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Hengqin

Hengqin, also referred to as Ilha da Montanha, is an island that lies mostly in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of China.

Hengqin
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The place

Hengqin, also referred to as Ilha da Montanha, is an island that lies mostly in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin are leased to Macau by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, starting from 2009, mostly to house the new campus of the University of Macau. In the leased parts of the island, Macanese law applies.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hengqin

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Macau

    The University of Macau is a Macau public university located on Hengqin Island on land leased to Macau. It was established by the Macau legislature in 1991 and has been funded by the Government of Macau since then.

    3.8 km · university in Macau · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

    Chimelong Ocean Kingdom is a theme park situated in Hengqin, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China. It was designed by PGAV Destinations.

    3 km · theme park situated in Hengqin, Zhuhai, China · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Chimelong International Ocean Resort

    Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort is a theme park resort located in Hengqin, Zhuhai, China and owned by Chimelong Group. The resort currently consists of two theme parks, two theaters and four themed hotels.

    3 km · theme park-resort in China · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hengqin International Tennis Center

    Hengqin International Tennis Center is a tennis stadium complex in the central section of Hengqin island in Zhuhai. It is operated by Huafa Sports, part of the Zhuhai Huafa Group.

    2.3 km · Tennis stadium complex · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Hengqin

Airports
Macau (MFM), 9 km · Zhuhai Jinwan (ZUH), 19 km · Hong Kong (HKG), 47 km
Stations
Zhuhai Changlong railway station, 3 km · Hengqin Railway Station, 3.8 km
  • Hong Kong → Hengqin
    67 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · HK$70–95
  • Shenzhen → Hengqin
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · ¥42–55
  • Guangzhou (Huadu) → Hengqin
    151 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · ¥70–90
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hengqin

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hengqin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inSee the Macau guide for ferry services to Macau.
  • Get inThe Taipa Ferry Terminal is close to Cotai, and there is a shuttle to the Venetian and light rail service.
  • Get inCotai Water Jet runs HK-Macau ferries to the Taipa Ferry Terminal.
  • Get inThe Macau LRT runs in a U-shape through Cotai, linking it with the airport and Taipa Ferry Terminal in Taipa and the southwest tip of Macau Peninsula at Barra.
  • Get inFor instance, the Venetian has free shuttles that run to the ferry wharf and the border gate frequently from early until late.

From Wikivoyage: Macau/Cotai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    560 km
  2. 02
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    795 km
  3. 03
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    828 km
  4. 04
    Sa PaVN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    993 km
  5. 05
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,108 km

If you know how people move in Hengqin – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Hengqin

Hengqin is 10 km from Macau, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.