Yading Nature Reserve is a mountainous paradise that you’ve probably never even heard of, but it was one of the biggest highlights of my recent trip in China. Impressive mountains covered in snow and glaciers tower over forested slopes, grassy meadows, blue glacial lakes, waterfalls, and clear mountain streams. And yet all of this only gets a brief mention in most guidebooks! It’s extremely difficult to find much information in English, but there is really pretty decent infrastructure, so here’s everything you’d need to know about visiting Yading Nature Reserve.
Note: You might notice that I have not included pictures in this post aside from two Pinnable photos at the end. The main reason for this is that I don’t want to spoil it for you! If you’re not going to Yading, you can click here to see some stunning photos. If you are going, well, I suggest you let yourself be surprised, but it’s really up to you if you look or not.Getting to Yading Nature Reserve
Access is via the town of Daocheng, just off the road between Litang and Shangri-La (Zhongdian). I took a shared minivan from Litang to Yading Nature Reserve via Daocheng for 80 yuan per person. The catch is, it doesn’t take you all the way to the reserve entrance; it can only go as far as the ticket office in Shangrilla town (no, not the famous Shangri-La in Yunnan province; this is another one, also known as Aden or Xianggelilazhen). Here you must buy your entrance ticket as well as a ticket for the very scenic bus ride (private vehicles are not allowed to go) that will take you the rest of the way to the park entrance via Yading village. (See the map below if you’re confused!) The first bus leaves the ticket office at 7:30am; the last one back leaves the entrance at 6:30pm, but you’d be best to double check this!
Driving times & distances:
- Daocheng to Shangrilla town – 1.5 – 2 hours by minivan, 50 yuan per person
- Shangrilla town to ticket office – 2km, 30 mins walk, 10 yuan taxi ride
- Ticket office to Yading village – 45 mins bus ride
- Ticket office to Yading Nature Reserve entrance – 1 hour bus ride
- Yading village to Yading Nature Reserve entrance – 3 km, 15 mins bus ride. If you plan to walk from the park entrance to Yading village it will be a long uphill slog along the road.
Getting around
Walk! It’s worth walking along the river to see the gorgeous scenery.
If you’re tired, lazy, or running short of time you can take an electric cart from near the entrance to Luorong pasture and back. It’s a somewhat wild ride of 15 – 20 minutes each way, and there are a few stops along the way where the road connects with the river walkway.
Activities in Yading Nature Reserve
Hike. The reserve is set up with maps and arrows to guide you to specific scenic areas, and while they seem a bit confusing at times, you can’t really get too lost. Look at the mountains and take tons of pictures!
Walking times & distances (elevation shown in italics):
- Park entrance (3800m) to Chonggu meadow (3900m) – 15 to 20 mins
- Chonggu meadow (3900m) to Zhuoma La (Pearl) lake (4100m) – 45 mins to 1 hour one way. Uphill and steep in parts.
- Chonggu meadow (3900m) to Luorong pasture (4180m) – 6km, 2 to 3 hours one way, depending on how fast you go and how many times you stop to take pictures. It’s uphill but not steep, and it’s much more pleasant to take the riverside walkway than the road so look for it!
- Luorong pasture (4180m) to Milk lake (4600m) – 2 to 2.5 hours one way. Mostly uphill with a couple of very steep sections.
- Milk Lake (4600m) to Five Colour Lake (4700m) – 30 to 45 minutes. Quite steep uphill.
- Kora path around Zhainnari Peak – about 12 hours, best done with a guide and spread over two days.
At such high altitude, the walks are challenging. If you’re well acclimatized it’s ok, but be prepared to take it very slowly, especially going up to Milk Lake and Five Colour Lake.
Ride a horse. If you want to go to the upper lakes but don’t want to walk, there are lots of locals providing horses to ride from Luorong pasture to the lake. Don’t expect to ride the whole way, as I think they make you get off for the steepest parts. This also means that when you’re walking you often have to step off the path to let horses go by, and the smell of manure is something you’ll have to get used to!
Swimming is not allowed in the lakes (they’re sacred) and the upper ones are glacier fed so I doubt you’d want to!
Accommodation at Yading Nature Reserve
Shangrilla town has a YHA hostel. It’s a bit noisy but there are dorm beds for 25 yuan and very friendly staff. They will give you advice on where to go using some rather confusing maps in Chinese and also can store your bags for you if you want to stay in Yading village overnight. There are also plenty of other hotels and guesthouses in town.
