Haikou is the capital of Hainan Province, China's second largest island. With the sea on three sides, Haikou enjoys a long coastline and it has contributed a lot to the excellent marine transportation. Therefore it is extremely convenient for tourists to come here enjoying a good holiday.
Haikou Meilan Airport is located in the Meilan town of Qiongshan City; it is 25 kilometers away from Haikou City. There are domestic and international routes which operate in this airport currently. Airport buses start running every morning at 6:00 until the last flight and the interval time is usually 30 minutes. There are also free rides not far from the entrance of Civil Aviation Hotel in Haixiu Road and these buses are from Southern Airlines. Hainan airline flights provide free bus rides and they are located in the urban areas of the old airport terminal. You can also take Bus NO.41, 21 or a taxi to the city center.
By train
Railways have been built around the island of Hainan and these railways can be divided into the West Circle Railway and East Circle Railway. The existing West Circle Railway is an ordinary railway mainly used for passenger transport and freight; the East Circle Railway is a high-speed railway which operates MU trains. East Circle Railway was first put into use on December 30, 2010 and at the same time West Circle Railway also held its foundation stone laying ceremony the next day, that the West Circle Railway would build the new high-speed trains for passenger in the base of existing ordinary railway to form a high-speed railway framework around the entire island.
Furthermore, the undersea tunnel is being planned too. After the completion of it, the traffic connections between the mainland and Hainan Island will be more convenient!
By ship
There are two ports in Haikou, they are New Port and Xiuying Port. The total of passenger liners bound for Hong Kong, mainland coastal areas and other cities can be up to 40 people. Among these two ports, Haikou New Port is mainly operating passenger transportation and car ferries which will head to Zhanjiang and Haian, while Haikou New Port is mainly operating routes to Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang, Haian, Shekou, and Beihai.
Main routes from major port cities to Haikou:
Guangzhou - Haikou,
Ferry routes are set from Huangpu LaoGang Ferry Terminal every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. The first ship sails at 3:30 am and takes about 18 hours to get to Haikou.
Zhanjiang - Haikou
There is one route at 21:00 every day, sailing time is about eight hours.
Shenzhen - Haikou
There are ferry routes on weekdays.
The North Sea – Haikou
There is only one route every day.
Haian – Haikou
There are routes every half hour and operates 24 hours.