8 Geologic Formations in Shilin County That You Shouldn't Miss

May 20, 2021 Stefan Strunk

Discover the best top things to do in Shilin County, China including Yunnan Stone Forest Geological Park, Jianfengchi (Sword Peak Pond), Naigu Stone Forest, Liziqing Stone Forest, Small Stone Forest, Grand Stone Forest, Large and Small Zhiyun Cave, Hemozhai Stone Forest.
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1. Yunnan Stone Forest Geological Park

Shilin Town, Shilin County 650000 China +86 871 6771 9006 http://chinastoneforest.com
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4.5 based on 1,123 reviews

Yunnan Stone Forest Geological Park

This forest of stone, formed by erosion over millions of years, is comprised of many stone peaks, pillars and stalagmites rising abruptly from the ground and extending as far as the eye can see.

Reviewed By OrderintheHouse

My wife and I enjoyed 8 days touring amazing Yunnan Province as part of a 24 day private Wendy Wu China Encounters tour in June and July 2018. Our Yunnan experience commenced with two nights in Shangri-La on the Tibetan border. We visited the ancient towns of Lijiang and Dali and concluded with two nights in Kunming. Along the way we felt so privileged to witness three absolutely incredible attractions – the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the majestic Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the absolutely awesome Shiilin Stone Forest, 80 kilometres south-east of Kunming. The Shilin forest has existed in China’s Yunnan Province for over 270 million years. Instead of trees the “stone forest” is made up of towering, pillar-like rock formations. The forest offers magnificent vistas of thousands of huge limestone karst formations and there are plenty of caves, crevices and waterfalls to enjoy as you walk through this splendid landform. To be truthful we were so amazed at what we saw before our very eyes – the experience took our breath away. We had our own guide who gave us a superb walking tour in the National Park. The place is packed with local Chinese tourists on most days and our guide was skilful in finding the less populous areas to visit. Along the way we experienced a couple of interesting local cultural moments – an old couple playing traditional music with fascinating musical instruments amongst the rock formations and a small group of ladies from one of the ethnic minorities in their colourful traditional dress sewing an equally colourful quilt – also amongst the rock formations. At one of the entrance/exits to the National Park we witnessed even more colour with large groups of ethnic minorities proudly wearing beautiful colourful traditional dress. One group was resplendent in rich red and yellow. However, it was the magnificent rock formations we really came to see and admire. These colourful moments were a nice added bonus. Many travellers to China marvel at climbing the Great Wall outside of Beijing and witnessing the Terracotta Warriors archaeology find outside Xian. We believe travellers, in the same breath, should be extolling the virtues of visiting the Stone Forest also. So, “The Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors and the Stone Forest “ – what a wonderful “must see” trilogy” for the discerning China traveller that would be.

2. Jianfengchi (Sword Peak Pond)

Shilin Town, Shilin County 652208 China
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4.5 based on 7 reviews

Jianfengchi (Sword Peak Pond)

3. Naigu Stone Forest

North of Shilin Scenic Spots, Shilin County 652211 China 0871-7717503
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4.5 based on 21 reviews

Naigu Stone Forest

4. Liziqing Stone Forest

Lizhiqing Village, Shiling Town, Shilin County 652208 China
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4.0 based on 6 reviews

Liziqing Stone Forest

5. Small Stone Forest

Shilin County 652200 China http://www.shilin.com.cn/public/protal/zh-CHS/index.html
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4.0 based on 30 reviews

Small Stone Forest

6. Grand Stone Forest

Between the Jiupan Mountain and Dafo Mountain, Shilin County 652200 China
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4.0 based on 54 reviews

Grand Stone Forest

7. Large and Small Zhiyun Cave

Northwest of Big and Small Stone forest, Shilin County 652200 China
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

8. Hemozhai Stone Forest

Hemozhai Village, Fengjingqu Town, Shilin County 652211 China

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