Mount Gongga Transportation

Generally, getting to Mount Gongga will start from Chengdu to Kangding, Luding or Hailuogou (Moxi Town). Then get into Mount Gongga from north or south. There are mainly three ways available for you to go to Mount Gongga from Chengdu: by air, by bus and by chartered car. While you are travelling the scenic spots around Mount Gongga, chartered vehicles are recommended. During your hiking in Mount Gongga, hiring a horse is also available.

Chengdu to Mount Gongga

There are three main ways available for you to go to Mount Gongga from Chengdu. You can go by air, by bus or by a chartered car. You can choose one of these three transportations for your travelling.

Chengdu to Mount Gongga Map

By Air

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is the airline hub in Middle and Western China, which manages one flight to Kangding Airport daily leaving at 09:45 and arriving at 10:40. It will cost about 50 yuan to Chengdu Shuangliu Airport from downtown Chengdu by taxi. While the shuttle bus from Kangding Airport to downtown Kangding will charge 22 yuan per person. Then take chartered vehicles or walk to Laoyulin, the start point of the Mount Gongga hiking.

Kangding Airport

By Bus

First, you can take a bus from Chengdu to Luding, Hailuogou or Kangding. Then, you can transfer to a chartered car in Luding, Hailuogou or Kangding. The chartered car will take you directly to your destination.

1.Chengdu-Luding-Mount Gongga
You can take a bus from Chengdu to Luding at Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station, Chengdu Shiyang Bus Station or Chengdu Chengbei Bus Station. The ticket price is around 120RMB. When you arrive at Luding, you can hire a car to take you to Mount Gongga or Hailuogou.

2.Chengdu-Kangding-Mount Gongga
There are four bus stations in Chengdu having the buses from Chengdu to Kangding. They are Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station, Chengdu Shiyang Bus Station, Chengdu Chengbei Bus Station and Chengdu Chadianzi Bus Station. The ticket price is around 140RMB. It takes about 6-7 hours on the way from Chengdu to Kangding. You can stay over at Kangding for a night and reserve a chartered car from Kangding to Mount Gongga for the next day.

3.Chengdu-Hailuogou (Moxi Town)
Only Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station has the direct bus from Chengdu to Hailuogou (Moxi Town). It is convenient to hire a car at Moxi Ancient Town to the scenic spots around Mount Gangga. The direct bus from Chengdu to Hailuogou leaves daily at 9:30. The ticket price is 139RMB.

By Chartered Car

If you go to Mount Gongga by a chartered car, there are three routes recommended below.

1.Chengdu- Ya’an- Erlangshan- Luding- Mount Gongga
Get on to the Cheng-Ya freeway at Chengdu. When you arrive in Ya’an, you keep going on the 211 provincial highways. While the car is climbing over Erliangshan mountain, it will pass through Erlangshan Tunnel which is more than 4000m long. Then move forward to Luding. Mount Gongga is in Luding County. The whole distance is about 350km. This route is the shortest among the three routes.

Erlangshan Tunnel

2.Chengdu- Ya’an- Shimian- Mount Gongga
The road condition of this route is good. The way from Chengdu to Shimian is all freeways with beautiful scenery. It will take about 4 hours to drive on the freeways from Chengdu to Shimian. You get down the freeway at Shimian and then get on the provincial highway 211. The distance from Shimian to Mount Gongga is near 100km which will takes about 3 hours. The road condition of this route is better than that of the other two routes.

3.Chengdu- Dujiangyan- Wolong- Xiaojin- Danba- Xinduqiao- Kangding- Mount Gongga
This route is a long traveling road. There are many great scenic spots along this route. You can first tour Mount Siguniangshan in Xiaojin and Tibetan Villages in Danba. Then go to Kangding via Bamei,Tagong and Xinduqiao. Xinduqiao is also a very beautiful place. Then you will come by Kangding. Mount Gongga is less than 100km way from Kangding. It will take about 3-4 hours from Kangding to Mount Gongga.

Road to Mount Gongga

Getting Around Mount Gongga

There are two ways recommended for you when you are in Mount Gongga. If you are hiking through Mt.Gongga, you can choose to hire a horse to help you take your stuff. If you are touring the scenic spots around Mount Gongga, renting a car or van is the best choice.

Horse Riding

If you are hiking Mount Gongga, horse riding is available. On the hiking way, some hikers will be too tired to go on or the luggage is too heavy to carry on. At this time, the horses will do you a good favor. There are local people renting horses at Laoyulin, Yulong West Village, Zimei Village and etc. However, it is not suggested to ride a horse. The horses need to eat and rest. Hiking yourself, you can enjoy the views freely.

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By Chartered Vehicles

Since there are many scenic spots around Mount Gongga, the most convenient way for you to get around is by a chartered car or van. Travelling with a chartered car, you can decide where to go and where to stop on yourself. And a chartered vehicle will be more comfortable and wide for you to have a good rest during the travelling ways.

In addition, when your whole hiking tour ends, you can take a chartered car to get to Kangding at Shuangmuju. The fee is about 130 yuan per person and it will take 4 - 5 hours.