Mount Emei Inner Transportation - Cable Cars and Sightseeing Buses

Mount Emei is a popular hiking site for many tourists with beautiful scenery and well-paved footpath. However, due to the long ascending distance from the foot of the mountain to the top, it takes lots of energy and even days to complete such a strenuous full hiking route of Mount Emei. When the weather turns bad, it becomes even harder for normal travelers.

Inside the Mount Emei Scenic Area, there are cable cars and sightseeing buses you can choose from to ease your trekking process, and the followings are about the detailed info of the cable cars and sightseeing buses including the ticket fares, opening time, and traveling tips.

Mount Emei Cable Cars

There are two cableways on Mount Emei: one is in the low mountain area, connecting the parking lot of Wannian Temple to the parking lot, the other is in the high mountain area, connecting Leidongping to the Golden Summit (Jinding). 

• Tips: 1. Tourists with heart disease and high blood pressure should not take the cable car. 2. Do not extend any part of your body out of the car after you get on the cable car. 3. Due to power failure, unstable voltage, mechanical failure and thunder, it may cause an emergency shutdown of the cable car, and the car may swing greatly, please keep calm inside the cable car and wait for the staff to take measures.

◆ Note: Check Mount Emei Weather to refer to the sunrise and sunset time, and packing tips. Please arrange your trip ahead of time for there will be lots of people lining up for the cable cars during the peak season.

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Mount Emei Sightseeing Buses

The total length of the driveway on Mount Emei is about 61 km, with traffic warning signs and nice pavement. Besides the departure station, Baoguosi Tourist Passenger Transportation Center, there are four other stations (parking lots) along the way on Mount Emei, which are Wuxiangang Station, Wannian Station, Linggongli Station and Leidongping Station (listed from low altitude to high altitude), and each station has a parking lot for private cars.

Mount Emei Tourist Map (Click to Enlarge)

Parking Lots of Mount Emei

Mount Emei offers 4 sightseeing Bus Routes for the tourists with different traveling needs. Route 1 is the only full route from the foot of the mountain to Leidongping (the highest parking lot). Route 2 and 3 are both to Leidongping from Wannian Temple Parking Lot and Linggongli, while route 4 is the shortest and the only route is NOT to Leidongping, from the foot of the mountain to Wannian Temple or LinggongLi.

◆ Operation Time of the Ascending Sightseeing Bus: 7:00-16:00 (from Nov. 1-Apr. 25); 6:00-17:00 (from Apr. 26 to Oct. 30 except for the golden week); 5:00-17:00 (Golden Week from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7)

◆ The Last Descending Bus Departure Time: 18:00

Sightseeing Bus Routes of Mount Emei(Click route for detailed routes)

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