Laojun mountain is Located in the border of Lijiang, Dali and Shangrila, It is the mountain range between Yangtze river & Mekong river which continuous stretch hundreds of miles , One of the main body part of the natural heritage " Three rivers flows in parallel" , the main peak is 4240 meters above sea level, historians called it as "the father of the mountains in Yunnan province".
Laojun mountain is a world of plants and animals, a paradise of nature . with global deforestation and damage to vegetation, laojun mountain's natural ecology is still well preserved, retains the massive primitive forest. in less than 10 square kilometers area on the mountain, almost all plant species were collected , Mt.laojun is known as "refuge", "natural botanical garden". According to the survey, the park has more than 10 kinds of class of national rare and precious plants, there are 79 families, 167 genera and 280 species of seed plants.
The good ecological vegetation, unique geological structure has become "the images of the earth's original", It is one of the representative landscape and the most spectacular place in 3 river parallel region .
Thousands turtle mountain is a nice place to visit on Laojun mountain range, You can take cable car to reach the top . walk downhill or go downhill by cable cable car. Its 2.5h by car from Lijiang city.
The best travel time: All years around.
May-June: Hundreds of Azalea flower ; October to November: Autumn color.