Yiliang Jiuxiang Scenic Area — Attraction in Kunming

If you are coming from Kunming , you would need to take a bus (25 RMB , 1 hr) from Kunming eastern bus station (located at Kunming east coach subway station) to Yiliang county bus station first , followed by taking bus 21 (10 RMB, 1 hr 10 min) to Jiu Xiang cave ticketing office. The ticketing office is 5 km away from the actual cave itself.

At the ticketing office , you are expected to buy a trip package that include some activities such as watching a 10 min video and a boat ride to bring you to the cave and back.

As such , if you only wish to visit the cave directly, there is no transportation to bring you over. It is almost impossible to find a car by ride-hailing as well.

Hence, it is important to plan your time so that you enough time to do the whole trip package if you do not have your own transportation.

There is a ticketing office here as well but they only sell the entrance ticket (60 RMB) and a chair-lift ride (30 RMB) to return back here.

The cave itself is large and there are coloured lights to beautify the rocks. There are also some sections showing the prehistoric time on earth and another about the mythical aspect of the cave but you would need to pay (30 RMB each) if you wish to visit them.

There is also a sedan chair service offered if your legs are getting tired for a fee.

There are also some souvenir shops and eateries in the cave complex.

There is also a fun slide (30 RMB) to go to the lower levels of the cave when you reach the upper levels.

The floor is wet as the water drips from the rocks above so do be careful.

The duration to tour the cave would be about 2 to 3 hours.

You would need to climb up some steps at the end of the walk in the cave followed by taking a chair-lift ride back to the...

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