Daocheng Yading

Daocheng Yading National Nature Reserve. It is located in Shangri La City, Daocheng County, in the southern part of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Situated in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, amidst the Hengduan Mountains, the reserve borders Shangri La County in Yunnan Province to the south and Lugu Lake and Lijiang to the southeast. The reserve's forest cover spans 560 square kilometers, providing a habitat for numerous wild animals and plants. It boasts more than 10 peaks over 5,000 meters high, more than 30 peaks over 4,500 meters high, and 62 ancient glaciers and alpine lakes.