Posted 2018/1/11
Lijiang-Lashihai Lake-Zhamei Monatery-Meiquan Village-Lijiang
◆Trip Highlights
Hihai wetland is located in the middle of Lijiang County . It was approved as a plateau wetland nature reserve in Yunnan Province in June, 1998. Since then, the nature reserve has been rehabilitated, protected and improved, which turns to be a paradise of thousands of birds consisted of 57 species, a place where biodiversity has been effectively conserved.
The over 1,800 year old Tea Horse Trade Route starts from Simao, a place that has been famous for its Pu'er tea, in southwest China's Yunnan province. The Tea Horse Trade Route, or simply Tea Horse Road, goes from its southern end to Southeast Asia, connects Beijing from its north and zigzags to Tibet from its West.
Beautiful scenery along the tour route
◆Tour Itinerary
Join the tours to watch birds from the end of October to the beginning of April, when the lake is home to tens of thousands of migratory birds coming to feed on its abundance of local crops, aquatic plant species and different species of fish.
Drive to Lashihai Lake, horse riding around the lake with some wild birds,visit Zhiyun M0nastery and Naxi ethnic villages.
At an elevation of 2500 meters, Lashihai (Lashi Lake) is the largest highland lake in Lijiang County, and an important habitat for over 70 species of migratory birds, the highest water bird species diversity of any lake in Northwest Yunnan.
Ancient Tea-Horse Road Horse Riding
This water birds inhabit the lake (10,5%), wetlands (22,8), and farmlands (66,7%) of Lashihai. Several of these birds have protected status, including the 20 listed bellows.
1. Black-neecked Crane
2. Hooded Crane
3. Common Crane
4. Black Stork
5. Chinese Merganser
6. Whooper Swan
7. Baikal Teal
8. Mandarin Duck
9. White-Eyed Pochard
10. Great Crested Grebe
11. Black-shouldered Kite
12. Black-eared Kite
13. Northern Goshawk
14. Common Buzzard
15. Hen Harrier
16. Pied Harrier
17. Eurasian Marsh Harrier
18. Eastern Marsh Harrier
19. Osprey
20. Common Kestrel
Plenty of protected birds are flying freely at Lashi Lake
