Atlas of China
Potatso National Park 普达措国家公园Pǔdácuò Guójiā Gōngyuán
5A scenic area · Diqing, Yunnan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Diqing
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Potatso National Park
A protected area of lakes, wetlands, forest and alpine meadow east of Shangri-La, inaugurated in 2007 as the first reserve in mainland China to be named a national park, within the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage area. Park buses carry visitors from the entrance to forest-ringed Shudu Lake, which is circled by boardwalks. Bita Lake and the Militang meadow were closed to visitors after a central environmental inspection in 2017, and a park notice for 2026 still keeps the main part of Bita Lake and its lakeside boardwalk closed for conservation.
How to get to Potatso National Park
About 22 km east of Shangri-La town, roughly 30–50 minutes by taxi or by the park shuttle bus from the town's bus station.
Nearby
- Shangri-La & Songzanlin Monastery 香格里拉松赞林寺 20 km
A golden-roofed Tibetan monastery stacked up a hillside, nicknamed 'Little Potala' - Baishuitai 白水台 40 km
Milk-white travertine terraces below Haba Snow Mountain, sacred to the Naxi Dongba faith
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