5 June 2009
World Environment Day:
Jiuzhai Valley National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be supporting UNEP World Environment Day on June 5th. The theme of this year’s World Environment Day – “Your planet needs you” – is meant to inspire all of us to do our part.
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1 June 2009
Children’s Day:
June the 1st is International Children’s day and on that day all children under the age of 14 will enjoy free admission to Jiuzhai Valley National Park.
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12 May 2009
The busiest day in the history of Jiuzhai Valley National Park.:
A big thank you to all the friends and guests who came to Jiuzhai Valley on the 12th of May 2009. It was the busiest day in the history of Jiuzhai Valley and provided a much needed boost to the local economy.
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12 May 2009
Earthquake anniversary ceremony:
To cememorate the devestating Sichuan earthquake and those who lost their lives, Jiuzhai Valley will offer free entry to everybody on May 12th 2009.
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Spring 2009 Update
Spring time has arrived in Jiuzhai Valley and so the park’s opening hour’s will be 7am – 6:30pm from May 1st.
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1 April 2009
2nd day ticket from April 1st 2009:
From April 1st until June 30th 2009 your entry ticket is valid for two days (bus ticket is valid for one day).
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Eco-Tourism 2009
Eco-tourism, including hiking and camping is close to being opened in the park for the first time this year.
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1 March 2009
Jiuzhai Valley in the March ‘09 issue of the National Geographic Magazine.
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Plan your visit

Getting here and away

Bus

Times as of June 1st 2009 unless otherwise stated.

From Chengdu to Jiuzhai Valley:
(approx 10 hours)

Chengdu - Chadianzi

To Departure Price Duration (approx.)
Jiuzhaigou County* 07:20, 08:00** 107-118 RMB 10 hours
Songpan 06:30, 07:30 83 RMB 8 hours
Ruo Er Gai 06:30 124 RMB 11 hours
Chuan Zhu Si 06:30, 09:30**, 12:30** 78 RMB 9 hours
Ma Er Kang 06:30, 07:00, 07:30. 08:30, 09:30, 12:30 89-114 RMB 7 hours

*Stopping at Jiuzhai Valley National Park.
**Departure is dependant on demand.

Chengdu - Xin Nan Men

To Departure Price Duration (approx.)
Jiuzhai Valley 06:40, 08:00 123 RMB 10 hours

From Jiuzhai valley

To Departure Price Duration (approx.)
Chengdu 06:20, 07:00 125 RMB 10 hours
Songpan* 07:30, 12:50 30 RMB 2 hours
Jiangyou** 07:20 75 RMB 7 hours
Mianyang 07:20 85 RMB 8 hours
Huanglong*** 06:30, 07:00 40 RMB 3 hours
Ma Er Kang* 07:50 148 RMB 7 hours

* From Nanping, stopping at Jiuzhai Valley
** National train connections are available from Jiangyou.
*** May – October only.

From Songpan

To Departure Price Duration (approx.)
Jiuzhai Valley 07:00, 13:00 32 RMB 2 hours
Ruo Er Gai 10:00 42 RMB 4 hours
Hong Yuan 06:20, 06:30 53 RMB 4 hours
Ma Er Kang 06:20 94 RMB 6 hours
Chengdu 06:00, 06:30 88 RMB 8 hours

From Chuan Zhu Si

To Departure Price Duration (approx.)
Chengdu 06:30 90 RMB 8 hours

From Ruo Er Gai

To Departure Price Duration (approx.)
Lin Xia* 06:40 70 RMB 6 hours
He Zuo** 06:30 55 RMB 4 hours
Tie Bu** 09:30 26 RMB 3 hours***
Lang Mu Si 14:30 23 RMB 2 hours
Chengdu 06:30 168 RMB 12 hours

* via Lang Mu Si (leaves on odd numberd days eg. 1st, 3rd, 5th etc. of each month)
** via Lang Mu Si
*** 4hrs due to road works at the time of posting

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

From Jiangyou

To Departure Price Duration (approx.)
Jiuzhai Valley 07:00 70 RMB 7 hours

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 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.

During the peak season there are also direct flights from Xian, Kunming, Chongqing, Zhang Jia Jie and possibly Beijing.

Please check with your travel provider for exact times.

The following airlines fly to Jiu Huang airport:

Sichuan Air
South China Airways
Air China
China Eastern

Driving

To drive from Chengdu there are a number of options:

1. Chengdu – Mianyang – Jiangyou – Nanping – Jiuzhai Valley (total 440km).
2. Chengdu – Mianyang – Jiangyou – Pingwu – Jiuzhai Valley (total 475km).
3. Chengdu – Wenchuan - Lixian County – Songpan – Jiuzhai Valley (total 792km).

From Xi’An:

1. Xian – Guangyuan – Zhaohua – Wenxian - Jiuzhai Valley.

From Lanzhou:

1. Lanzhou - Ruoergai – Songpan - Jiuzhai Valley (total 946km).
2. Lanzhou - Wenxian - Jiuzhai Valley (total 906km).

From Dari (Qinghai):

1. Dari – Aba County – Hongyuan Grasslands – Mai Wa Zhang La – Jiuzhai Valley.

Although we do our best to keep these timetables updated we recommend you check the local bus timetables before travelling. We can not be held responsible for changes that are made to these schedules or the punctuality of the busses. Please use the above as a guide only.