The best places for a day trip in Kunming

One-day tour attractions in Kunming include: Dianchi Lake Scenic Area, Yunnan Ethnic Village, Stone Forest National Geological Park, Cuihu Park, and Jiuxiang Scenic Area.

1. Dianchi Lake Scenic Area

Dianchi Lake, also known as Kunming Lake, is the largest freshwater lake in Yunnan and the sixth largest freshwater lake in China. The lake is vast and magnificent. Most tourists visiting Kunming will come here to take a look.

2. Yunnan Ethnic Village

It is mainly composed of natural village-style residential buildings, integrating garden landscape, beautiful water and green trees. There are many ethnic minority villages in the park, including Dai, Bai, Yi, Jingpo, etc. There are also ethnic song and dance halls, camping entertainment areas, yacht docks, circular tour buses and other tour and sightseeing facilities.

3. Stone Forest National Geopark

The Stone Forest Scenic Area is an area with relatively concentrated karst landforms (also called karst landforms) in China. The scenic area consists of Stone Forest, Naigu Stone Forest (black pine rock), It consists of 8 tourist areas: Zhiyun Cave, Changhu Lake, Dadieshui (Feilong Waterfall), Guishan National Forest Park, Yuehu Lake and Qifeng Cave. It is famous for its majesty, wonder, danger, beauty, secludedness, mystery and vastness.

4. Cuihu Park

Cuihu Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the city. It was originally a bay in Dianchi Lake, and later became a lake due to the drop in water level. Wangqing Lake is famous for its "spring dawn on the green embankment".

5. Jiuxiang Scenic Area

When traveling to Yunnan, there is a widely circulated saying: see the stone forest on the ground and visit Jiuxiang underground. The beauty of the stone forest lies in the peaks, and the beauty of Jiuxiang lies in the valleys. The Jiuxiang cave group originated from the ancient dolomites 600 million years ago. There are hundreds of large and small caves in total, and it is known as the hometown of caves.