Yading village is about 3km from the park entrance and has several guesthouses. We paid 120 yuan for a basic twin room that had mattress heaters, which was great as it was a bit cold at night. The bathroom was shared, with squat toilets and hot showers.
There is no actual accommodation within the park itself. If you want to stay there, take everything you need to be completely self-sufficient. I’m also not sure exactly what the rules are about camping within the park, but pilgrims doing the kora circuit must camp so I think it would be ok.
Eating
Shangrilla town has several Chinese and Tibetan restaurants but ordering food can be difficult as English menus are as scarce as English speakers! There were several small shops for stocking up on water and snacks.
Guesthouses in Yading village offer meals, which are a bit more expensive than average but ok. There are also a couple of other small restaurants in the village that may be cheaper than the guesthouses. There is a small shop for snacks and drinks, but don’t expect much of a selection.
There was a small shop at Chonggu meadow near the cart stop which had pot noodles and various other snacks, and there may be one at Luorong but I didn’t go look. Otherwise I didn’t see much by way of food, so take your own!
Costs of visiting Yading Nature Reserve
- Reserve entrance fee – 160 yuan (80 with a student card)
- Return bus ticket from ticket office to park entrance (can also be used from park entrance to Yading village and back if you’re staying overnight in the village) – 120 yuan (no student discount)
- Electric cart from Chonggu meadow to Luorong pasture – 80 yuan return, 50 yuan one way. Keep in mind that you cannot buy a return ticket FROM Luorong pasture.
- You only need to pay once if you’re staying overnight within the park or in Yading village. If you exit the park and go back to Shangrilla town to sleep, you’ll have to pay again the following day for both the bus and admission fee.
Facilities
At the ticket office there are toilets and you can buy a map for 10 yuan, but it’s only in Chinese so isn’t very helpful to us non-Chinese speakers.
There are toilets at Chonggu meadow and at Lurong pasture, but otherwise you’ll have to use the bushes.
Other Info about Yading Nature Reserve
Very little English is spoken here. At the hostel in Shangrilla there was one employee who spoke English, and at the guesthouse in Yading village the owner did, so that was helpful. Most of the tourists are domestic, and I would not guarantee that anyone will be able to speak English to you, so take a phrasebook!
Make sure you are adequately prepared for any kind of weather. I was there in early June, and when the sun was out, it was really warm, but when it goes behind a cloud and the wind blows, it’s suddenly really cold! And on our second day the storm clouds moved in and we got very, very wet and cold on the walk back from the upper lakes, even with good rain jackets!
That’s it! If you have any other questions, please just email me or leave them in the comments. And now, if you really want to see those pictures, click here. Enjoy your trip to Yading Nature Reserve!
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Hi Jenny!!Wonderful blog!!!I’m planning a trip next year in April from Chendgu to Luge lake and back in 2 weeks..Yading is on my itinerary…thanks for all the info!!
No problem, I’m glad you found it helpful. And have a wonderful trip!
Hello Jenny! I am planning on leaving for Yading in the next week, but despite all of blogs I have read there is one thing I haven’t been able to figure out. You said you were in the park for two days. Did you stay overnight inside, or did you buy a ticket for two days? It seems like it would take a whole day just to see everything, so I’m a little confused on how that works.
Thanks!
Ashley! I’m sorry, somehow I missed the notification of your comment and just saw it now! I stayed in Yading village, about 3km the actual park entrance but well beyond where you buy the ticket, so no need to buy a second one. I definitely recommend spending more than one day in the park. Sorry if this is too late for you!
Thank you for useful info about yading trekking. I will be headed to yading few weeks later, i wonder is there any accommodation in the park? If i stay inside, should i carry the sleeping bag??
Cheers!
Hi Lee! If you want to sleep actually in the park, you’ll need to take everything with you: sleeping bag, tent, food and cooking equipment as there are no facilities for this at all. I don’t know if they’ll let you pitch your tent at somewhere like Luorong Pasture, or if you have to go further up to Milk Lake or somewhere to sleep.
The only accommodation is at Yading Village, 3km before the actual park entrance. I spent two days in the park and left it at night to go back to Yading village to sleep, which was fine but it meant backtracking a bit.
Either way, enjoy your time in Yading! It’s an amazing place!
thank you so much. i will go to Yading between 19 Oct – 1 Nov 2016 ^^.
