Good Choice on Yunnan Tour: Stone Forest

Situated close to the bustling city of Kunming in China’s Lunan Yi Autonomous province, Stone Forest National Park is a scenic area boasting an array of captivating limestone formations. Bewitching, dove grey stones, shaped like trees, animals and even fungi, rise up from the earth and point into the heavens, casting eerie shadows for Tours China. Unsurprisingly, the Stone Forest National Park is very popular amongst tourists who are keen to marvel at its unique rock formations, some of which measure up to 130ft (40m) in height.

The unparalleled Yunnan Tours stone forest in subtropical plateau. In this protected area, massive low stone teeth and high rock pillars are distributed in clusters in mountain ridges, valleys and depressions, and coexist with karst caves, lakes and waterfalls, forming a full view of karst landscape. Particularly, looking into the distance, the massive 20-50m high stone pillar cluster here seems to be a "forest", so people visually call it "Stone Forest". Here is an ideal place for studying both regional geological evolution and karstification. Having lived in the stone forest area for more than 2,000 years, the life style of Sani people of Yi nationality is closely bound up with the karst stone forest. The oft-quoted and widely loved epic Ashima, the warm Yi Torch Festival, the lively Axitaoyue (a traditional dance of Yi Nationality) and a song full of deep feeling named "Guests from Afar, Please Come to Stay" have all been spread far and wide. The rich and varied national culture and the pronounced national lifestiles are combined with pleasant environment of the stone forest landscape, forming a beautiful scenery in perfect harmony of the nature with people and increasing the attraction of the stone forest landscape.

If you want to get away from the tourist crowds, Naigu Stone Forest is a good option. It is 8 kilometers (5 miles) northeast of the Greater and Lesser Stone Forest, and is older and quieter than the Greater and Lesser Stone Forest along Classic China travel. It has been declared a World Heritage site as part of the South China Karst. Naigu literally means 'ancient black' in the language of the Yi ethnic group. Naigu Stone Forest has a weathered black surface. Covering an area of 10 square kilometers (4 sq. mi.), Naigu Stone Forest consists of the Eastern Area, Western Area, Baiyun Lake, Baiyun Cave, and Old Battlefield. It features spiky stones, karst caves, a large waterfall, a vast grassland, and an impressive causeway of black volcanic blocks. If you go there between September and November, you will be mesmerized by a sea of tickseed flowers flanked by the Stone Forest.