Kunming Attractions

Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, is also known as the "spring city". It is an important tourist city and state-list famous historical and cultural city in China. With a long history, numerous ethnic groups and unique natural conditions, Kunming features a wealth of cultural relics and scenic spots.

Top Attractions 

Kunming is one of the top ten tourist cities and the first batch of excellent tourist city in China. There are various types of famous tourist spots in Kunming, including ethnic villages, lakes, geological lanscape, karst caves and flowers. The top sights are the stone forest and Dianchi lake. For more information, click on the attractions below.

Stone Forest Scenic Spot in Kunming

Walking through the stone forest, visitors will be marveled at these natural stone masterpieces and fascinated by their intricate structures. Magnificent, strange, and precipitous stones have created numerous labyrinthine landscapes, including the great stone forest, the small stone forest, and the Naigu stone forest, etc, featuring with stones of various shapes.

Dongchuan Red Land in Kunming

Dongchuan in Kunming boasts the most typical and featured red soil in Yunnan highland. Experts regard it as the second marvelous red land in the world following the one in Rio Brazil. People who have been the first time to visit this land will be deeply impressed by the gorgeous scenes. Lands in deep red, purple, bright red, etc cover thousands of mountains. The most beautiful time to visit and shoot Dongchuan Red Land is from May to June and September to December. 

Lakes in Kunming

Dianchi is the most famous lake in Kunming. The Dianchi Scenic Area is quite mesmerizing, where natural scenery and human landscape blend perfectly. It can be divided into two districts, namely West district and East district. What makes Dianchi Lake distinctive is that the color of its water changes with the clouds and sunshine of the day. 

More Lakes and Ponds in Kunming.

Mosques, Temples and Churches in Kunming

In Yunnan, there are some places where Hui people gather, such as Zhaotong, Qujing, Kunming, Baoshan, Dali, Chuxiong and the like. There are some famous mosques in Kunming, like Nancheng mosque. Our Muslim Tours will help travelers to get around the most well-known Muslim sites in Yunnan and share their knowledge of Islam, dinning features and other aspects of Muslim culture. In addition, Kunming owns many temples, and Golden temple and Yuantong temple are most popular. 

More Mosques in Kunming and Temples in Kunming.

Museums in Kunming

Kunming has museums with various themes, including Pu'er tea culture, railway, zoology, ethnic minorities, geology and history, etc. If you want to have a general understanding of Kunming and even Yunnan, you might as well go to the museum.

Villages in Kunming

As Kunming is a multi-ethnic city, there are many featured villages in it. 

Natural Beauties in Kunming

More Rivers in Kunming and Mountains in Kunming.

Parks in Kunming

Historical and Cultural Sites in Kunming

Other Attractions in Kunming

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