Destination Hong Kong

How to Travel in Hong Kong?

Arrival

Hong Kong is a key aviation hub of Asia served by more than 80 airlines providing connections to major cities throughout the world. Hong Kong Internetional Airport is one of the world’s best and most modern airports offering a comprehensive range of facilities and services to travellers entering and leaving Hong Kong. The airport offers arriving passengers direct access to train, bus, taxi and hotel transport, as well as high-speed ferries to Mainland China and Macau.

Transfers into the centre of Hong Kong to most hotels would be around 35-45 minutes at best depending on traffic conditions and time of day.

Moving on

Hong Kong is geographically compact and boasts one of the world’s most efficient, safe, affordable and frequent public transport systems. Whether by taxi, ferry, rail, bus or tram, you can get around easily and catch wonderful glimpses of the city along the way.

Hong Kong is linked to a number of neighbouring ports in China, Shekou (Shenzhen), Macau, Zhongshan, Humen (Dongguan) and ZhuhaiShekou (Shenzhen) by high-speed ferries serving Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Hong Kong International Airport off Lantau Island. Passengers can transit into or out of the Pearl River Delta region via SkyPier in Hong Kong International Airport without the need to pass through HK Customs and Immigration formalities.

Via Lo Wu and Lok Ma ChauTravellers entering Hong Kong from Mainland China at the Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau checkpoint can take the local MTR train into town after passing through Hong Kong Immigration. MTR runs regular through-train intercity services between Guangdong Province, Beijing and Shanghai.

Flexibility

Most of the populace uses public transportation, the cheapest and most efficient means of getting around in crowded Hong Kong. Buses are the most readily available and the most used form of public transport and incorporate a minibus service as well. A rapid transit system, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), connects the main districts of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon with areas as far away as Tsuen Wan in the New Territories. The Kowloon Canton Railway (KCR) runs between Kowloon and Lo Wu, on the border of Hong Kong and mainland China. In the New Territories, the Light Rail Transit (LRT) connects Tuen Mun with Yuen Long. On Hong Kong Island, there is a funicular that connects the Central District with Victoria Peak, and a tram that runs along the island’s northern side. Numerous ferry and hovercraft ply the waters among Hong Kong’s numerous islands and link them with Kowloon and the New Territories.

Hong Kong is the destination of a lifetime and visiting this dynamic city as part of an ocean cruise will surely ranks as one of life’s greatest pleasures.