By Air

Lijiang Airport (LJG) is located about 28 kilometers to the south of Lijiang City, having an elevation of about 2242.6 meters. There are fights linking Lijiang from Kunming, Xishuangbanna, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Guiyang. Lijiang airport is a fair distance from the city center, about 28km east. There is a RMB20 road tax to the airport, and a taxi to the airport takes about 40 minutes and costs about RMB75-80.

By Bus

At present, the most convenient way to reach Lijiang City is by bus. There are four coach stations in Lijiang serving scheduled long-distance buses daily. Lijiang Transport Service Center Bus Station, located at Changshui Road to the southwest corner of Lijiang Old Town, offers buses to Kunming, Dali, and Shangri-La and to some tourist destinations, such as the Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lugu Lake and Panzhihua. Lijiang Tourism Bus Station is close to Naxi Hotel in Changshui Road, with expresses to Kunming for CNY153 and Dali for CNY50 at 08:30, 09:00 and 10:30. Lijiang Express Bus Station is in Shangri-La Avenue, mainly serving Kunming at present. Lijiang Guluwan Bus Station is near Heilongtan Park in the north of the Old Town. Buses to Kunming, Shangri-La, Daju and Xiaguan of Yuannan Province as well as Panzhihua of Sichuan Province are available here.

Taxi in the city

Smaller sized cars are RMB6 for the first 3 KM and 1.6/KM thereafter and bigger cars like Santana are RMB7 for the first 3 KM and 1.8/KM thereafter.

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