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Lashi Lake 拉市海Lāshì Hǎi
4A scenic area · Lijiang, Yunnan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Lijiang
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Lashi Lake
Lashi Lake lies at about 2,440 metres in a basin on the south-eastern slopes of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, 8 km west of Lijiang, and is the core of a provincial wetland nature reserve set up in 1998. Some 20,000 to 30,000 migratory waterbirds winter here, among them black-necked cranes and bar-headed geese, and 57 bird species have been recorded in the wetland. A dam built since the 1980s keeps the once-seasonal lake at a steady level.
How to get to Lashi Lake
About 8 km west of Lijiang, 20–30 minutes by taxi.
Nearby
- Lijiang Old Town 丽江古城 under 10 km
Cobbled lanes, rushing canals and Naxi courtyards beneath a snow-capped peak - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain 玉龙雪山 30 km
A glacier-hung massif on Lijiang's doorstep, with a cable car to over 4,500 metres - Tiger Leaping Gorge 虎跳峡 40 km
A classic two-day trail high above one of the world's deepest gorges
Also within 20 km: Puji Temple, Lijiang 普济寺 (under 10 km), Shuhe Old Town 束河古镇 (under 10 km), Black Dragon Pool 黑龙潭 (under 10 km), Baisha Murals and Dabaoji Palace 白沙壁画 (10 km), Yushuizhai 玉水寨 (20 km), Guanyin Gorge 观音峡 (20 km).
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