Tickets and booking
Tickets are sold as a bundle: cableway fare plus Cangshan Scenic Area entrance in one price. Peak season (June 1 to October 15) is 335 RMB for the full round trip and 195 RMB for the half round trip; off season (October 16 to May 31) the same tickets cost 275 RMB and 163 RMB. The peak calendar also covers the first through the fifteenth of every lunar month, so check the lunar date as well as the Gregorian one before budgeting.
Quoted figures are for reference only and the official same-day posting governs. The pack lists no online booking channel; the direct way to confirm current prices and availability is the scenic area’s phone lines, 0872-2683551 or 4009001558. If your dates fall in the peak window, confirming ahead by phone is the reliable move.
Entrance and routes
The lower station is inside the Tianlongbabu Film City — the listed address is within the film city on March Street (Sanyue Street), Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan. The cableway is classed as one of the film city’s internal attractions, so the final approach is on foot through the film city grounds.
Two ride products are sold at the window: the full round trip, which covers the entire line, and the half round trip, which covers only part of it — the upper section beyond the half-way point is reachable only on the full ticket. Hours gate everything: 08:30 to 15:30, daily, all year.
Photo spots
The cable car ride is the main shooting opportunity: the ascent into the Cangshan Scenic Area opens up the views as you climb, and the full round trip delivers more line than the half — including the upper section the half ticket never reaches. The operating window is 08:30 to 15:30, so all light here is morning-to-mid-afternoon light; there is no evening session.
At the base, the lower station sits inside the Tianlongbabu Film City, so the film-city grounds frame both the start and the end of the visit.
Timing and crowds
Hours are 08:30 to 15:30, seven days a week, year-round. That makes this a morning-to-mid-afternoon operation: a start near closing risks cutting the visit short, and the scenic area’s own suggested duration for the cableway is under an hour.
The pack carries no visitor-volume data, so crowd levels cannot be stated. What the pricing calendar does show is which dates the operator manages as peak: June 1 to October 15, plus the first through the fifteenth of each lunar month. Those are the dates when peak pricing applies; October 16 to May 31 runs at off-season rates.
Walking and effort
This is the low-effort route into the Cangshan Scenic Area: the cableway does the climbing, and the scenic area’s own suggested duration for the visit is under an hour. Reaching the station involves no trail work — it stands inside the Tianlongbabu Film City and is reached on foot within the grounds.
The pack contains no data on trails, distances or terrain above the cableway, so any walking beyond the ride cannot be planned from this data. Treat the cableway as the verified core of the visit.
Getting there
The cableway is an internal attraction of the Tianlongbabu Film City, so the last leg is always on foot through the film city. The listed address places it in the March Street (Sanyue Street) area of Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan.
The pack lists no bus routes, taxi fares or driving details for the legs into Dali or out to the film city; confirm those on the ground or by phone (0872-2683551 / 4009001558).
Cost breakdown
Every quoted price bundles the cableway ticket with the Cangshan Scenic Area entrance; the data does not split the two components.
Peak season, June 1 to October 15: full round trip 335 RMB, half round trip 195 RMB. Off season, October 16 to May 31: full round trip 275 RMB, half round trip 163 RMB. The peak calendar also covers the first fifteen days of each lunar month.
Stepping up from the half to the full round trip costs 140 RMB in peak season and 112 RMB off season. All figures are indicative; the official same-day posting governs.