be in the dark. Prepare your young children a talk before letting them in.
A different type of tourism that lets you experience Hong Kong having you use all your other senses but the sense of sight. I definitely created a better understanding for us on how the blind have to live their lives in Hong Kong's metropolitan area- the struggle and challenges.
Loved our chatty tour guide who made it all so memorable for us.
What I disliked were the rude comments made by students and youngsters writing in DID's guest comment book.
I would definitely recommend others to taking the tour.
I was with my mother and boyfriend. My mother who is easily scared felt uneasy at first for the whole 30 minutes then started to travel on her own.
Do not bring autistic people in here or people who are claustrophobic. Remember, it's a long tour that have you be in the dark. Prepare your young children a talk before letting them in.
Written May 8, 2017
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Thank you so much for your encouraging comment. It is glad to know that you all have a
memorable experience. Our tour guides always devote themselves to deliver extraordinary and thought-provoking experience to customers.
We would be highly appreciated if you could promote this to your friends. You are welcomed to visit us again with your friends to try Love in the Dark, Birthday in the Dark and more! Thank you again for supporting social enterprise.
Written May 18, 2017
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
SEAB24
Kingston-upon-Hull, UK1,959 contributions
Mar 2013 • Family
We had booked Dialogue in the Dark, an experience that is in total darkness. I had done Dialogue in the Dark on a previous trip to Israel and was keen that we did it as a family. Our allocated slot with an English speaking guide was 1.00pm.
Visited with DW , DS (16), DD (13) and DD (10)
We left our hotel in Causeway Bay just after 11.00 and headed via the MTR over to Kowloon and up towards DiD. We had heard it was difficult to find and so we had taken detailed directions. It was on the 2nd floor of a shopping centre in Nob Hill.
We arrived in good time and had some pizza’s for lunch in a little café in the shopping centre. Overall nice pizzas and good value.
We checked in at DiD and found one other person was joining our group, an American lady called Gillian from New York.
We all locked away our phones, watches and anything else that could be used as a light. The experience started on time and our guide was called Jeremy. We all introduced ourselves (DD10 was particularly excited and confident) so Jeremy could recognise our voices and assist us through the various difference experiences. We went through various rooms, most of which depicted a variety of typical Hong Kong scenes, with the various sounds and smells that you would associate with them.
The main difference was you were in total darkness.
The main scenes and rooms were:
a) A park, with pebbles underneath and you had to cross a river on a little bridge.
b) A boat that you had to climb in and out of and you could hear the sound of the water and feel the boat rocking.
C) The house and you had to smell the cooking, but we could not really smell much.
D) Crossing the road relying on the sound of the Pelican crossing
E) A market stall – you could touch and feel the various different fruits and vegetables on `the stall. DD10had to find an Apple.
F) Trying to identify a car by feeling the mascot and the name. We failed on this.
G) One person hiding in the room and another person had to find them. We almost failed this one!
H) Sitting in a cinema and listening to music and trying to image the pictures from the music.
I) Ordering a drink in a café and handing money over for this. Trying to work out the right combination of coins.
Whilst we were sat down having our drinks, we briefly discussed our experiences and how we felt, and how as the exercise had gone on we stated to feel more comfortable.
The whole experience had lasted about 75 minutes and we all thought it was very interesting and worthwhile.
We left the main room slowly so that our eyes could acclimatise to the light and we said goodbye to our guide, Jeremy.
DD10 was very interested and enthusiastic in the whole experience and we bought her and DD13 a Braille set, so they could practise making the letters.
Overall a very good experience that reminded us how lucky we are to have our sight, and how difficult all the everyday things we take for granted would be if we could not see.
Visited with DW , DS (16), DD (13) and DD (10)
We left our hotel in Causeway Bay just after 11.00 and headed via the MTR over to Kowloon and up towards DiD. We had heard it was difficult to find and so we had taken detailed directions. It was on the 2nd floor of a shopping centre in Nob Hill.
We arrived in good time and had some pizza’s for lunch in a little café in the shopping centre. Overall nice pizzas and good value.
We checked in at DiD and found one other person was joining our group, an American lady called Gillian from New York.
