Okay lemme tell you this straight to the point. Dont believe who said that you have to go to Yuhe Parking Lot near to the North gate, opposite Tianyu Hotel. It is nothing there. Blerghhh~ We were about burst into tears while finding the place to buy the bus ticket. Its not helping at all, I read that at Travel China Guide. We even go to Tourist Infromation at the Old Town of Lijiang, but they also suggest other than Yuhe Parking Lot.
So here we are, lemme be your hero 😜 to save you from lost and stress.
First take bus to Red Sun Plaza. You can take bus number 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 20, 28 to go there (Just translate Red Sun Plaza into Chinese (Simplified) in Google Translate, and find in Google Maps. Just reconfirm it back for your own safety 😛) You will see the bus number 7 will line up there. Actually its not really a bus, but a minivan. From there, they will take you straight to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
On the way there, you can ask the driver to stop anywhere to buy an oxygen tank for CNY 60 if you need one. You can also rent a very thick windbreaker there. I read somewhere, they said that we can get an oxygen tank for CNY 20 - CNY 30 around the city. But I cannot find it around the city, so maybe you can purchase it anywhere else if you find one. Be careful! The oxygen tank is not allowed in train station.
This information is very very important.
Do you know that there is two ways to go to the highest peak? Either you ride a horse or you can go up there by a cablecar. This is sooooooooo new to us when we reached there. Once again, we almost burst into tears when we settled up this. They cannot speak English. So we asked some question as we didnt know about the horse. They seemed kinda angry when we refused to take the horse. The reason why we refused the horse is if you ride a horse then you will be missed the Blue Moon Valley (which is the first reason why we came here). Of course we dont want to ride a horse. No way in the world! HAHA.
So to avoid this drama before its happening, state to the driver cleary that you are going to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain by cable car or by horse. Then your day will become more happier and less drama. Make sure tell your bus driver before you take the bus. We pay CNY 40 from Red Sun Plaza to JDSM and another CNY 50 from the place that offer us a horse to the real place that we want to go. We already wasted our money there for nothing.
The entrance ticket is CNY 130 (include Glacier Park, Ganhaizi, Blue Moon Valley, Spruce Meadow, Yak Meadow) but exclude cable car, bus, electric car, and Impression of Lijiang. The entrance ticket just for Impression of Lijiang is CNY 190, and you can buy both for CNY 230.
The ticket for the cable car you can purchase it at the counter located nearer to the Snow Kitchen Restaurant or you also can find one nearer to the place where the bus stop after the entrance. The cable car will be operating based on the weather.
You have to buy a bus ticket if you want to go to Blue Moon Valley for CNY 20 (its mandatory). You can purchase it before you take the bus, there is a counter there.
This is the map fro JDSM :
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After you enjoy at JDSM, just go outside to where the bus park and find the minivan with number 7 to go back to Lijiang from Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Take bus from there to go back to your hostel.
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