Xīnjiē Getting there & around

Getting there & away

There are three buses daily from Kūnmíng to Yuányáng (Y90, 6½hrs, 10.40am, 7.30pm, 8pm). Other destinations include Hékǒu (Y37, four hours) and Gèjiú (Y22, one hour).

Buses from Xīnjiē back to Kūnmíng leave at 10.12am, 5pm and 9pm. Or, you can forge on to Xīshuāngbǎnnà. At the time of research, there were no direct buses to Jǐnghóng. To get there, take the 7.30am bus to Lǔchūn (Y25, four hours), there you’ll have wait to get the Jiāngchéng bus at 4pm (Y31, five hours). By the time you arrive, there’ll be now more buses but you can stay at the hotel attached to the bus station which has cheap rooms (dm/d Y10/60). Buses to Jǐnghóng (Y50, 8½ hours) start running at 6am.

This can be a gruelling route over bumpy dirt roads, but it will take you through some magnific scenery. Buses along this route are frequently stopped for routine police checks. It is likely that your passport will be collected and photocopied ‘for your own protection.’