How to get to Shangri-La from Kunming?

The fastest way from Kunming to Shangri-La is as follows:

1. Drive from Kunming to Kun 'an Expressway, passing through Anchu Expressway, Chuda Expressway and Dali Expressway, which lasts for 7 hours, as shown in the figure:

2. Drive along Dali Expressway 168.9 km, drive 9.4 km to the right, go straight into National Highway 2 14, drive along National Highway 2 14 134.2 km, turn right for 269 meters, turn right into Wang Chi Road, drive 4.9 km along Wang Chi Road, and turn right into Jinsha Road.

3. After entering Jinsha Road, drive along Jinsha Road for 66 1 m and turn left 103 m to reach Shangri-La. The whole journey is shown in the following figure:

Shangri-La is one of the cities under the jurisdiction of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, where Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet provinces meet, and also the hinterland of the "Three Parallel Rivers" scenic spot. Shangri-La, formerly known as Zhongdian County, is called "Jiantang" in Tibetan. According to legend, it is the fief of the third son of the Tibetan king, Batang and Litang. "Dian" seems to be Yi language, meaning "Bazi" and "Pingdu". Zhongdian is a Naxi language, which is a transliteration of "land", meaning "the residence of the chief" or "the place where yaks are raised". Shangri-La is the Tibetan language of Diqing, which means "the sun and moon in my heart". 1933, in his novel The Lost Horizon, james hilton first described Shangri-La, an eternal and quiet place far from the eastern mountains.