We all locked away our phones, watches and anything else that could be used as a light. The experience started on time and our guide was called Jeremy. We all introduced ourselves (DD10 was particularly excited and confident) so Jeremy could recognise our voices and assist us through the various difference experiences. We went through various rooms, most of which depicted a variety of typical Hong Kong scenes, with the various sounds and smells that you would associate with them.
The main difference was you were in total darkness.
The main scenes and rooms were:
a) A park, with pebbles underneath and you had to cross a river on a little bridge.
b) A boat that you had to climb in and out of and you could hear the sound of the water and feel the boat rocking.
C) The house and you had to smell the cooking, but we could not really smell much.
D) Crossing the road relying on the sound of the Pelican crossing
E) A market stall – you could touch and feel the various different fruits and vegetables on `the stall. DD10had to find an Apple.
F) Trying to identify a car by feeling the mascot and the name. We failed on this.
G) One person hiding in the room and another person had to find them. We almost failed this one!
H) Sitting in a cinema and listening to music and trying to image the pictures from the music.
I) Ordering a drink in a café and handing money over for this. Trying to work out the right combination of coins.
Whilst we were sat down having our drinks, we briefly discussed our experiences and how we felt, and how as the exercise had gone on we stated to feel more comfortable.
The whole experience had lasted about 75 minutes and we all thought it was very interesting and worthwhile.
We left the main room slowly so that our eyes could acclimatise to the light and we said goodbye to our guide, Jeremy.
DD10 was very interested and enthusiastic in the whole experience and we bought her and DD13 a Braille set, so they could practise making the letters.
Overall a very good experience that reminded us how lucky we are to have our sight, and how difficult all the everyday things we take for granted would be if we could not see.
Written August 4, 2013
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
kwaibigmonkey
Hong Kong62 contributions
Jun 2013 • Friends
This very interesting experience gives you an insight into how visually-impaired people cope in their everyday lives. First, we had a briefing session where a guide explains some of the methods used to help blind people and then we learnt how to write in Braille.
The tour itself takes particpants through 5 different environments - a park, a ferry ride, a market, a theatre and a cafe. Each environment presents opportunities to use your non-visual senses, e.g. we could feel a cool breeze, touch different types of objects, listen to various sounds. In the cafe we could order a drink and Orea cookies. When sharing a table, our guide, Henry, warned us that we should keep our hands on our drinks lest we pick up somebody else's!
This is more of a learning experience than a regular tourist attraction, however it is a rewarding one.
Make sure you visit their website to check out the directions because it is a little out of the way. You can also find video directions on YouTube.
The 75-minute tour is in complete darkness - don't worry though, just take your time, take small steps, listen to your guide and enjoy the experience.
At the end, we get to see again unlike those who are permanently blind.
The tour itself takes particpants through 5 different environments - a park, a ferry ride, a market, a theatre and a cafe. Each environment presents opportunities to use your non-visual senses, e.g. we could feel a cool breeze, touch different types of objects, listen to various sounds. In the cafe we could order a drink and Orea cookies. When sharing a table, our guide, Henry, warned us that we should keep our hands on our drinks lest we pick up somebody else's!
This is more of a learning experience than a regular tourist attraction, however it is a rewarding one.
Make sure you visit their website to check out the directions because it is a little out of the way. You can also find video directions on YouTube.
The 75-minute tour is in complete darkness - don't worry though, just take your time, take small steps, listen to your guide and enjoy the experience.
At the end, we get to see again unlike those who are permanently blind.
Written June 27, 2013
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
DiD
Hong Kong, China
Dear Iwakuni San,
Thank you for your interest in Dialogue in the Dark! Yes, we are open from 1030am to 7pm daily. You can make the bookings at our website: Please specify if you need English tours at the bookings. Look forward to meeting you at DiD.
Regards
DiDHK
Written November 16, 2018
I just booked a tour for November, am I supposed to print off a voucher, or will a ticket be mailed to me, or do I just show you my ID when I arrive?
Written October 4, 2016
Thank you for your enquiry. Please show your ID and tell us your phone number is fine.
Look forward to seeing you in November.
Written October 6, 2016
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