There are 6 ways to get from Busan to Sanya by plane, bus, ferry, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport
best- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX)plane PUS - SYX
9h 38m¥1,623–3,224Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Haikou Airport (HAK)plane PUS - HAK
- Take the train from Meilan to Sanya Stationtrain
10h 55m¥1,200–3,143Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Busan Central Bus Terminal to Seoul Express Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Seoul Central City Bus Terminal to Dangjin Bus Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Pyeongtaek Dangjin Port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Rizhao Portferry
- Take the train from Rizhao West to Hankoutrain
- Take the bus from Wuhan to Sanyabus
2d 9h¥1,770–2,383Ferry, car ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Osaka International Ferry Terminalferry
- Take the carferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Guilin Northtrain
- Take the bus from Guilin North to Sanyabus
3d 20h¥2,602–4,731Train to Daegu International Airport, fly to Sanya Phoenix International Airport
- Take the train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX)plane TAE - SYX
11h 4m¥1,393–4,361Ferry, car ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Osaka International Ferry Terminalferry
- Take the carferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Take the train from Shanghai South to Haikou Stationtrain
- Take the train from Haikou Station to Sanya Stationtrain
4d 11h¥2,019–4,355
Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Busan to Sanya is to fly which costs ¥1600 - ¥3300 and takes 9h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Busan to Sanya is to fly which takes 9h 38m and costs ¥1600 - ¥3300.
The distance between Busan and Sanya is 2719 km.
The best way to get from Busan to Sanya without a car is to ferry and car ferry and train and bus which takes 3 days 20h and costs ¥2600 - ¥4800.
It takes approximately 9h 38m to get from Busan to Sanya, including transfers.
Sanya is 1h behind Busan. It is currently 5:08 AM in Busan and 4:08 AM in Sanya.
There are 200+ hotels available in Sanya.
What companies run services between Busan, South Korea and Sanya, China?
Shanghai Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and 10 other airlines fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,500
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,100
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,600
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,100
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,900
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥650–3,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,300
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,500
- Website
- cdal.com.cn
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Sanya Phoenix International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–4,100
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Haikou Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–3,900
Train from Rizhao West to Hankou
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥480–530
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥800–900
- Business Class Seat
- ¥1,100–1,700
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Guilin North
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥650–750
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥1,100–1,250
- Business Class Seat
- ¥1,600–2,400
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥80–150
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ¥80–110
- First Class
- ¥100–150
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥90–200
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ¥90–200
- First Class
- ¥130–190
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥43–44
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ¥43–44
Train from Meilan to Sanya Station
- Adult - second class
- ¥90–130
Train from Haikou Station to Sanya Station
- Adult - second class
- ¥100–150
Train from Shanghai South to Haikou Station
- Hard Seat
- ¥220–310
- Hard sleeper
- ¥400–550
- Soft sleeper
- ¥650–850
Train from Haikou Station to Sanya Station
- Hard Seat
- ¥60–85
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥90–110
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥160–240
- Phone
- +82 1644 9030
- Website
- kobus.co.kr
Bus from Busan Central Bus Terminal to Seoul Express Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥130–220
- Schedules at
- kobus.co.kr
- Book at
- klook.com
- Excellent
- ¥190–220
- Economy
- ¥130–160
Bus from Seoul Central City Bus Terminal to Dangjin Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥30–65
- Schedules at
- kobus.co.kr
- Book at
- kobus.co.kr
- Excellent
- ¥45–65
- Economy
- ¥30–45
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Guilin North to Sanya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥240–358
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥240–340
- Phone
- +82 31 686 7258
- Website
- rizhaoferry.co.kr
Ferry from Pyeongtaek Dangjin Port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Rizhao Port
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥730–906
- Schedules at
- rizhaoferry.co.kr
- Deluxe
- ¥906
- Business
- ¥730
- Phone
- +82 1577 9996
- Website
- panstarcruise.com
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥906–2,516
- Schedules at
- panstarcruise.com
- Balcony Suite
- ¥2,516
- Ocean View Cabin
- ¥1,258
- Inside Cabin
- ¥1,007
- Family
- ¥906
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥906–2,516
- Schedules at
- panstarcruise.com
- Balcony Suite
- ¥2,516
- Ocean View Cabin
- ¥1,258
- Inside Cabin
- ¥1,007
- Family
- ¥906
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥847–1,059
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥847
- 1st Class
- ¥1,059
- Special Class
- ¥1,695
- VIP
- ¥4,236
Car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥847–1,059
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥847
- 1st Class
- ¥1,059
- Special Class
- ¥1,695
- VIP
- ¥4,236
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