A comfortable yet fun and sporty tour route to West Mountain and Dianchi Lake!
Let's start with the route:
Subway West Mountain Park Station → One-way bus to Nie Er's Tomb → Walk up the mountain to the essence of Longmen → Open cable car down the mountain → Take the enclosed cable car to Dianchi Lake → Start touring Haigeng Dam and other surroundings of Dianchi Lake.
Ticket purchase and consumption (per adult):
Ctrip ticket 10 yuan + one-way bus 12.5 + one-way downhill cable car 25 + Dianchi Lake cable car 60.
📝 Note tips:
👉🏻 Exit A of West Mountain Park Subway Station, according to the sign, it is easy to find the ticket hall and the bus stop. The bus will stop at small attractions such as Taihua Temple in the middle, if you don't want to see it, you can directly sit to the end point Nie Er's Tomb.
👉🏻 From Nie Er's Tomb to the essence of Longmen (this is the ticket purchase and ride point for the cable car and electric car.)
It is recommended to walk, it only takes ten to twenty minutes in total, and you can enjoy the scenery along the way, and you don't feel tired. (I walked around the entire West Mountain Scenic Area according to this route, only more than 6,000 steps.)
If you are with the elderly and children and don't want to walk too much, and just want to turn around at the essence, then you can choose to take the electric car or the cable car up and down.
If you choose the cable car for one-way only, I personally recommend taking the downhill one. Climbing up the mountain on foot is not so tiring, and there is more fun in exercise. Going down the mountain will make your knees uncomfortable. And there are not so many people queuing for the downhill.
👉🏻 Arrive at Longmen, after touring, continue to go forward, through a hole to reach the platform. From the platform, follow the sign to the "downhill cable car" direction (about ten minutes walk).
The cable car in the scenic area is open, with a very good view, relax and immerse yourself in nature, it's wonderful! The whole journey is almost 20 minutes.
👉🏻 After going down, look at the sign, buy a cable car ticket to Dianchi Lake, one-way 60 yuan, also about 20 minutes. This is enclosed, up to six people, one or two people are also separate. This cable car first goes down the mountain, then crosses Dianchi Lake, and then you can tour Haigeng Dam and other attractions around Dianchi Lake.
We went up from the Haitang Park cableway. The volunteer service was very good. The explanation was clear. The scenery of Xishan was good. It took time and effort to take the cableway up the mountain. Longmen is beautiful to see Dianchi Lake. Huating Temple is worth seeing. Another temple does not know why the driver did not stop.
This package is very good. It takes about 3 hours to punch in Lingxu Pavilion "500 Mile Dianchi Lake" and Longmen. The bus goes up the mountain and takes the cable car 🚠. After getting off the bus, climb a mountain road to the top and overlook the Dianchi Lake. Then go to Longmen and walk along the grottoes hewed on the cliff. You can go to Longmen and other attractions along the way. After the end, take the battery car down the mountain, then take the bus back to Xishan subway station.
I did my homework in advance and chose the retrograde route: take the bus first 🚌 Battery car Climbing mountain ⛰️ and the up Cable car 🚡 Down Bus 🚌. It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain, so when you go up, you choose to climb the mountain first. Although there will be hedges, there is no need to queue up for the ropeway and battery car, which saves time. And the ropeway down the mountain is just on the side of Dianchi Lake. You can rest and enjoy the scenery all the way down. It is great. (The only regret is that my sunscreen mask was lost in Xishan)
This is the ticket cableway package that I think is very worth the flowers. Convenient, the cableway goes up the mountain, walks down, the scenery is beautiful, and then takes the battery car and the bus to the foot of the mountain. There is a subway and tea horse flower street immediately. I have a good time.
Before I went, I was a little confused. I went to the visitor center to see the map and everything was clear. The 75 yuan Ctrip package bus stops at every attraction, and go to Longmen Scenic Area directly to the cableway in the package to Longmen Mountain. You can see the panoramic view of Dianchi Lake on the mountain. Follow the route down the mountain and take the battery car back to the entrance of Longmen Scenic Area. Take a taxi to the Xishan Scenic Area Visitor Center at 9 o'clock. If the student ticket is a bus return, it is the same as the Trip.com adult ticket 75 yuan. Our student ticket chose one-way 62.5 yuan. After leaving the Xishan Scenic Area, on the right is to buy a cableway ticket for 60 yuan to cross Dianchi Lake to Haitang Dam. The box can accommodate 6 people. This scenery is very good and there are few people. In the afternoon, I was happier than Xishan in Haitang Park. There seagull food is not recommended to buy, not as good as thin crisps by seagulls like.
On the top of the West Mountain, you can see a large area of Dianchi Lake. There are many Buddha statues on the Longmen below, but the road is a bit difficult to walk, and the overall is not bad. There are many fork roads along the road up the mountain, and each one leads to various places under the mountain. I really want to go again and again. The place can be beautiful with a shot on the mountain.
A very good attraction, the whole attraction is relatively large, including several temples, Lingxu Pavilion, Longmen, etc., looking at Dianchi Lake, watching the panoramic view of Kunming, the bus cableway and the battery sightseeing car are equipped in place, of course, if the physical strength is good, the whole walk can also be, you can play in it for several hours.