- updated on July 2023
Mount Siguniang is 4 hours drive away from Chengdu and it is usually one of the first places to reach to in western Sichuan. And from Mount Siguniang one can travel further to other places in western Sichuan including Danba, Tagong, Kangding, Ganzi Xian, Daocheng Yading and Litang, etc. Below are detailed information of how to travel to the other places of Sichuan from Mount Siguniang.
A shared taxi is the best way to go to Danba from Mt. Siguniang. The price is between 200 yuan and 300 yuan per person. In Danba the Tibetan villages are located not in the town but rather a few kilometers from the town so you need to tell your driver to drop you into the villages instead of the town otherwise you need to use local taxi to ride to the village from the town.
A more economy way is to use shared taxi to Xiaojin from Mt. Siguniang and use a bus from Xiaojin to Danba. There are many people going to Xiaojin from Mt. Siguniang instead of Danba everday. Xiaojin is around 50 km away and the cost for this part is around 100 yuan. Then from Xiaojin Bus Station you use the bus there to go to Danba. They have 2-3 schedules in the morning and probably in the afternoon as well depending on the season. Bus ticket is cheap. The distance between Danba and Xiaojin is only 60km.
Although you can still use a bus from Mt. Siguniang to go directly to Danba. There are usually two scheduled buses from Chengdu to Danba each day and will pass Rilong by around lunch time. Each season the time the buses arrive Rilong may differ a little. Price for the bus from Mt. Siguniang to Danba is around 50 yuan per person. You can stand by the side of the road to wait for the bus that goes to Danba (??). The bus driver will drop you off at the bus station at Danba in the town.Read More>>
Use shared taxi to go to Maerkang (Barkam ???) first and then from there use the bus to Sertar is the best way. Each morning at 7:20 there is a bus from Barkam Bus Station to Sertar. Ticket costs 58 yuan and it takes around 6 hours. Barkam is a big city in the Tibetan part of Sichuan. A shared taxi is easy to find at Rilong. You can let your hotel owner help you on this. Price unknown. Although a more complicated way of traveling (also money-saving) is to go to Xiaojin first and then use the bus there to go to Barkam. There are two schedules from Xiaojin to Barkam each morning costs 39 yuan.
Travelers go to Sertar need to be aware that at present foreigners are now allowed to go in by the local police due to political sensitive issues. The probable case is going to be that you will be told to go back while they do the check at the check point. This is effective from earlier 2016. Travelers who really want to go to Sertar there are of course ways to get in but travel companies are not allowed to make arrangements.Read More>>
Use the bus from Xiaojin to Chengdu or Dujiangyan by waiting by the side of the road or get help from your hotel owner. There are two buses from Xiaojin to Chengdu and there are also two buses from Xiaojin to Dujiangyan. Buses go to Chengdu will normally have a stop by Dujiangyan. Dujiangyan is on the road from Mt. Siguniang to Chengdu. Bus ticket costs less than 80 yuan although it may differ. From Dujiangyan you can do the panda volunteer work there or visit Dujiangyan Irrigation system or go to Qingchengshan, or even Jiuzhaigou. Read More>>
Go to Dujiangyan first, please read the paragraph above. And then from Dujiangyan there are two buses 8:00, 10:20 scheduled in the morning each day. Ticket price is 98 yuan. From Dujiangyan to Jiuzhaigou is a long drive taking up to 8 hours.
For travelers who wish to go via Barkam and Hongyuan to Jiuzhaigou. It is also not very complicated but it takes more time. There are buses between major/neighboring towns in this area. But normally the bus departs in the morning and your ride between each town is probably usually half day. This way is not very time-efficient.
Also go to Dujiangyan first, please read the details of transfer between Mt. Siguniang to Dujiangyan above. There are three scheduled buses from Dujiangyan to Leshan each day at 8:30, 10:30 and 14:50. Ticket costs 66 yuan estimated time of traveling is around 2.5 hours. Travelers who go to Emeishan can proceed to Emeishan from Leshan. There are plenty of buses between these two places. Another quick way to do this is to use the fast train in Dujiangyan and transfer to Chengdu and from Chengdu use the fast train to ride to Leshan and Emeishan.
This planning of travel is very complicated. Please contact our travel expert to help you. Seriously if you are reading this, it means you are a hardcore independent traveler.
Detailed Information of how and where to take Mt. Siguniang Park Buses at Shuangqiao Valley, Changping Valley and Haizigou Valley. Read More>>
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!
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