updated on 30 Apr, 2024
Planning a trip to Daocheng Yading needs to have a plan on costs. Gathered below are the detailed information about a cost traveling to Daocheng Yading including costs on accommodations, food, entrance fees, transportations, etc.
Public bus is available between Chengdu and Daocheng. A direct bus ticket will cost about 380 yuan per person. But normally people travel to Daocheng on a slower pace to have more nights slept at lower places before arrive in Daocheng to better acclimate oneself to the high altitude. From Chengdu one can use multiple part of buses to get to Yading.
To hire a car from Daocheng to the airport or to the entrance of Yading Park will cost hundreds. The bus to the airport from Daocheng costs 60 yuan per person, the bus to the airport from Yading Park Entrance (Shanggelila Zhen) costs 100 yuan per person.
Cost on a flight from Chengdu to Yading is 1690 yuan for economy seat full price. Often one gets discounted ticket but during busy season, discounted tickets are often unavailable and during winter time, the flights may stop running due to less travelers.
For a modern 3-star-like hotel in Daocheng and Shanggelila Zhen, it costs about 300 yuan to 400 yuan per room per night. Lower level of accommodations include 2-star-like hotels and guesthouses which will cost about 250 yuan or less depending on the seasons. Using higher level of hotels will usually provide free breakfast while using lower levels of hotels you need to take care of breakfast by yourself.
Accommodations in Daocheng are plenty and with different levels. However the hotels in Shanggelila are not as much as what one can find in Daocheng Xian. But the hotels are getting more and more after the completion of the airport. It is safe and saves money to book before hand if you are traveling in summer and autumn.
Per meal between 40-80 yuan depending on what you eat. Local bread are very good and cheap. Yak meat is expensive, up to 100 or more yuan per kilo. The ones that are below 50 yuan per kilo are not the real yak meat .Veges are more expensive than before and fruits are luxury. Generally In Daocheng and Xianggelila Zhen it is easy to find place to eat food.
To visit Yading Nature Park, the entrance fee is 150 yuan per person, and one will also need to purchase the eco bus ticket which costs 120 yuan per person. Also from the terminal of the eco bus, one often buys the electricity car ticket which costs 80 yuan. The entrance ticket one can use it for two times, for example when one needs to come back into the park second time. The bus ticket and the golf car tickets however, one needs to purchase again.
There is also horse available for riding in Yading at Luorong Ranch. It costs 300 yuan single trip from Luorong Ranch to Gonggatso Lake single way.
Usually on a private arranged tour by travel companies it involves fully or partially the following services: Guide(English-speaking), Private Transfer, Hotels, Food, Entrance Tickets and Arrangement. In our customized tour you may only book some of the necessary services from us to save your trouble. Normally in a private tour package, an English-speaking guide takes up around 30-35% of tour cost, Private transfer takes up around also 30-35% of tour cost, Hotel takes up around 15% of tour cost, Entrance tickets and others takes up to around 10-15% of tour cost.
How necessary is to hire a private transfer for a trip to Yading?
A private transfer is the most essential service you should book if you wish to have more comfortable trip and save time while traveling in western Sichuan. For any travel in the western part of Sichuan Province including Yading, because the drive is far and sometimes without comfortable or reliable public transportation, a private transfer becomes the most essential service to be arranged by us to save time and be comfortable. The only two other alternative methods of transfers is either using public bus or fly there. Using public bus in the countryside in China is a good and authentic experience but may not be a comfortable one and it involves using taxis to get to/from the bus station and may involve long hours of waiting and even possible of no buses during certain seasons. Flying will be another way to avoid the long drive but will pose risk of mountain sickness to travelers due to the very high altitude of Yading at over 4000m.
How necessary is to have an English-speaking guide for a trip to Yading?
A guide is less essential than a private transfer for travelers who wish also to save some money traveling to Yading. A guide will be very helpful if travelers want to learn more history, culture of the place you travel to although for Yading the parks are mainly natural scenery and the parks are well-marked and well-paved. It will be less work on yourself in terms of navigating inside the parks if you have a guide with you but you may make judgement according to the cost and the benefit.
Hotels are flexible that can either be booked by yourself or by us.
Route: Chengdu - Siguniang - Tagong - Yading - Xinduqiao
Route: Daocheng - Yading - Daocheng
Route: Daocheng - Yading - Daocheng
