City: Yunnan
Top Things to do in Yunnan
Top Hotels in Yunnan
- 1. HUALUXE Hotels and Resorts Kunming, an IHG hotel
- 2. Sofitel Kunming
- 3. Crowne Plaza Kunming City Centre, an IHG hotel
- 4. Pullman Lijiang Resort & Spa
- 5. InterContinental Lijiang Ancient Town Resort
- 6. Banyan Tree Lijiang
- 7. The Bivou
- 8. Hilton Yuxi Fuxian Lake
- 9. Songtsam Tacheng Lodge
- 10. Holiday Inn Kunming City Centre, an IHG hotel
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Things to do in Yunnan, China: The Best Caverns & Caves
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country. It spans approximately 394,000 square kilometres (152,000 sq mi) and has a population of 45.7 million (as of 2009). The capital of the province is Kunming, formerly also known as Yunnan. The province borders the Chinese provinces Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the countries Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
Restaurants in Yunnan
1. Bodhidharma Cave
2. Jiuxiang Scenic Region
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 119 reviews
Reviewed By FaizalP61 - Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
Excellent visit beyond expectations. Traveled by Car from Kunming with combined visit to Stone Forest and the Jiuxing Caves. Car arranged by Grand Park Hotel, Kunming for 900 RMB for about 10 hours. Need to leave by about 8am to ensure not rushing. Minimum three hours needed to fully explore the caves. Start off taking the elevator down to the river (it is also possible to walk down the steps through the forest). The cave entrance in the gorge over the river was good, but once inside the system - was more impressive. Extensive lighting throughout to highlight the features. The large lion cave was impressive - make sure you look at the extensive rock and fossil collection in the raised platform area. there is also an exhibition of prehistory in the site and a cafe in the lion cave. Leaving the lion cave there is a confisning bilingual sign - with the english wording asking visitors to go down to the twin waterfalls before going up to visit the fairy cave. The chinese says the opposite. Follow the chinese version and climb to the right to visit the Fairy Cave (the most spectacular cave with many pillars and Stalagmites - all with multi-colour lighting and a path that winds its way around the wall and ceiling of the cave. From the fairy cave the path drops down and crossed a bridge and then enters another cavern with the twin waterfalls and a cascade on rimstone pools dropping down the cave wall. Throughout the cave there are several photo points where your photo can be taken against key backgrounds. The touts say it is free but if you read the notice that is only for a small 2x2cm photo for a key chain - the larger prints are RMB20 ( anyway a good memento). At the last cave there is a "so called Yi Village - but basically a few shops selling food and souvenirs and the photos that were taken on the way through th cave. the way out is up 300 steps in a tunnel and cave. One emerges at the start of the cable car - but on the day of the visit it was not functioning - so we had to walk out which was quite a tough 25 minute climb. There is an alternative to travel on horseback. Back at the entrance there are plenty of souvenir shops and eating spots including one halal restaurant. Beyond expectations and highly recommended
3. Alu Cave
4. Shizhongshan Grottoes
5. Longmen Grottoes
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
6. Dixiadao Stone Forest
7. Swallow Cave
8. Puzhehei Scenic Resort
9. Fugong Shiyueliang Cavern Scenic Resort
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
10. Luchong Village Scenic Resort
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