No problem Puu! Enjoy your trip and let me know how it goes!
Hello Jenny
Thanks for the post. Very informative. I plan to go to Yading Nature Reserve in late October. I am still confused about where to stay to sleep.
1) From your post I understand that you slept at Yading Reserve. Considering that the bus from Riwa to Yading is included in the ticket and that Yading is outside the Park, what is the advantage to sleep in Yading instead of Riwa?
2) Do you know if there are places in Riwa or Yading renting tents? I always bring a sleeping bag I am traveling around the area and I don’t want to travel with a tent.
3) I understood that you did the hike Yading-Five Color Lake and back in the same day and walking (not electric cars). Adding all your times is about 12-13 hrs total. Is that correct?
4) In the line of question 3). Once you have reached the Milk lake it is about the same time to walk back to Yading along the same way or close the circle and do the kora. Why you did not continue around the mountain? It would take you 12 h anyway. Is that correct?
Thanks and best regards
Hi Steve, thanks for stopping by! Sorry for the late reply but I’ve just moved to Oman and my internet access is quite limited for the time being. To answer your questions:
1. There are kind of two park entrances: 1) the one in Shangrilla (Riwa) town, where you buy your park entrance ticket and bus ticket (they’re separate tickets but both are required), and 2) the place the bus drops you off, which has no entrance gate of any kind, it’s just where you start walking from. I slept in Yading village, which is in between the two; only about 3km from #2, but much, much further from #1. So if you were to take the bus back to Riwa to sleep and go again the next day, it would take you an hour each way on the bus to get there, as well as possibly having to pay both the entrance and the bus tickets again.
2. I have no idea. You could try contacting the YHA hostel in Riwa (Shangrilla), and they might know.
3. I did the hike from the entrance (#2) to Luorong pasture one day as well as the hike to Pearl Lake, went back to Yading village to sleep, and the next day took the small electric cart to Luorong pasture and hiked to Milk lake and 5-color lake and back from there. 12-13 hours is probably about right if you were to talk the whole thing and back, but you might be a much faster hiker than I.
4. It would make sense to continue if you have camping gear with you. I did not and there is nowhere to stay up there.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions!
Hello Jenny!
Thank you very much for the post!
Maybe you culd help us with one question. What are the ways to get from Yading Nature Reserve to Daocheng? By bus/car/taxi? Maybe you have the timetable? What is the latest time we can leave from Yading Nature Reserve?
Thank you very much in advance!
Hi Kate! Glad you like the post. I went both ways in a taxi because I was with three others that I’d met in Litang. I’m sure there are buses, but I’m sorry, I don’t know the times. Maybe try contacting some of the youth hostels in the area and see if they can tell you? (I’ll check when I get home to see if I have a contact) If you’re going by taxi you can leave anytime you want, but I would arrange it in advance. We left Shangrilla town around 8pm I think, and arrived in Daocheng quite late. The only way between Shangrilla town and the actual hikes is by the park bus; private vehicles are not allowed. The last bus out was at 6pm I believe, but double check that before you go! Hope that helps! Any more questions, just ask!
Merry Christmas Jenny
It is so timely to chance upon your site.
I will be ending my cycling trip in Sichuan at Kangding and thereafter wanted to hike yading nature reserve.
It would be highly appreciated if you can share some of your expertise tips from Kangding to Yading.
I know Autumn is the most beautiful. However, I am going in April 2017
Thanks in advance,
Smiley Rene
Hi Rene,
Sorry for the delay on replying, I was in India! From Kangding to Yading is a bit of a distance. I actually went from Kangding to Tagong, then to Litang, and from Litang to Yading. To go directly from Kangding to Yading I think might take you 8 – 10 hours in a car. You can skip past Tagong (it’s off the main road) to save time. I think there might be a bus directly from Kangding to Daocheng, which would probably save you time. I took shared taxis, so waiting around to find people to share with added to the time as well, and you would maybe have to take it in shorter trips. If you can get a bus, you should have time to get to Yading from Kangding, spend 2-3 days in the park, and get to wherever your flight leaves from but it might be tight. With limited time I definitely recommend getting up to Milk lake and 5 colour lake, as well as making a detour to Pearl Lake. Luorong pasture is gorgeous and peaceful too, but you’ll have to go there anyway to start the hike to Milk lake. If you don’t have time to walk to Luorong pasture you could take the electric cart there and back from the entrance. Hope this helps!
to continue from my earlier comment.
