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Napa Hai Nature Reserve

Northwest of Shangri-La County, Shangri-La County 674400, China
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Type: Bodies of Water, Nature/ Wildlife Areas
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 May 2013 via mobile

If you like grass, stop along the road and take a picture. No reason to pay the entry fee just to walk on said uninteresting grass.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 January 2013

When it's not snowing, the place is sad and really nothing much to see. The rides are over priced. Do something else! Go to the snow mountain or do something else.

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 January 2013

Napa Lake was basically more like Napa Drain Canal. The admission of Y60 was totally not worth it. We didn't do the horse riding because we were already scammed to pay more for the trip here as strongly recommended by our private driver we hired from Qiaotou to Shangrila. We should've read all the reviews here before blindly heading there.... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 November 2012

When we visited not much of the lake was actually water. Covers a huge area and at this time of year yak graze on the dried up lake-bed. Around the remaining water there is much wildlife and great photo opportunities. You pay an entrance fee for entry into the reserve.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 October 2012

The Napa Grassland is worth a visit if you are travelling between the month of May to July, otherwise there is nothing much to see. Beware of the house riding scam, they will offer you three different routes from $220 (one hour), $320 and $380 (two hours) perperson. The $380 package is just similar to the $220, they finished within... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 September 2012 via mobile

We were there sep 10th, and it was still a grassy wetland instead of a lake. It's certainly a nice quiet area to get away from the town, but is not worth the admission price (Y60 to walk on wet grass). Best just to walk or bike around the area, this will give you the same experience.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 September 2012 via mobile

We did not ride the horse, instead we chose to walk and wonder around. Alternatively a bicycle is good to explore the area. Very relaxing and windy. The entrance ticket allows us to access Yila grassland which is not far away.

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Hong Kong
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 August 2012

Depending on the season, the Napa Hai (Napa sea) should be called Napa Lake, Napa Pond or just a Napa Graze Land. During the summer, hardly saw any water and thought that the horse ride was overpriced compared to other areas in Yunnan. However, we enjoyed the ride through a part of the graze land because it gave us the... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 August 2012

very well conserved place, I love it very much, very green, very natural. the water is so fresh. very relaxing to walk inside the park.

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China
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 June 2012

With new road encircling and entrance fees to some parts of this lake and grasslands, this is still interesting place to visit becauseof scenery, blue skies, verdant grasslands with wild flowers, horses, pigs and yaks grazing, and Tibetan people.

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