Shunan Zhuhai (Bamboo) Scenic Area is located southeast from Yibin city, remotely from major cities in Sichuan.
Zhuhai means ‘the sea of bamboo’. This site is famous for the densely population of bamboo, the view and lack of tourist makes it suitable for photography.
Some name it the “Shunan Zhuhai National Park”. But it is not developed into a tourist national park yet. So it is more appropriately to be named as “Shunan Zhuhai Scenic Area”.
This bamboo forest is where the Chinese movie ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ filmed.
Directions of Getting There
From Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station 新南门车站, there is direct shuttle heading to Shunan Bamboo Forest, the bus departs at 09:20 and it costs around ￥120 CNY. It will take 6-7 hours of ride and you can arrive Shunan Zhuhai area at 15:00.
If you are going back from Shunan Bamboo Forest to Chengdu, you could take the same bus back and it departs at 15:00.
Yibin Railway Station
If you are tired of riding long distance shuttle, get to Yibin first by rail or high speed rail. From Yibin Nanke stop 南客站 take shuttle bus to Changling Zhuhai Passenger Transport Center 长宁县客运站, and then transfer to Zhuhai area. There are quite a lot of buses to Zhuhai at Changling terminal, some departing at 15 minutes interval.
Another way to get to the site is by hiring a car. No matter you are going from Chengdu or Yibin, you still need a car for touring Shunan Bamboo Forest. The major site spots are separated by 10km. If self-driving is an unsafe option, then try hiring a driver in Town Zhuhai 竹海镇. There are also lots of drivers/tour guides for hiring out in the West Gate. The price is ￥200-300 CNY per day. Then usually the journey could take 1 day only.
You could also hire a driver/tour guide in Yibin for ￥400-500 a day. They will drive you from Yibin in the morning to Zhuhai and then drive you back to Yibin at night after the trip.
