Rough Cost for Mount Siguniang Travel

updated on 29th Apr, 2024

The cost for a Mount Siguniang trip differs from people to people and from different travel styles including independent/self-guided trip with either low budget or comfortable traveling. The costs differ also in different seasons as well. In the tourist season such as July, August and October the price of everything will cost more. And in low seasons the cost will be lower. Below are the details of cost on each item that you will inevitably or possibly spend, currency in Chinese yuan.

Self-Supported/Guided Trip

Transfer to Mount Siguniang

• Bus from Chengdu: 138yuan per person;
• Shared Taxi from Chengdu: 150-400yuan/per person;
• Rented Car: 1200-1500 yuan per car.

Transfer within Mt. Siguniang Town you can get help from your hotel as there is no taxi service at Siguniang. Sometimes it won't cost anything if using service from your hotel. The town of Siguniang is about 8 km from Shuangqiao Valley, sometimes if you need a ride, the cost for the transfer to Shuangqiao can be around CNY30-50 if you ask your hotel to arrange this for you.

Park Entrance Ticket Fees

Changping Valley

• Entrance: 70 per person (Apr - Nov), 50 per person (Dec - Mar);
• An extra of 20 per person for the bus;(Necessary)
• An extra 150 required if camping.

Haizi Valley

• Entrance: 60 per person (Apr - Nov), 40 per person (Dec - Mar);
• An extra 150 required if camping.

Shuangqiao Valley

• Entrance: 80 per person (Apr - Nov), 60 per person (Dec - Mar);
• An extra of 70 per person for the tourist bus ticket; (Necessary)
• An extra 150 required if camping.

Climbing Permit

• Dafeng: 300 per person;
• Erfeng: 500 per person;
• Any Ice climbing: 500 per person.
• For Climbing fees for other peaks, please read further here: more>>

Accommodation

• Average cost for a local Tibetan guesthouse: about 200 yuan(low) to 400 yuan(high) per night;
• Average cost for economy hotel: about 300yuan(low) to 500yuan(high) per night.
• Now that there are comfortable hotels available, not big franchise hotels but rather boutique hotels own by local people, prices sometimes are at over 400CNY(low) but nice hotels.

Dining

There is no luxury restaurant in Mount Siguniang. In the small town you will be able to find some noodle restaurants which will normally cost about 50-60 yuan per person and Sichuan Stir-fry with rice Restaurants. If you are staying in one of the local guesthouses, normally they provide food as well. A rice meal usually costs between 40 and 50 yuan per person.

On a Private Arranged Tour

Usually on a private arranged tour by travel companies it involves fully or partially the following services: Guide, 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 Siguniang?

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 Siguniang, because the drive is far and without comfortable or reliable public transportation, a private transfer becomes the most essential service to be arranged by us. The only two other alternative methods of transfers is either using public bus or use local shared taxi. Using public bus in the countryside in China is a good 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. Shared taxi from local drivers are more convenient but won't be as cheap and drivers are sometimes unreliable or even unsafe and can be very casul while driving for example they may smoke while drive and shared taxis are usually not very tidy.

How necessary is to have an English-speaking guide for a trip to Siguniang?

A guide is non-essential for travelers who wish to save some money traveling to Siguniang. A guide will be very helpful if travelers want to learn more history, culture of the place you travel to although for Siguniang 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 hire a guide with you but you may make judgement according to the cost and the benefit. The park of Siguniang now all have digital pass that are pre-booked online which can be taken care by us so no need to worry about the tickets.

Hotels are flexible that can either be booked by yourself or by us.