Shangri-la Transportation
Air
Shangri-la Airport
Covering an area of 225 hectares, it is one of the biggest airports in the northwest of Yunnan Province. Shangri-La Airport offers flights to Kunming, Chengdu, Lhasa, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Modernizd Shangri-la Airport is a 24-hour airport inside the Yunnan Province with its geology, geomorphology, climatic conditions all being suitable. It is the air corridor flying to Kunming, Tibet and Southern Asia countries.
- Address: Diqing city Yunnnan province
- Tel: 86 887 8229916
Diqing Civil Airport
Located in Gezanba, it is one of the biggest airports in the northwest of the Yunnan Province. Airplane for flight is Boeing737 and 700 aircraft.
There are flights to Lhasa, Chengdu, Beijing(via Kunming), Shanghai, Shenzhen(via Guiyang), Guangzhou, Kunming and Xishuangbanna.
- Airport Information Tel：0887-8229901
City Transportation
Shangri-la to Deqen
There are 4 scheduled buses from Zhongdian Bus Station（0887-8223501）to Deqen every morning：7:20, 8:20, 9:20, 12:00，it will take 5、6 hours and costs 33 RMB. Lunch is offered at Benzilan during the trip. The scenery along the road is extremely beautiful, tourists can enjoy the scenery of Napahai Lake, Jinsha River Grand Gorge, Benzhilan, Dongzhuling Monastery and Baimang Snow Mountain.
The last scheduled bus from Deqen to Shangri-la is 3:00pm.
- Telephone of Deqen Long-distance Bus Station：0887-8412115(Shangri-la 81km Benzilan 23km Dongzhuling Monastery 44km Baimang Snow Mountain 35km Deqen)
Deqen to Mingyong Glacier and Xidang Village
There are scheduled buses from Deqen Bus Station to Mingyong Glacier every day( Via the Feilai Temple), one-hour trip and costs RMB13. Also, buses are available to Xidang Village( a must-be road to Yubeng village).
Coach/Bus
Highways are main means of transportation for tourists to get to the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Diqing connects Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet, network of communication lines is formed with Yunnan-Tibet highway, Sichuan-Tibet highway and Kangding-Tibet being main roads. In a word, it is convenient for tourists to go to tourist attractions in Shangri-la by highway, but some scenic spots such as Bitahai Lake, tourists have to get there on horseback.
Kunming to Shangri-la
The mileage from Kunming to Shangri-la is 720 kilometers, via Zhuxiong and Dali. Tourists can go directly to the Zhongding county seat by high-speed passenger bus in Kunming Passenger Transport Bus Station(No60 Beijing Road, next to Jinhua Hotel, Telephone: 0871-3511534、0871-3511309).It will take 12 hours to get to the destination and costs RMB145.The bus starts at 6:00am and 18:00pm.every day.
In addition, there are also passenger buses to the Zhongdian county seat in Kunming West Passenger Transport Station(Tele:：08715326258)and Kunming South Passenger Transport Station（Tele：08713544574）
- South Passenger Transport Station to Zhongdian，deluxe bus, starting time: 8:20
- West Passenger Transport Station to Zhongdian, deluxe bus, starting time: 9:00
- Huatupo to Zhongdian，sleeping bus, buses are available at 15:00 - 19:00
Lijiang to Shangri-la( The price below is base on the information of July 29, 2008.)
The mileage from Lijiang to Shangri-la is about 187 kilometers, there are 3 - 5 scheduled buses from 7:00 - 15:00 every day. The fee is RMB45.
The mileage from Dali to Shangri-la is about 300 kilometers. It costs 63 RMB from Dali to Zhongdian by mini-bus.
Panzhihua Sichuan to Shangri-la
The mileage from Panzhihua to Shangri-la is about 470 kilometers, there are several scheduled buses from Panzhihua( Jinjiang) Transport Station to Zhongdian. It costs RMB90 for sleeping bus and RMB60 for hard seat.
Zhongdian Long-distance Bus Station：Middle Section of Zhangzheng Road Tel：0887-8223501
Taxi
RMB5 in the city and RMB15 to the airport.
Transportation Tips
Since scenic spots in Shangri-la is far away from each other and timetable for scheduled buses sometimes will be changed, please get clear information from the local bus station before setting forth, including timetable for scheduled buses and road condition, etc. Please make sure the rate if going by a charter bus.
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Hi Claudia, you can take bus from Dali North Bus Station to Shangri-la. The bus is available from 6:30 to 12:00, every 1 hour and takes about 8hrs.
Whitney Liao Replied on 2013-04-23Hi Patricia, it will arrive at Shangri-la Bus Station. Sorry, I didn't find the exact location of Kunlun Tang Inn, so I suggest that you take a cab to get there.
Whitney Liao Replied on 2013-04-14
Hi Pam, you can take bus or train from Kunming to Lijiang first, then change another bus to Leaping Tiger Gorge.
Whitney Liao Replied on 2013-03-18