Dali Travel | Please keep the three guides of Cangshan Cableway in 2024!

1️⃣Xima Tan Cableway Xima Tan Cableway is divided into upper and lower cableways, centered on Jade Belt Road, which can be purchased separately or in full. ✔️Ticket price: Peak season 320 yuan / adult (full journey) Off-season 300 yuan / adult (full journey) ✔️Note: Including Cangshan, cableway, and Tianlong Babu Film and Television City tickets Opening hours: 8:30-15:00, stop admission at 15:00 ✔️Xima Tan Scenic Area Start: The west side of Tianlong Babu Film and Television City at an altitude of 2242 meters Middle: Above the Qilongnu Pool Scenic Area at an altitude of 2814 meters End: Xima Tan Scenic Area at an altitude of 3920 meters ✔️Transportation: Take the C10 bus and get off at the Tianlong Babu Film and Television City bus station. ✔️Travel tips: It is recommended to prepare 1 day for the Xima Tan Cableway. Arrive at the entrance of the scenic spot before 9 o'clock in the morning to pick up the tickets. There are many people in line during the peak season. Go early and return early. Bring your own dry food and drinks for lunch. You can also dine at the mountain top restaurant at noon. You can end the return journey around 2 o'clock and visit Tianlong Babu Film and Television City around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The time will be more ample. · 2️⃣Zhonghe Cableway Zhonghe Cableway can reach Zhonghe Temple and Jade Belt Road, with an altitude of 2668 meters. It is an open-air small cableway with a limit of 2 people. You can fully enjoy the freedom of the mountain wind during the ride, and the ticket price is not high. ✳️Cableway ticket price: single ticket price 60 yuan, round trip ticket price 90 yuan Ticket price 35 yuan (Note: Currently only available for offline purchase at the entrance of the scenic spot) ✳️Time: 8:30 - 16:00 ✳️Route: (Start) Dali Ancient City March Street Horse Racing West——(End) Zhonghe Peak Jade Belt Road ✳️Attractions along the way: Taoxi (one of the eighteen streams of Cangshan), Zhonghe Temple (you can eat vegetarian food in the temple at noon), Longyan Cave, Fengyan Cave, Qilongnu Pool, etc. ✳️Transportation: It is about 2.9 kilometers from the south gate of Dali Ancient City to the ticket office of Zhonghe Cableway, and there is a direct bus to the scenic spot. ✳️Travel tips: Arrange half a day, set off around 10 o'clock in the morning, you can eat vegetarian food in Zhonghe Temple at noon (you need to make an appointment for vegetarian food in advance), continue to play Jade Belt Road after the meal, decide the route according to personal physical strength, and the cableway single trip takes 30 minutes. · 3️⃣Gantong Cableway The starting point of Jade Belt Road, altitude: 2630 meters ✅Ticket price: single ticket price 85 yuan, round trip 105 yuan (Including Cangshan Geological Park tickets) ✅Time: 8:30-17:00, stop admission after 16:00 ✅Route: Start (Gantong Temple)——Qingbi Stream (End) ✅Attractions along the way: Gantong Temple, Jizhao Nunnery, Wanfo Temple, Qingbi Stream (one of the eighteen streams), Zhenlong Chess Game, Cangshan Grand Canyon, and you can also enjoy the scenery on foot on Jade Belt Road ✅Transportation: It is about 7.3 kilometers from the south gate of the ancient city to the ticket office of Gantong Cableway, and there is a direct bus to and from the scenic spot (ticket price 15 yuan) ✅Travel tips: It is recommended to arrange 1 day, arrive at 9 o'clock in the morning to buy tickets, online platforms/ offline at the entrance of the scenic spot can be purchased, you can enjoy the magnificent view of Cangshan Grand Canyon along the way by cable car, after arriving at Qingbi Stream, you can visit the viewing platform and Zhenlong Chess Game, after going down the mountain, you can walk to Gantong Temple to visit, Jizhao Nunnery to visit and eat vegetarian food. (Jizhao Nunnery is very popular, it is the dining hall for tourists in Cangshan. If you want to eat vegetarian food, you need to buy meal tickets in advance in the nunnery. You can queue up to get vegetarian food before 11:30 in the morning). Conclusion 1. The price of the cableway and the time of entry and exit will change with the seasons. Remember to pay attention to the dynamics before you go. With your ID card and mobile phone number, you can make an appointment to buy one day in advance. Sometimes the weather is bad, only half of the journey is open, and it will stop operating in extremely bad weather. Don't run in vain! 2. Among the Cangshan cableways, Xima Tan is the best choice, with the highest price, Gantong Cableway has the most attractions, and Zhonghe Cableway is the quietest. Everyone can choose according to their personal preferences. 3. When going up the mountain in summer, except for the Xima Tan Cableway, other cableways can wear short sleeves + sun protection clothes, and down jackets are needed in winter to keep warm. 4. Remember to bring sunscreen, some small snacks and water to replenish energy when climbing. 5. Every spring, when the weather is dry, in order to prevent fires, it is also the season of mountain closure. Basically, it will be completely unblocked in mid-June.