Kowloon to Guangzhou ferry

Ferries from Kowloon to Guangzhou start at €21.77 and take 4h 24m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Kowloon to Guangzhou starts at €21.77 and takes 4h 24m door to door, run by 2 operators over 147 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 24mDoor to door
  • 2h 28mMoving
  • €21.77 to €36.64From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 4.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€21.77 to €36.64 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 €27.29Fri25
  2. about €36.64Sat26
  3. about €25.64Sun27
  4. about €22.89Mon28
  5. about €25.08Tue29
  6. about €25.08Wed30
  7. about €22.33Thu1
  8. about €23.43Fri2
  9. about €23.43Sat3
  10. about €23.98Sun4
  11. about €22.33Mon5
  12. about €21.77Tue6
  13. about €22.33Wed7
  14. about €21.77Thu8

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€21.77
  1. CKS CK865607:302h 43m10:13KOWLOON虎門港澳客運碼頭
  2. Guangshen Railway Company GR556611:4131m12:12Humendong Railway StationGuangzhou railway station

Changes at Humen, with 88 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 49mCO2 3.9 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
Guangshen Railway Company140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Guangzhou for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Guangzhou railway 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou

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

  1. €21.7790 days
  2. €21.7760 days
  3. €21.7745 days
  4. €21.7830 days
  5. €21.7721 days
  6. €21.7714 days
  7. €22.337 days
  8. €25.643 days
  9. €27.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 25 percent. The most expensive point is €27.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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. €23.98Sun
  2. €22.33Mon
  3. €21.77Tue
  4. €22.33Wed
  5. €21.77Thu
  6. €23.43Fri
  7. €23.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kowloon

Ferry
  • KOWLOON
  • Kowloon City Ferry Pier

Guangzhou

Ferry
  • Tianzi Pier
  • Bai'etan Art Center Ferry Pier
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 147 km against 131 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bao'an, Humen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Kowloon 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou

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 Kowloon to Guangzhou take?

The Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 2h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 147 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou cost?

The Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou starts at €21.77 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €23.98. 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou?

2 operators run the Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou: CKS, 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou use?

The Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou leaves from KOWLOON and arrives at Guangzhou railway 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou?

Fares for the Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 25 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou produce?

The Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou produces about 4.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 147 km, which works out at roughly 28 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou?

Operators on the Ferry from Kowloon to Guangzhou publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Power outlets, Restaurant, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 24m 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 Kowloon to Guangzhou on September 24, 2026: 147 km of route against 131 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 4h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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