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By
bus:
Chengdu -- Jiuzhaigou:
See Chengdu
Bus Schedule
Chengdu
Xingnanmen Bus Station, a first
class coach (RMB 93) leaves at around 8:00. The journey
takes 12 hours, including 10 hours drive, one hour lunch
and one hour to visit a Tibetan monastery. The coach returns
from Jiuzhaigou to Chengdu around 8.00. It is better to
buy the ticket one day before you leave. Warning:
Except the lunch break, the drivers
would also make two to three stopovers for visiting shops,
and monasteries. Commodities sold at these shops are more
expensive than elsewhere. Be
careful with a monastery after Songpan, where some charming
young girls welcome the tourists. They invented
all kinds of stories to make people believe that the jewels
sold at this monastery would bring good luck and fortune.
It was heard that the monastery paid RMB100 to each driver
for bringing tourists and travelers to them.
Chengdu Chadianzi Bus Station (Ximen
Bus Station) has several buses
dispatched to Jiuzhaigou, including one sleeping bus.
Jiuzhaigou
--> Huanglong
--> Songpan
When we visited Jiuzhaigou in 2001,
there was no direct bus connection between Jiuzhaigou and
Huanglong. The best way to visit Huanglong was to rent a minibus
(for 6 persons) from Jiuzhaigou for this one-day trip. We
managed to find two couples to share the minibus. Normally
it should not be a problem as most individual travelers would
like to visit Huanglong.
Since
2004, the Jiuzhaigou airport has daily buses connecting Jiuzhaigou
and Huanglong. Songpan is close to the Jiuzhaigou airport.
It is said that the bus link exists between Songpan and Huanglong.
But we don't have detailed information.
A
new option: by air
Jiuzhaigou
airport was inaugurated several days before the National Day
in 2003. It is located in Zhuanzhusi 川主寺 ,
10 minutes by bus to Songpan, 2 hours to Jiuzhaigou, and 1
hour to Huanglong.
From Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, there are 6 to 8 daily flights.
Fixed Fare: Y410.
From Chongqing to Jiuzhaigou, 2 flights a day.
All flights are run by Southwest Airline and Sichuan Airline.
The new
airport has buses running between the following places: (Info
Source: www.57go.com)
From
the airport to Huanglong or Jiuzhaigou: Departures are available
for both places upon the arrival of each flight.
Airport
-> Jiuzhaigou: One way Y45, 88km, 1.5 - 2 hours.
Airport -> Huanglong: One way Y22, 43km, 1 hours.
Jiuzhaigou
-> Airport: Daily 6:00, 7:00, 17:30
Jiuzhaigou -> Huanglong: Daily 7:00
Huanglong -> Jiuzhaigou: Daily 15:00, 17:00
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