1) any recommend local guide
2) I have only 8 Apr to 14 Apr duration (flying home on 15 Apr). with this short duration, how much i can see and do (the must have)
Thanks
🙂
Ah, and sorry I forgot to mention that I don’t have any recommendation for a local guide. You don’t really need one. There are plenty of people around, just ask someone if you don’t know!
Hi, thanks for the guide. I stumbled across while researching to Yading! Heading this August.
Hi Roxie, glad it was useful! Please let me know if any of this info has changed, as it’s a while now since I went!
I did the full Kora of Ya Ding in 2010 with 3 local guides and a translator. It remains one of the most fulfilling , challenging and emotional weeks of my life. Be it the meals in the ancient shepherds huts to the crossing of a saddle pass at 5800m in a blizzard ,it was by far the most challenging and rewarding moments of my life. I recommend it to anyone brave enough to accept the challenge. My only advice is to do it before it is destroyed by the tourism drive that will surely overtake it
Wow, Andrew, that sounds incredible! I would love to do that, but not sure I am brave enough to accept the challenge! Did you spend a full week doing it then? Camping along the way?
Hello Andrew! I’m interested in travelling to Yading later in the year. Do you mind sharing the contacts of the local guides if possible? Thank you 🙂
Hi Jenny,
I will be coming in late october in the beautiful Yading Nature Reserve. I would like to do the Kora of 2 days around the mountain and I am looking for a porter to help me carry my gear (tent and food). Do you know if there is one and if yes how can I contact him?
Also, do you recommend other activities in the surroundings?
Thank you very much,
Hi Nicolas,
I don’t know of any porter, but I’m sure if you ask at your accommodation in Shangrilla village they can probably point you in the right direction. I don’t think you should wait until you get to the park to find one, because I don’t remember seeing any such service.
I actually didn’t spend any time in the area nearby, but I think Daocheng village might be an ok place to check out. I went from there all the way to Shangri-La (the famous one), but it took all day on the bus so it’s not very close! Let me know if you find anything good though!
Hi Jenny!
Fabulous article, so informative! Am planning to go to Yading on November 16 and am planning to stay in Yading Village for 4 nights, entering and exiting the park daily; from your article, it seems I will save much time in taking a bus back & forth to/from Riwa, and save me too in park entrance fee ~ thanks to your article !
Would you by any chance have the names of hostels in Yading Village, so I can book in advance? Or even a photo with the hostel’s name? I have searched everywhere and haven’t had any luck …..
Best regards,
Jess
Hi Jess, I’m sorry, I don’t remember the name of the guesthouse (I’m not sure I ever knew it) and I checked my photos and I don’t have it in any of them either. You could try contacting the YHA in Shangrilla village Daocheng Riwa International Youth Hostel. Otherwise I think you could probably just show up and they’d find you a bed somewhere.
The only thing I think you should be aware of is that when we went to get on the bus in Yading Village on the second day, the driver made a bit of a fuss about us going ‘again’. He let us on, but I’m not sure if that was partly just because one of the guys I was with spoke Chinese. I’d say you should ask when you buy your bus ticket, but I don’t want them to charge you extra entrance fees for all the days you’ll be there. I think the best thing to do is just go and play dumb. If need be, offer the driver to pay for the short distance from Yading village to the park.
I hope this all helps. Good luck and enjoy it!
Hello!
Amazing article which is really really helpful! I’ve just one question about the accommodations. I can’t find any hostel in Yading village online. Did you just go there and knock the door hoping they have a room left or is it possible to book something in advance?
Thank you 🙂
Sjoerd
HI Sjoerd, yes, that’s exactly what we did! I don’t know if you can book in advance but you could try emailing or calling the YHA in Shangrilla town Daocheng Riwa International Youth Hostel to see if they know how to contact any of the guesthouses in Yading Village. I’m pretty sure if you just show up they’ll find you a bed somewhere though. Good luck and enjoy!
Hi Jenny,
Thank you so much about all the info about travelling to Yading. We like to go there in mid November. Is it a good time to go for autumn foliage? Will it be too cold? Or should I postpone to August next year (during which we are only available). And is Yading suitable to bring the elderly (60s but still can walk quite far) and kids (3 and 7 years).
