Kunming City | Xishan Park Quick Tour Guide

|Quick travel guide to Xishan Park. ⛰【Attractions Guide】 Kunming Xishan Forest Park is located on the shore of Dianchi Lake, which is known as the "Pearl of the Plateau" in the western suburbs of Kunming. It is 15 kilometers away from the city center. It starts from Biji Pass in the north and reaches Huiwan in the south. It consists of Biji Mountain, Huating Mountain, Taihua Mountain, Taiping Mountain, Luohan Mountain and other peaks. It rises from north to south. The highest peak is 2507.5 meters above sea level. The highest Luohan Mountain is about 620 meters above the surface of Dianchi Lake. Detailed address: 📍Detailed address: Xishan Forest Park, Kunming, Yunnan Province 🗓Quick play route: Take the cable car from Haigeng Dam (60 yuan/person for one-way trip) → Longmen Scenic Area (30 yuan/person for ticket) → Scenic Area Cableway (25 yuan/person for one-way trip) → Climb to the top of Xishan Scenic Area to take photos and visit (about 15 minutes walk) → Walk to the battery car station to go down (10 yuan/person) → Take the battery car directly to the downhill bus (12.5 yuan/person) → The bus terminal is the subway station. 🚗Transportation strategy: You can take the aerial cable car near Yunnan Nationalities Village to Longmen, Xishan, with a one-way fare of 35 yuan/person. 2. You can take bus No. 6 from Liangjiahe every 8 minutes, from 6:30 to 19:00 daily Take bus No. 51 from No. 5 parking lot in Juhua Village to the entrance of the scenic area, every 30 minutes, from 7:00 to 17:30 daily Take a tourist bus from the downtown art theater to Xishan, every 30 minutes, from 8:00 to 16:30 daily Take subway Line 3 to Xishan Park Station and exit from Exit A to reach the entrance of the scenic area 🕙Opening hours: 8:00-17:00 💰Ticket price: Attractions in the scenic area are charged separately: Longmen 40 yuan, Huating Temple Taihua Temple joint ticket 20 yuan, Nie Er Tomb 1 yuan, Longmen cableway one-way 25 yuan, round trip 50 yuan. Both can be purchased in the APP, and it is recommended to purchase a combined ticket. 🌟Highlights: West Mountain has undulating peaks, lush forests, singing birds, flowing streams, and beautiful scenery. Looking at the peaks of Xishan from a distance, it looks like a huge sleeping Buddha or a girl lying on her back, so it is called "Reclining Buddha Mountain" or "Sleeping Beauty". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Shen praised the Western Hills in his Records of Mountains and Rivers of Yunnan as "the towering cliffs, the green waters, the moon reflected on the clear waves, the clouds across the top of the mountain, it is a beautiful scene in central Yunnan." In the Ming Dynasty, Kunming's Western Hills, Xiushan in Tonghai, Weishan and Weibaoshan in Weishan, and Jizu Mountain in Binchuan were collectively known as the "Four Famous Scenic Mountains in Yunnan." 📌Tips: This guide is suitable for those who are short on time and want to visit the whole route. It takes about 2 hours in total and is very relaxing. It just takes some time to queue up to take photos at Longmen.