There are reasons to believe that "Shangri-La" or "Paradise" referred to in James Hilton!s tale "Lost Horizon" was right here, in Northern Yunnan. Situated in the Tibetan Prefecture region, surrounded by high snow-capped Holy Mountains, green grasslands, wild flowers, deep valleys, sacred lakes, long rivers. "SHANGRI-LA" is a sacred region, here the Dequen plateau has been listed as one of the areas with the reachest ecololgical scenery of the world! Looking at the colour changes, during Sunrise, on the high peaks of "Meli Snow Mountains", above 6000meters high, is an experience of a lifetime.