{"id":37527,"date":"2025-12-10T23:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=37527"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:33:30","slug":"day-06-shangri-la-pudacuo-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2025\/12\/10\/day-06-shangri-la-pudacuo-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 06 @ Shangri-La – Pudacuo National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our heads still bopping a bit from riding on horses, we next continued onto Pudacuo National Park. This park is famous for its two high-altitude lakes: Shudu Lake and Bita Lake. I didn’t take many pictures inside the park itself, as my main activity in the park was to take aerial videos of the two lakes. Funny story about the flying though: I’d checked with the company who assisted to register my two drones, and also with my local guide who in turn checked with the park wardens, and I was given clearance to proceed. The two lakes are popular spots for drone pilots to fly, and I ran into a few others who were also flying. But 15 minutes after I finished my flights at Shudu Lake and was back at the bus pick-up point waiting for the park’s shuttle bus to bring us to Bita Lake, a low-flying sightseeing helicopter flew ahead. !!!<\/p>\n

It might have been an unscheduled flight. But I can’t imagine what might have happened if the drone was in the vicinity of the chopper. Fortunately, I was flying fairly low, and I probably would have been able to make an immediate descent as soon as I heard the chopper coming in. But still.<\/p>\n

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Boardwalk for visitors at Shudu Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bita Lake in Pudacuo National Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n