National park is a natural area to be specifically protected, managed and utilized that the nation divided for ecological tourism, scientific research and environmental education to conserve integrity of one or more typical ecological systems. The earliest "national park" in the world is Yellowstone National Park established in the United States in 1872. Unveiling ceremony of Shangri-La Potatso National Park in 2007 declared official establishment of the national park in mainland China. As colorful south of the cloud of long historic culture and natural scenery, there are certainly more than one national park in Yunnan. 

Shangri-La Potatso National Park

Shangri-La Potatso National Park is located in the heartland of “Three Parallel Rivers” world natural heritage of northwest of Yunnan, 22 kilometers away from Shangri-La County Town and is composed of two parts, Bitahai Lake Nature Reserve, an internationally important wetland and Shudu Lake scenic area of “Three Parallel Rivers”, the world natural heritage Red Mountain District. 

As the first AAAA national park in mainland China, it integrates with environmental protection, ecological cultural tourism, environmental education and community benefit functions.

Ticket Price: 130 yuan/person

Pu'er Taiyang River National Forest Park

Taiyang River National Forest Park, formerly known as Laiyang River National Forest Park, of which the forest coverage rate reaches 94.5%, reserves south subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest that is the largest and integrated in China. Dry and wet seasons are distinct throughout the year. The annual rainfall capacity is 1,600 mm. The air negative oxygen ion content is extremely high. Pleasant climate with no hotness in summer and no coldness in winter is available. 

There are 2104 species of plants and 812 species of wild animals in the scenic area, which is called "natural garden". Here is also the sole "habitat of Javanese bison" in China and is called “the hometown of bison”.

Ticket Price: 150 yuan/person for adult

Diqing Meili Snow Mountain National Park

Meili Snow Mountain is located in back-land of Hengduan Mountains and belongs to "Three Parallel Rivers" world natural heritage place and national level scenic area. It is one of the areas in which the biodiversity is the most abundant in China and temperate areas in the world and one of the 17 key regions of biodiversity protection in China, which is reputed as "one of the ten most beautiful mountains in China".

The overall length of Meili Snow Mountain is 150 kilometers. Meili Snow Mountain is the heaven for mild life with particular low latitude glacier, complicated plateau landform and plateau monsoon climate of indistinct four seasons but distinct dry and wet. The National Geographic Magazine of the United States has rated it as one of the “Last 5 Pure Lands” in the world.

Ticket Price: According to the scenic spots to be visited. 

Lijiang Laojunshan National Park

Lijiang Laojunshan National Park is situated in the west of Lijiang which the Jinsha River encircles its left and the Lancang River embraces its right so that it may be an important part of world natural heritage “Three Parallel Rivers” national key scenic spot and is praised as “the ancestry of Yunnan Mountains” and “the image of the earth’s original appearance”. 

Laojunshan National Park has abundant forest resources, numerous varieties and large amount of growing stock. The scenic area is situated in differentiation and origin center of spermatophyte so that it has been one of three peculiar centers of spermatophytes in China, which the biodiversity holds extremely special and important status in China and even the world.

Ticket Price: 80 yuan/person

Honghe Dawei Mountain National Park

Honghe Dawei Mountain National Park is adjacent to China-Vietnam border in south. The forest coverage rate is over 81.5%. Because it is located on the Tropic of Cancer, it is called “a green pearl on the Tropic of Cancer”. 

With moist rainforest, season rainforest, mountainous region moss evergreen deep broad-leaved forest and mountain top moss coppice from the lowest elevation 76.4 meters to the highest elevation 2,365 meters, Dawei Mountain is the region in which moist rainforest and tropic mountain forest vertical series are the most integrated. 

Because of the influence of the quaternary glacial period, numerous ancient and peculiar rare animals and plants are preserved. As one of the three existing peculiar centers of biological groups, Dawei Mountain has been a refuge for ancient tropical forest an