Guangzhou port China

Guangzhou is located beside the Pearl River, and it is one of the most famous port cities in China. The Pearl River is the second largest navigable canal in China, only ranked after the Yangtze River. Passengers can take ship to Hong Kong, Macau and Haikou.

There are totally many ports in Guangzhou, including Humen Port, Xinsha Port, Huangpu Port, Nansha Port and many other inner ports. The ship routes links Guangzhou to hundreds of ports including domestic ports and abroad ports. Most of these ports are cargo ports. However, three ports provides service of passenger transport: Panyu Lotus Mountain Port provides high speed passenger liners to Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal in Hong Kong daily, Huangpu Port offers ships to Xiuying Port in Haikou and Nansha Port operates ships to Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal in Macau.

Lotus Mountain Port 莲花山港口

It takes about 30 minutes from Guangzhou urban area to Panyu Lotus Mountain Port, and that from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is 1 hour.

• Address: Panyu District, Guangzhou (广州番禺区)
• Tel: 020-8465 9906, 8465 9907

Huangpu Port 黄埔码头

• Address: Huangpu District, Guangzhou (广州黄浦区)
• How to Get There: Passengers can get to Tianhe Sport Center or Dongshankou by subway, and then transfer to Bus 50 to get to Huangpu Port. Buses 24, 43 and 292 link Guangzhou East Station with the port.

Nansha Port 南沙港口

• Address: 2 Nan Er Road, Shangmao Avenue, Haibin Xincheng (海滨新城商贸大道南2路)
• Tel: 020-8468 8963

From Guangzhou to Hong Kong

One course takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes, and it would stop ticket checking 10 minutes before the ship’s setting sail. The followings are the timetables for ship between Guangzhou Lotus Mountain Port and Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal.

From Guangzhou Lotus Mountain Port to Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal

From Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal to Guangzhou Lotus Mountain Port

The timetable of the ticket fare per person

From Guangzhou to Macau

Taking a ship from Guangzhou to Macau only costs 80 minutes, comparing with about 2.5 hours by land transport. The ship is available in every weekend, departs at 13:45 from Guangzhou Nansha Port to Macau, and goes back at 15:50 from Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal. Ticket fare for a round trip per adult costs 360 yuan.

Haikou to Guangzhou Cruise

There are boats from Haikou to Guangzhou every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The boat depart from Haikou Xiuying Port (秀英码头) at 15:30 and arrive at Guangzhou Nansha Huangge Town Zai Island Port (南沙黄阁镇沙仔岛码头) at 8:30 the next day. The journey takes about 18 hours.