8 August 2008
Jiuzhai Valley and Northern Sichuan Tourism, Official Re-Opening:
Although Jiuzhai Valley or Huanglong National Parks in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of northern Sichuan did not experience any significant damage as a result of the May 12th earthquake, the national government restricted access to organised tourism to most of the northern Sichuan region. During this time Jiuzhai Valley and Huanglong National Parks continued to welcome tourists that travelled independently.
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1 September 2008
New Jiuzhai Valley National Park english language website:
Welcome to the new version of the Jiuzhai Valley National Park website, we are adding new content constently, so please check back again soon. We hope you enjoy it!

Plan your visit

Getting here and away

Bus to Jiuzhai Valley

From Chengdu to Jiuzhai Valley:
(approx 10 hours)

Chadianzi*

Off peak – 08:00, 14:00
Peak – 07:20, 08:00, 14:00

As of 22 September 2008 - Every morning 8am only.
Cost 121 RMB

Xinanmen*

Off Peak – 07:45, 08:00
Peak – 07:20, 08:00, 14:00

As of 22 September 2008 - Every morning 8am only.
Cost 147 RMB

From Jiangyou

Every morning 8am
Cost 90 RMB

From Songpan

Every morning 7:30am
Cost 32 RMB

From Mianyang

Every morning 6:30am
Cost 95 RMB

Bus from Jiuzhai Valley

To Chengdu – 06:30, 08:00 and 13:00 (from Nanping) 115 / 125 RMB
To Songpan (from Nanping but arrives in JZG at approx:) – 07:30, 12:50
To Jiangyou* – 7:20am 75 RMB 6 hrs.
To Mianyang – 07:20 85 RMB 8hrs
To Huanglong (May-October) – 07:00, 07:30 40 RMB 3hrs
To Ma Er Kang (from Nanping but arrives in JZG at:) – 07:30 145 RMB 12hrs

Busses to Dujiangyan, Guangyuan, Wenchuan have been cancelled temporarily. When they come back on line the times will be updated here.

*National train connections are available from Jiangyou.

From Songpan

To Ruoergai – 6am

From Ruoergai
To Lin Xia via Langmusi – 06:30
To He Zuo via Langmusi – 06:30
To Tie Bu via Langmusi – 09:30
To Langmusi – 14:30

*Busses to Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, leave from He Zuo as well as other stations along the Songpan – He Zuo route.

Train

From Jiangyou to Xian via Guangyuan (approx 13 hrs)

02:17 (Xian South) 15:06 15:50 17:33 (Xian South)
19:08 20:46 21:58 22:31
23:05 (Xian South) 23:21 23:53

Train from Jiangyou to Guangyuan

Approx 30 a day.

From Xian to Jiangyou

00:26 (Xian South) 03:59 05:57 13:04 (Xian South)
13:20 13:52 14:30 17:20
20:07 21:05 (Xian South) 22:18

From Jiangyou train lines link up to almost all national routes through Baoji or Chengdu. The closest popular destinations being Xian in Shaan Xi province and Lanzhou in Gansu province which connects to the world’s highest railway in the world to Lhasa, Tibet.

Plane

Flights to Jiuzhai Valley from Chengdu:

Off-peak – 15 flights a day.
Peak – 23 flights a day.

Please check with your travel provider for exact times.

The following airlines fly to Jiuzhaigou:

Sichuan Air
South China Airways
Air China
China Eastern

From the airport to Jiuzhai Valley

Taxis from the airport to Jiuzhai Valley are set at 200 RMB all inclusive.

There is also a mini bus that will travel if it has at least 5 people. This bus costs 45 RMB per person to Jiuzhai Valley. It is also possible to get the mini bus to Huanglong and then to Jiuzhai Valley which costs 100 RMB per person (minimum of 5 people)

Day time taxi prices from the airport are set as follows (night time prices are higher):

Airport – Jiuzhai Valley 200 RMB
Airport – Huanglong 180 RMB
Airport – Mu Ni Gou 180 RMB
Airport – Songpan 70 RMB
Airport – Chuan Zhu Si 40 RMB

Driving

To drive from Chengdu there are a number of options:

1. Chengdu – Mianyang – Jiangyou – Pingwu – Nanping - Jiuzhaigou (total 475km)
2. Chengdu – Wenchuan - Lixian County – Songpan - Jiuzhaigou (total 792km)

From Xi’An:

1. Xian – Guangyuan – Zhaohua – Wenxian - Jiuzhaigou.

From Lanzhou:

1. Lanzhou - Ruo'ergai – Songpan - Jiuzhaigou (total 946km).
2. Lanzhou - Wenxian - Jiuzhaigou (total 906km).

From Dari (Qinghai):

1. Dari – Aba County – Hongyuan Grasslands – Maiwazhangla - Jiuzhaigou

Travel agencies

Info coming soon.