There are 6 ways to get from Kuching to Lijiang by plane, train, taxi, or bus
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Fly to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
best- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane KCH - LJG
10h 8m¥1,027–3,187Fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport, train
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane KCH - KMG
- Take the train from Kunming to Lijiangtrain
12h 46m¥1,098–3,128Fly to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)plane KCH - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Lijiangtaxi
15h 39m¥1,467–3,567Fly to Dali Huangcaoba, bus
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane KCH - DLU
- Take the bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Stationbus
14h 30m¥1,169–3,435Fly to Diqing Shangri-La Airport, train
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Diqing Shangri-La Airport (DIG)plane KCH - DIG
- Take the train from Shangri-La to Lijiangtrain
15h 48m¥1,352–4,092Fly to Baoshan, taxi
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Baoshan (BSD)plane KCH - BSD
- Take the taxi from Baoshan (BSD) to Lijiangtaxi
14h 35m¥2,357–6,417
Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kuching to Lijiang is to fly which costs ¥1000 - ¥3200 and takes 10h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Kuching to Lijiang is to fly which takes 10h 8m and costs ¥1000 - ¥3200.
The distance between Kuching and Lijiang is 3038 km.
It takes approximately 10h 8m to get from Kuching to Lijiang, including transfers.
There are 278+ hotels available in Lijiang.
What companies run services between Kuching, Malaysia and Lijiang, China?
Malindo Airways, China Southern Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG) twice daily.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Senai, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,100
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Kuala Lumpur, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,700
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Singapore Changi, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,700
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Senai, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,200
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,300
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Diqing Shangri-La Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,500
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Diqing Shangri-La Airport via Senai, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,900
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Diqing Shangri-La Airport via Singapore Changi, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,400
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Diqing Shangri-La Airport via Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,100
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Baoshan via Kuala Lumpur, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Baoshan via Singapore Changi, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Baoshan via Senai, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Baoshan via Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,300
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,900
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,400
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Kota Kinabalu, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,700
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Penang, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,100
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Senai, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,300
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Singapore Changi, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,900
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,400
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,900
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Senai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,800
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,400
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Singapore Changi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,300
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,900
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,900
Train from Kunming to Lijiang
- Adult - second class
- ¥140–200
Train from Shangri-La to Lijiang
- Adult - second class
- ¥45–65
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥69–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Estimated price
- ¥460–850
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