Hong Kong to Shenzhen ferry

Ferries from Hong Kong to Shenzhen start at €18.47 and take 6h 1m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Hong Kong to Shenzhen starts at €18.47 and takes 6h 1m door to door, run by 3 operators over 141 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 1mDoor to door
  • 3h 18mMoving
  • €18.47 to €25.09From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 3.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€18.47 to €25.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €25.09Thu24
  2. about €19.03Fri25
  3. about €19.59Sat26
  4. about €19.03Sun27
  5. about €18.47Mon28
  6. about €18.47Tue29
  7. about €18.47Wed30
  8. about €18.47Thu1
  9. about €18.47Fri2
  10. about €18.47Sat3
  11. about €18.47Sun4
  12. about €18.47Mon5
  13. about €18.47Tue6
  14. about €18.47Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Cheapest€18.47
  1. CKS CK888507:302h 22m09:52HONG KONG (ALL PORTS)九州港客运码头
  2. 永東巴士 S-139711:261h 3m12:29山房驿站Shenzhen Bay Port

Changes at Zhuhai, with 94 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 6mCO2 3.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€22.34
  1. CKS CK795707:302h 48m10:18HONG KONG (ALL PORTS)虎門港澳客運碼頭
  2. Guangshen Railway Company GR590811:5430m12:24Humendong Railway StationShenzhen North station

Changes at Humen, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 1mCO2 3.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
CKS33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
永東巴士72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
Guangshen Railway Company140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The ferry gets you into Shenzhen. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Shenzhen for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Shenzhen North station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Hong Kong to Shenzhen

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €18.4790 days
  2. €18.4760 days
  3. €18.4745 days
  4. €18.4730 days
  5. €18.4721 days
  6. €18.4714 days
  7. €18.477 days
  8. €19.593 days
  9. €25.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €18.47.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 36 percent. The most expensive point is €25.09, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €18.47Sun
  2. €18.47Mon
  3. €18.47Tue
  4. €18.47Wed
  5. €18.47Thu
  6. €18.47Fri
  7. €18.47Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Hong Kong

Ferry
  • HONG KONG (ALL PORTS)
  • HONG KONG AIRPORT
  • Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Landing
  • WestK Quay

Shenzhen

Ferry
  • SHENZHEN AIRPORT
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 141 km against 32 km in a straight line, a detour of 331 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Zhuhai, Humen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 94 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hong Kong at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Hong Kong to Shenzhen

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen take?

The Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen takes 6h 1m door to door, of which 3h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 141 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen cost?

The Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen starts at €18.47 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €20.41. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen?

3 operators run the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen: CKS, 永東巴士, Guangshen Railway Company. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen use?

The Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen leaves from HONG KONG (ALL PORTS) and arrives at Shenzhen North station. Allow about 1h 7m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen?

Fares for the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €18.47. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 36 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen produce?

The Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen produces about 3.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 141 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen?

Operators on the Ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Power outlets, Restaurant, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 1m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hong Kong to Shenzhen on September 23, 2026: 141 km of route against 32 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €18.47, and 6h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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