Getting to Mount Siguniang

updated on July, 2023

From Chengdu to Mt. Siguniang

By Bus

In low season (December to March) there are two schedules at Chadianzi Bus Station in Chengdu to Xiaojin (Getting off at Rilong, now it is called Mt. Siguniang Town) at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00am. Bus ticket costs 100 Chinese yuan taking around 4–5 hours. In high season (April to November) three schedules from Chadianzi to Xiaojin (Getting off at Rilong) at 8:25am, 8:30am at price of 130yuan. An online ticket booking website is available that allows you to book ticket three days prior, but it is only in Chinese. So you may need to buy the tickets at the counter. Note normally there should be seats available even if you buy it on the same day of departure, but during holidays and weekends it is better to buy tickets prior to your departure date at the counter.

They don’t have a direct bus from Chengdu to Mt. Siguniang (Rilong) but the bus from Chengdu to Xiaojin Xian will pass there. Although you have to pay for the full price ticket which is 100-30 yuan. The bus is generally safe, and you will have a seat number printed on your ticket. Normally you sit on the seat number that shows on your ticket. At present the buses in China are all required to have seat belts, and you are required to use them as well.

Map of Chadianzi Bus Station

Chadianzi Bus Station is located at 289, 5th Section of West Third Ring Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu. Telephone: +86 28 87506610.

Please note that if you're going hiking in Mount Siguniang, don't bring gas canisters with you to use the bus. The bus station won't allow you to take them onto the bus when your luggage go through the security scanner. There are gas canisters available at the gear shops in Rilong.

By Taxi

Shared-taxi is available. The shared taxi drivers are mostly from around Mt. Siguniang and doing driving service between Chengdu and around Mt. Siguniang. These cars are legally-registered cars but not registered as “Transfer Car” at Transfer Bureau (according to Chinese law, a car needs to be registered to use as a taxi or taxi-like car otherwise it is “illegal transfer”). Using this type of car is more convenient as it is flexible that you can find them almost anytime of the day in busy seasons. Cost of a shared-taxi to Mt. Siguniang varies from 100 yuan to 400 yuan. Normally a reasonable price would be below 200 yuan. You can find shared taxi near Chadianzi Bus Station or at metro line 2 from the many touts trying to get passengers. Using a shared taxi sometimes involves negotiation to make sure you don’t get ripped off. This way of traveling is normally not recommended if you don't speak Chinese. And using this type of transfer the driver's safety driving skill is usually not ganrauteed.

From Mt. Siguniang to Chengdu

By Bus

The bus is the same as the ones from Chengdu. Buses start from Xiaojin and make a stop at Rilong, where you get on the bus and ride to Chengdu. Rilong is not a bus terminal. Time of waiting is usually at 8:30am, 09:00am, 10.10am and 11.00pm. Price is the same as going in. A better plan is to find someone who can make a phone call to the bus driver to save you a seat beforehand (usually it’s your hotel owner who can usually make the phone calls). Normally you wait by the side of the road near the bridge and pay attention to the buses passing by. You need to learn the technique of telling the difference of the public bus from a rented tourist bus: the chartered tourist bus usually does not have a sigh in front of the bus however the public bus definitely has a board in front of the bus behind the windshield saying something like: ?? – ??. This is the only quick way to identify a public bus. Wave to the bus to make sure the bus driver sees you and stops to pick you up.

By Shared Taxi

A shared taxi from Mt. Siguniang to Chengdu is easier to find than the other around and much less tricky. You can also tell your hotel owner to help you on this. They are usually resourceful as they may get a small commission on this, or they have some friends or relatives who do this work. Price will be around the same as what it costs from Chengdu to Mt. Siguniang. You need to make sure you are going to be dropped off by your driver at the exact place in Chengdu, for example your hotel, although you may be asked to give the driver more money by doing this. Because some of the drivers don’t know the city of Chengdu very well, so they will hesitate to go in. This is important because you don’t want to be dropped off somewhere you have no idea of. Another simpler way is to ask to be just dropped off near Chadianzi Bus Station and you take other public transfer from there.

It is a lot of work to follow on the most updated information on the buses and bus schedules by this place. We try to provide the correct information on the buses of this place but sometimes we can not follow the changing schedules of the buses in different seasons. For any traveler for finds our website/information helpful but also finds we may have outdated/incorrect/inaccurate information on the buses/transfers, it is deeply appreciated that you could send us any correct/accurate and valuable information on the buses based on your recent travel experience in this part of Sichuan, so that we can update our information to help future travelers. Thank You!