Pudacuo National Park

Pudacuo National Park is located in the centre of "Three Parallel Rivers" world natural heritage area, belong to northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It make up of the Wetlands of International Importance Bita Lake Nature Reserve and the "Three Parallel Rivers" world natural heritage Redhill Area’s Shudu Lake. The park is 22 kilometers away from the Shangri-La. It’s a total area of approximately 300 Square kilometers. The park is in Northwestern Yunnan Province’s alpine cold temperate coniferous forest vegetation zones, the highest point of it is in the northern peak of Mi li Tang Mountain, 4159 meters above sea level. The lowest point is gold ditch, in the east of the Bita Lake, 3200 meters above sea level, the relative elevation of 959 meters. Pudacuo National Park is the first national park in China, which set environmental protection, ecological and cultural tourism, environmental education and community benefit functions as one, under the premise of protecting the country and the world natural and cultural heritage, sightseeing opportunities for domestic and foreign tourists.