Atlas of China
Shangri-La to Baoshan 香格里拉 – 保山
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 6 hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥197.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainShangri-La 香格里拉 → Baoshan 保山 | 5 h 35 minC374, fastest | 6 hours | ¥197standard class | 115:25 |
By train
One direct high-speed train a day runs from Shangri-La to Baoshan, at 15:25. The fastest, C374, takes 5 h 35 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥197. Coming back, one train a day, the fastest 6 h 9 min (C376, at 09:56).
Shangri-La: Mostly C-series trains from Lijiang (about 1.5 hours) plus a daily D train from Chengdu; Trip.com lists the airport under Diqing. Baoshan: No G or D trains: C-series trains run to Dali (under 2 hours) and Kunming (about 4 hours).
By air
No nonstop flights.
At the other end
Around Shangri-La in Diqing: Shangri-La & Songzanlin Monastery, Baishuitai.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
Book
Diqing, with Shangri-La · About Baoshan · All routes
Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.