Atlas of China
Hong Kong to Guilin 香港 – 桂林
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3½ hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥438. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainHong Kong West Kowloon 香港西九龙 → Guilin West 桂林西 | 3 h 2 minG908, fastest | 3½ hours | ¥438standard class | 310:02–11:52 |
By train
3 direct high-speed trains a day run from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Guilin West, between 10:02 and 11:52. The fastest, G908, takes 3 h 2 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥438. Coming back, 3 trains a day, the fastest 3 h 11 min (G907, 12:41 to 15:43).
Hong Kong: Hong Kong has its own immigration controls; high-speed trains from Shenzhen and Guangzhou arrive at West Kowloon. Guilin: Guilin West and central Guilin station also have high-speed trains, so check which one your train uses.
By air
No nonstop flights.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Hong Kong and on to Guilin, so the trip can be broken there.
- Guangzhou 广州 130 km from Hong Kong · 48 min there, 2 h 4 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Guilin.
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Li River & Yangshuo 漓江与阳朔
Limestone peaks, bamboo rafts and bike rides through rice paddies
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Longji Rice Terraces 龙脊梯田
Rice paddies stacked up the mountains like the scales on a dragon's back
Around Hong Kong: Victoria Harbour, Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping, Victoria Peak.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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About Hong Kong · About Guilin · Where Hong Kong reaches in a day · All routes
Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.