Many thanks and hope to hear from you soon!
Cheers
Hi Sherlynn,
I haven’t been there in November so I couldn’t say, but my guess is that there would be a bit of autumn foliage but not a lot. I feel like a lot of the trees were coniferous, so while you might get a bit of colour, I wouldn’t expect too much. Also, I think it might be quite cold. Something to keep in mind is that just the park entrance is at 3800 metres above sea level, with the hikes going up to 4100, 4200 or even 4700 metres. That means it was cold even in June when I went, as soon as the sun went away. It rained on us on the way back from Milk Lake, and we were feeling quite cold! So I suspect that November might be quite chilly and you would probably encounter some snow. Also, the elevation is something to keep in mind, in particular for older people. It affects everyone differently so it’s hard to say, but it can leave you quite short of breath, even walking on flat ground. The walk to Luorong pasture was a very slow steady uphill so it was ok for me, but the hike up to Milk Lake was steep in places and fairly challenging. I do recommend a few days of acclimatization at higher elevations before you go, if you can manage it. Having said that, there are the electric cars that can take you as far as Luorong Pasture, which is a gorgeous spot to just wander and hang out if people are feeling the altitude too much to walk. And if you really want to go further, there are men who will take you on horseback for a fee. Just keep in mind that altitude sickness is very serious, and if anyone is really nauseous, headachy, or faint, they must go to a lower elevation as soon as possible. I hope that helps. Be safe and have fun!
Hi Jenny, how much does an average meal, say a bowl of noodle, cost? I’m so excited to visit Yading later this year and your blog has so many wonderful information!
Ah, I’m sorry to say that I have no idea! I honestly can’t remember how much I paid for food, but I don’t remember it being particularly expensive. Maybe just a little more than you’d pay somewhere else, but I’m honestly not sure. I’m glad my blog is helping you plan your trip!
Do you or anyone else know today in 2018 if doing the full 7 day Kora is allowed and if guides Will take you if you have all your backpack in equipment?
Last year I asked someone and he said no guys were willing to take them. Some new regulations. So if anyone has updated info please let me know
Hi Brent, I have no idea but hopefully someone reading this can help you!
Hello, Its such a pleasure to see blogs for such faraway places in English. God bless. I will be there in mid may 18. We are three of us… couple in mid 40s and son 8 yrs. Will come here from Shangri La (Yunnan) and after Daocheng, will head to either Tagong (by road) or fly back to Chengdu (To decide). I surely want to minimise hotel changes. Can you help me with the following:
Day 1. Might be worth while to slog it out a bit on the first day itself and check into a hotel/hostel in Yading village? That will mean Shangrila- Daocheng (4 hrs)- Aden/ Shangrilla village (2 hrs)- Yading village (1 hr) but will save me multiple packing/ unpacking and changes. OVernight YAding village
Day 2 This day we will go to Pearl Lake and visit Chonggu temple one way and the meadow the other way. If we feel like will hike some more on the lorong pasture route. Return to Yading village. Overnight YAding village
Day 3: Check out. Head to park. Take a shuttle to lorong pasture. Then hike to milk lake and back. Evening pick up luggage and head to Daocheng for overnight stay.
Day 4: head to Tagong/ airport (which we have to decide still).
My questions:
a. How frequent/ easily available are buses/ vans from Daocheng to Aden and ticket office to yading village? This is to make day 1 plan feasible
b. Do you recall any hotel in the yading village area or all hostels? From what i can see on various websites (eg Ctrip), all hotels seem to be in Aden/Shangrilla town area only. So instead of Yading village, if i stay 2 nights in Aden, is it OK? Do i pay everytime i enter the gate at aden?
Do you think this makes sense… esp with a kid in tow 🙂
Hi Amitabh,
I think your day 1 plan might be optimistic. Certainly 4 hours from Shangri-La to Daocheng is, as I went in the reverse direction, leaving Daocheng at 6am and as I remember it took most of the day to get there by bus. I’d guess 10-12 hours. You might do it faster if you want to hire a car for just your family, but my guess is you’re still looking at at least 8 hours, and of course you need to give your driver a break or two and probably stop for lunch. If you can do that and leave early enough, I think you could probably get as far as Aden on Day 1. I don’t know how frequently the buses/vans go to Aden from Daocheng as I was in a car with friends, but I’m sure it would be easy enough to find a shared vehicle if you’re early in the day, or at least find someone to drive you if it’s later. Obviously if you’re taking a hired car from Shangri-la you might as well get them to take you all the way to Aden. Of course this all depends on your budget as it would be considerably more expensive than taking the bus. I think getting all the way to Yading village on that day is unlikely.
