About this place

The golden monkey national park locates in Weixi county, Diqin prefecture.  It is one of the 3 forest national park in Diqin  prefecture.

The rare animal -Yunnan snub-nosed monkey Living on the mountain, They are protected by chinese government and is as important as The Giant panda.   about 1000 wild golden monkey Living in the  virgin forest on Baimang snow mountain (2800m-3100m) at Dacheng.    Tacheng is 120km from shangrila ,160km from Lijiang. 

The best time to watch wild monkey is 09:00-09:30 in the morning while the staff feed them food,  If you go there in the noon time or afternoon, The monkey is taking a nap and will not be active than morning!