Stone Forest (Shi Lin – 石林)

26 October 2007
3rd day – morning – Stone Forest

Today the morning call was at 7.15 am, breakfast at 8.00 am. The Stone Forest is just within walking distance from the hotel – about 15 minutes walk. To avoid the crowd, we started journey early at 9.00 am, immediately after the breakfast.


Along the way, we saw bundles of maize hanging outside almost every house for drying up for later consumption.


The Stone Forest is 120 km from Kunming. 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. It is one of the world's natural wonders.




Here, massive pillars of gray rock have formed a gigantic forest of stone. Some of these natural stone formations have the appearance of animals such as snakes, elephants, birds, and dragons. The whole journey of walking and climbing up and down from the entrance to the exit took about 2 hours.