Yúnnán Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Bus & tram

Bus

A well-developed bus system covers the whole province and Yúnnán has seen a huge rise in the number of express highways in recent years. Expressways link Kūnmíng with Dàlǐ and Lìjiāng, and south to Bǎoshān and Jǐnghóng.

Road networks link Kūnmíng with Sìchuān, Guìzhōu and Guǎngxī and on to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.

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Air

Kūnmíng is served by all Chinese airlines and has daily flights to most cities. International destinations include Hong Kong, Hanoi, Bangkok, Rangoon and Seoul.

With domestic airports in almost all corners of Yúnnán province being served by daily flights from Kūnmíng and other major Chinese cities, travelling within Yúnnán has never been easier. The northwest is linked by Shangri-la, Dàlǐ and Lìjiāng. Mángshì provides Déhóng prefecture in the southwest with an air link and Jǐnghóng is Xīshuāngbǎnnà’s air link.

Dàlǐ airport has flights to Kūnmíng and Guǎngzhōu. From Lìjiāng there are daily flights to Chéngdū, Shànghǎi, Shēnzhèn and Guǎngzhōu. From Shangri-la, Yunnan Airlines flies to Kūnmíng, Chéngdū, Lhasa, Guǎngzhōu, Shēnzhèn and Guìyáng.

Destinations from Jǐnghóng include Lìjiāng, Shànghǎi and Guǎngzhōu, as well as direct flights to Bangkok and Chiang Mai in Thailand. Mángshì currently only has flights to Kūnmíng.

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Train

Most travellers arrive in Yúnnán by train to Kūnmíng. However within the province trains are less convenient, other than the popular overnight train from the capital to Dàlǐ. Development of the railways has been slower in Yúnnán than elsewhere; it was only in 1990 that the train line was extended out west to Dàlǐ. Railways link Yúnnán to Guìzhōu, Guǎngxī and Sìchuān.

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