Kunming

Gateway to Yunnan · The Spring City
🌸 –° Kunming
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🌸Eternal spring · Gateway to Yunnan 🗓2–3 days suggested Pleasant year-round

Spring-like weather all year, red-billed gulls wheeling over Dianchi Lake, the karst wonder of the Stone Forest and the colour of its ethnic villages — Kunming is a gentle Spring City and the gateway to Yunnan.

Three routes — from spring-city waters to the Stone Forest wonder and ethnic colour.

Route 01

Spring-City Waters

1 day
Dianchi & Haigeng DamCuihu ParkYunnan University

Red-billed gulls over winter Dianchi, feeding gulls at Cuihu, and the artsy lanes around Yunnan University and Wenlin Street.

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Route 02

Stone Forest Wonder

1 day
Stone ForestNaigu Stone Forest

The karst 'greatest wonder' of the Stone Forest, the Ashima legend and its sword-peaks.

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Route 03

Ethnic Colour

1 day
Ethnic VillagesJinma-Biji ArchesGuandu Old Town

Twenty-odd peoples at the Ethnic Villages, the old arches, and the street life of Guandu Old Town.

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A meeting of peoples: the Yi Torch Festival, ethnic song and dance, and Dian opera.

Fresh Spring-City flavours: crossing-bridge noodles, wild mushrooms, rose cakes and steam-pot chicken.