No direct connection by public bus. The best way to go to Huanglong is to rent a minibus (for 6 persons) from Jiuzhaigou, which costs around RMB 200 - RMB 280 depending on your negotiation skills. The driver would like to wait for you in Huanglong when you visit the park and send you to Songpan in the evening if you pay another RMB 100 to RMB 150.

Luggage: It's possible to leave your luggage in the park's administration office if you give the staff a nice friendly smile. It would be better for you to find more travelers to share the minibus. Normally it should not be a problem as most of individual travelers in Jiuzhaigou would like to visit Huanglong.

The new Jiuzhaigou airport has bus running between Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong. See Jiuzhaigou transport.

Huanglong is 56 KM from Songpan. An ideal way is to share a minibus with other individual travelers to do this trip. Alternatively you can take a bus heading for Pingwu from Songpan in the morning. But don't count on the public buses in Huanglong to return to Songpan as nobody knows exactly when they pass by.(chinabackpacker)