Bamei Village Transportation
It is not very convenient to get to Bamei since it is isolaed from other places. As Bamei is far away from cities, you'd better take a coach from Kunming to Guangnan County firstly. Then rent car to a village named Fali. Then you have to walk about 1 kilometer (about 0.62 miles) to arrive at the entry-cave.
How to Get in Bamei Village
1.By air
Air Transport
Wenshan Puzhehei Airport (IATA: WNH, ICAO: ZPWS) is an airport serving Wenshan City in Yunnan Province, China. The Puzhehei Airport of Wenshan is located in Yanshan County. It is a national lateral airport. Tourists can fly to Puzhehei then change bus to Guangnan County. Then change buses and boats to Bamei.
2.By Train
There are a lot of high-speed trains from Kunming to Guangnan. Here are part of trains.
Train Number |
Departure Station |
Departure Time |
Arrival Time |
Terminal |
D8602 |
Kunming South Railway Station |
07:30 |
09:14 |
Guangnan Railway Station |
D3942 |
Kunming South Railway Station |
07:38 |
09:30 |
Guangnan Railway Station |
D3958 |
Kunming South Railway Station |
08:08 |
10:00 |
Guangnan Railway Station |
D3812 |
Kunming South Railway Station |
09:06 |
10:58 |
Guangnan Railway Station |
D3816 |
Kunming South Railway Station |
09:28 |
11:20 |
Guangnan Railway Station |
D3968 |
Kunming South Railway Station |
10:36 |
12:54 |
Guangnan Railway Stationion |
D3832 |
Kunming South Railway Station |
10:52 |
12:36 |
Guangnan Railway Station |
3.By Bus
Bamei Passenger Transportation Station广南坝美汽车客运站
Adderss:Guangnan county in Wenshan 文山壮族苗族自治州广南县
Departure Station |
Terminal |
Departure Time |
Mileage(Km) |
Price |
Time-consuming |
Route |
Guangnan Station |
Bamei |
07:10-15:40 |
74 |
¥20 |
1.5 |
Guangnan-Bamei广南-坝美 |
Guangnan Station |
Bamei |
07:30 |
45 |
¥16 |
1 |
Guangnan-Bamei广南-坝美 |
Guangnan Station |
Bamei |
13:20 |
85 |
¥24 |
2 |
Guangnan-Bamei广南-坝美 |
How to Get Around Bamei Village
1.By Boat
Because of the isolated village, boat is the only tool for transferring in Bamei. The villagers will guide you.
Most visitors enter Bamei from the Fali side and those in a hurry leave that way again. But Bamei is not for those in a hurry. We recommend to stay in the village at least overnight and continue the next day through the other two caves to the hamlet at the end and then go back the same way or go around by taking a ride on the back of a motorbike back to Fali village, or organise to be picked up there by your transport.
Every family in Bamei has their own boat and some are used as taxi or bus. It takes about twenty minutes each time to get through each of the three caves. There is no light other than some torches and the caves are very dark. The boatman steer their boats on experience and use the flow of the water as indicator on how to go.
In the morning there is a rush hour on the water when the children go to school.