Bita means “a piece of land as soft as cattle hair” in Tibet language, “Hai” means “sea”. Roads have been constructed to this scenic area. The “sea” is 3,000 meters in length and its maximum width is over 700 meters. The altitude of the lake is 3,540 meters, formed by gathering the water streaming down from the surrounding mountains.

    One of the two distinctive biological characters of the lake is the 50-centimeter-thick grass coverings on the surface of the lake, creating a world of floating hydrophytes. The other is the scene happening every late spring and early summer. When the azaleas on the surrounding mountains are in full bloom, the fish in the water are always found lethargic on the surface of the lake for swallowing some lightly-poisonous petals of azalea. The local people call this wonder as “Azalea-drunk Fish ”.

    In the primeval forest on the north bank of the lake, many cabins are built there for the convenience of the tourists. Activities like horse riding, trekking and boating are available at the customer’s will.

    The Shanggri-la County is 680 km from Kunming. It is possible to book for either seating bus or sleeping bus from any large bus stations in Kunming.

Source: http://www.yunnan.cn/english/content/tc.htm