Jiuzhaigou Airport Hotels - Hotels near Jiuzhaigou Airport and How to Get There

As one of the most famous UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992, Jiuzhaigou Valley attracts more than 3 million people from all over the world to come annually. The majestic views that spring with melting snow, summer with endless forest, autumn with colorful leaf and crystal lakes, winter with a white cover, is changeable in every season.

Fascinating sights in Jiuzhaigou

On the other hand, Jiuzhaigou plays an important role in maintaining rare animals and keeping the environmental balance, such as providing a natural habitat for panda and ginkgo.

Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport

With the development of increasing tourist traffic, an airport is necessary for Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong whose responsibility is providing a comfortable and convenient form of transportation.

Located at an altitude of about 4500m and built at Songpan County, Aba State, and 12 kilometers north of Chuanzhusi town, Jiuhuang Airport (being short for Jiuzhaigou Huanglong Airport) is small but completed with package checking point, information center, medical care center and some restaurants.

Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport

However, there is no place to converting foreign currency or drawing cash around the airport, so you’d better prepare cash before flight.

Medicine for altitude sickness is essential especially for people taking airplane from low altitude place to Jiuzhaigou. If you feel uncomfortable, please contact the airport as soon as possible. For travelers carrying heavy luggage can check luggage three days at the airport at most, with a price of 30 RMB to 50 RMB

3 Days Jiuzhaigou Valley and Huanglong National Park Local Tour

Hotels near Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport

There are all kinds of hotels from starred high-end hotel to local guest house for travelers to choose with a price range from 400 RMB to 100 RMB respectively near the Jiuhuang Airport.

Map of Hotels near Jiuzhaigou Airport

One of the comfortable hotels located 5 km away from Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport is named Songpan Ziyue Xingkong Hotel. The most expensive room there with 400 RMB for 1 night is a family room with flower sea view. This hotel is newly opened in 2016 and the comments online is great. There are Chinese restaurant, free parking spot, AC, CCTV in the corridor, 24-hours front desk service, 24-hours hot water, free toilet requisites, blower, bath towel, WIFI, luggage storing, chess and card room and so on. Also, it provides airport pickup and drop off service for their customer from the airport to the hotel.

Songpan Ziyue Xingkong Hotel

The nearest hotel to Jiuhuang Airport is named Songpan Zeren Guest House. The average price of its room is about 130 RMB, which is affordable for most people. The equipment there is not very sufficient, but enough: 24-hour hot water, WIFI in public area, storing luggage service, booking car, PUBLIC BATH ROOM and kitchen. And they also provide airport pick-up and drop-off service even in the late night or the morning.

Songpan Zeren Guest House

Outside Jiuzhaigou town, there is a fancy resort named Banyan Tree which is one of the worldly leading international operators in the hospitality and spa industry. The average price in Banyan Tree is about 1200 RMB for one night.

Banyan Tree

Another luxury hotel in Jiuzhaigou is Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort in Goukou, where is near the Jiuzhaigou National Park. Travelers can walk just 20 minutes from hotel to the park. The average price for a room is around 600 RMB, and the executive suit is only available for its diamond and golden members.

Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort in Jiuzhaigou Goukou

NOTES:

If you visit Jiuzhaigou in October, or during peak season in summer and autumn, the price of the accommodation is about 3 times more than in slack season (as above). And if you book the hotel a little bit later, there would be bare choice for you especially near Goukou.

Jiuzhaigou in October

Get to the Hotel from Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport

The public transportation is not so thorough in Jiuzhaigou. Renting or booking a car is the most efficient choice.

To Hotels near the Airport

Hotels near the Jiuhuang Airport usually offer pick-up and drop-off service for their customers. When you booked a room, you can contact the hotel for more details. Comfortable hotel near the airport like Songpan Ziyue Xingkong hotel offers shuttle bus to the airport when the staff of local guest house would drive their own car to pick you up as long as you notice them in advance.

But for the high altitude, please be careful and don’t jump or run there.

Or you can take a taxi or share a car with others to go to nearby hotel even in the night. The distance is within 5 km which is not far so the taxi fee is affordable for most people. The price is within 30 RMB for each one.

You can take a taxi to go to nearby hotel

To Hotel near Jiuzhaigou National Park

From 7:00 to 18:00, the shuttle bus from Jiuhuang Airport to Jiuzhaigou National park charges 50 RMB for one-way trip. It departs whenever the bus is full. Another choice is booking a car with a price of 250 RMB for one car. The price of taking a taxi is similar to booking and rental car. But in the late night, taxi and cars are rare unless you booked in advance. It would cost you 100 RMB more if you arrived at night.

The ride from the airport to would take you 60-90 minutes from the airport to Jiuzhaigou National Hotel. After you getting off, you can walk to the hotel you booked, or ask the hotel to pick you up.

Get to Jiuzhaigou National Park from the Hotel

From Hotel near the Airport

If you are staying at a hotel near the airport, you can ask the hotel to drop you off back to the airport after check-out, and then taking the shuttle bus from Jiuhuang Airport to Jiuzhaigou National Park in 50 RMB and 90 minutes.

Or you can book a car or share a car with others. Especially if you are staying at a guest house, there are many people going to Jiuzhaigou National park every day, and the owner of the guest house would organize everyone before he/she call a car to pick you all up.

The price of different car is not the same. For example, a 7-seat car is about 500 RMB so that each person spends 70 RMB approximately. But in the peak season, the price would go 3 times more high than in slack season. On the other hand, the price that settled by the government like the price of airport shuttle bus would change less.

From Hotel near Jiuzhaigou National Park

When you are staying at hotel in Goukou, it’s easy to go to Jiuzhaigou National park even without a car. You can walk for 10-15 minutes regarding to the different location of each hotel to the entrance. Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort is one of the closest to Jiuzhaigou National Park, travelers only need to walk 5 minutes.

But for the high altitude, please be careful and don’t jump or run there.

If your hotel is a little bit far from the entrance, your luggage is heavy and you want to save your energy for the trip, there are always be shuttle buses between the hotel and the park.

FAQs about Jiuzhaigou Airport Hotels

1. Staying in the hotel near Jiuhuang airport and staying in Goukou, which one is better?

It depends on your schedule. If you arrived at Jiuhuang airport pretty late, you can stay in a hotel near the airport so that someone would come to pick you up with a reasonable price because there is no shuttle bus nor 100 percent safe car after 18:00. After one-night rest, you can take all your luggage to another hotel near Jiuzhaigou National park. If you arrived at Jiuhuang airport in the day time, we suggest you to take the shuttle bus to Jiuzhaigou National Park and live in the hotel in Goukou, which is more convenient and comfortable.