Dear community,

since the last postings I found on this are already several years old, I'd like to gather some new info.

Does anyone have experience with travelling from Kunming to Shangrila and back? I will make this short trip this August but I'm not sure yet whether I should rather take that 10h bus or go to Lijiang by train and proceed by bus from there and vice versa.

A friend told me a few years ago there were only sleeper busses, no matter what time of the day you'd leave. However, I couldn't find further info on that. Honestly I'd prefer taking the whole trip by bus from Kunming directly, but I also found some Forums where Chinese travelers suggest at least not to take the night bus as it doesn't seem to be the safest.

Does anyone have experience with this trip and can give me some advice?

Lucky Air has a ticket direct to Shangri-la, 1hr flight, early morning departure. Average price around 300rmb one way.

Safe, quick, direct, cheap.

Job done.

that is cheap gives you a whole nother day to visit here or somewhere else