The guesthouse I stayed at in Yading village had private rooms, and I don’t even know if it had a dorm. I wouldn’t have called it a hostel. I think there are just several small similar guesthouses like that. We didn’t have a reservation, we just turned up at one, and I think May is probably early enough in the season that you wouldn’t have to worry about them being full (obviously I can’t guarantee anything).
So, I think the best thing for you to do is try to get at least to Daocheng but hopefully Aden on Day 1.
Then on Day 2, you have a choice. You could take the bus but get off in Yading Village and find a guesthouse. Be prepared to just leave your luggage because if it’s early they may not have a room ready for you yet. Then catch the next bus and continue on, enjoy your day in the park, and stay in Yading village for the night. Enjoy day 3, stop in Yading village on the way back (make sure you’re not on the very last bus) and pick up your luggage, and catch the next bus back to Aden.
Alternatively, if you can just carry enough for overnight (make sure you have warm and waterproof things) you could leave your luggage at a hotel in Aden and take the bus all the way in on day 2, stop in Yading village for the night, carry everything all day again, and take the bus all the way back to Aden on Day 3, pick up your stuff and get a car to Daocheng. This is what I did.
The potential problem I see with both these options (but more with the first) is that the bus driver made a bit of a fuss on the morning of our second day when we were getting on the bus in Yading village to head to the park. He seemed to think we should have another ticket or something (although there was nowhere there to buy one). Fortunately one of the friends I’d met spoke Mandarin and convinced him to let us on, but without that option it could be difficult. Maybe you could just play dumb or could pay the driver a bit. I have also read other accounts where people went back and forth to the village on the bus without any trouble, so who knows? Maybe it was my driver’s first day. 😉
Neither of these options really minimizes changing hotels. If you want to do that you might find it easier to just stay in Aden and pay again. But keep in mind that for each of you, you’d have to pay entrance fee AND bus ticket each day. When I went four years ago it was 160 yuan entrance plus 120 for the bus for an adult. Sorry, I don’t know the cost for a child. Plus, you lose time travelling in and out of the park each day.
Your Day 2 and Day 3 plans are pretty much exactly what I did, so entirely possible. Just try to allow for acclimatization to the high altitude as much as you can, and be prepared to take it very slow if anyone isn’t feeling well.
I hope this helps. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.
This is not a hike. It is a walk on boardwalks. Your feet don’t touch the ground (except for a short distance but they are busy boardwalking that section too). That’s not to say it isn’t challenging at this altitude though. And the landscape is amazing. But the hundreds of Chinese tourists you will be sharing the boardwalks with, continuously stopping to take selfies, and the cctv cameras everywhere just add to the distancing from nature that I had hoped to experience. And you’ll be lucky to get a photo of the lakes without hundreds of people in it.
It is changing fast, and the ticket office has moved so don’t attempt to walk to it from Shangri-La / Xianggelilazhen. It is now much further along the road in a huge new complex; clearly built to accommodate large numbers of domestic tourists, who go there daily in coach loads. You will need to get a private car or minivan to the ticket office from Shangri-La / Xianggelilazhen.
I wouldn’t have missed it but would have liked to have known more about what to expect.
Wow, Garry, it sounds like a lot has changed since I was there 4 years ago. At that time there was only boardwalk from the entrance to Luorong Meadow, and there was hardly anyone on it. The part from Luorong Meadow up to Milk Lake and 5-Color Lake was most definitely a hike back then, and I’m disappointed to hear they’re boardwalking that. I don’t remember seeing any cameras at all! It sounds like Yading is becoming a lot more popular than it was a few years ago. Thanks for the update, even if it is disappointing to hear that it’s becoming so overrun with tourists, like so many other places in China.
Hi Garry, I am planning to go to Yading at the end of April this year. Can you maybe recommend some accommodation in that area? We would like to be near the park. Also, do you maybe recollect where Holiday Inn Express Daocheng Yading is? When I look at the internet, I am getting different locations. According to one website, it is in Daocheng, according to the other one, it is in Shangri-La town, so I am confused. Any information is really appreciated.
Thanks, Marija