Taking a Direct Bus from Guangzhou to Hong Kong Airport

Schedule of the daily direct buses going from Guangzhou to Hong Kong

There are a number of ways to go from Guangzhou to the Hong Kong Airport by bus:

   1. By Guangzhou bus to HK, then take the HK transit system directly to the airport

  2.  By train from Guangzhou to HK, then take the HK bus to the airport

   3. By special coaches from Guangzhou, going directly to the HK airport

Rosedale Hotel - where we purchased coach tickets from Guangzhou to Hong Kong Airport

We chose option 3 with the coaches operated privately by a local tour company.

We bought the tickets the day before and  were picked up at the Rosedale Hotel at 7:30am.

We took a taxi from our hotel to board the coach going directly to Hong Kong 

The whole bus ride  including clearing customs would take about  four hours.

We passed by a few famous areas

First, we board a big highway coach at the Rosedale hotel.

The coach made a couple more stops on its way to pick up more passengers.

We enjoyed the scenery from Guangzhou to Hong Kong in our coach

After we crossed over the Chinese border, we were transferred  to a van as there were 6 of us going directly to the HK airport only.

Entering  Hong Kong by bus from Guangzhou was not too bad 

The best part about this ride was that we did not need to get off the vehicle at all when crossing to the Hong Kong immigration  as the travel company handled the crossing from within the vehicle with all our documents and information ready.

Chinese Immigration Inspection 

This ride cost 220 RMB per person which was about $ 45.00 Canadian.  I knew we could pay a much cheaper fare by taking the public bus, but we would have to run around changing buses a few times going through the custom twice and dragging all our luggage once at the Chinese border and then again at the HK custom.

Waiting to clear customs at the Hong Kong border

The direct coach was worth it as it saved us all these troubles and the possibility of missing one of the public buses and possibly causing us to miss our plane back to Canada.

Patience was required when crossing border from one place to another

Crossing the border from Guangzhou, China into Hong Kong took a little while as the custom officials poured over the documents carefully.

People just needed to be patient and wait for the process to finish.

We arrived at the Hong Kong Airport with plenty of time for lunch

It was a very comfortable, air conditioned ride.

We arrived at the Hong Kong Airport at around 12pm without any incident and with plenty of time for a nice lunch there.

A great way to end our adventure in China!

Tips - Whether you are taking the public bus or the private coach, you need to be aware that there is no washroom facility on the long distance buses in China. Therefore, you need to be prepared for the ride and not to drink too much liquid in the morning.

R.T.

Guangzhou Bus to
Hong Kong