Yunnan tour destinations: Paris – Kunming – Stone Forest – Yuanyang – Duoyishu – Jianshui – Kunming – Dali – Xizhou – Shaxi – Shangri-La – Lijiang – Shuhe – Kunming – Paris
Good evening, Anne,
We had a very beautiful trip, with no organisational problems at all. I commend your local team for their professionalism. The guides and drivers were perfect, and the hotels superb.
We saw very beautiful landscapes and interesting villages. The show in Kunming was very good. The Chinese people were also welcoming, both those working in tourism and ordinary citizens.
What we liked least was the very organised and rather oppressive tourism at the Stone Forest. We would have liked to spend more time at Shibaoshan. We got a bit lost, and there isn’t much information online about it. It might be good to mention in your travel documents that there are several temples to see, with a small map (the one on site didn’t help us much), and to allow us more than 3 hours, as there are a lot of steps to climb.
Another point worth mentioning, since the driver didn’t speak English: when we arrived late at Jackie’s inn because of bad weather, we were rather surprised by the long walk down into the village in the dark. I’d also like to say that the welcome was very warm and that this inn is very pleasant.
Kind regards,
Jocelyne