Kunming Stone Forest Day Tour (Group Tour)

Our guide Ahyan was 11/10 as she shared with us everything we needed to know about Yunnan from tea, silver, nature, food, way of life, economy, property, marriage, history and ethnic groups within a short span of time. She is funny but firm in managing the time and group. Offered to take photos at major spots. Even though it rained heavily in the afternoon at Jiuxiang scenic area, she problem solved and ensured that everyone had a good time and was safe. Exceeded expectations and had a memorable day.

The guide was exclusively in Chinese. Just use a translator app. He really took care of our meals (requesting halal or vegetarian if the former not available).The was amazing, the stone forest time to explore was a little short (we requested to explore ourselves since we didn't understand the guide anyway - about 1 hour 15 min)

The coordination is excellent, the guide is very friendly, it's quite tiring, lots of stairs, not recommended for people who are not used to walking (around 15,000 steps and many irregular stairs). The driver was super aggressive, constantly overtaking in curved areas, which made the journey a bit stressful.

Joined tour with Chinese guide and Chinese group was excellent.Guide was very nice care that made very appreciated.The views were amazing.The most fun was the Dianchi lake

The tour guide was very nice and friendly! Provided us time to explore the forest and explained places to visit in Kunming and where to eat and visit.

the trip was delivered in Chinese but the tour guide (Kitty) tried the best she can!!.. please prepare good shoes and stamina 😄

The tour was well arranged with all communication done through WeChat. The tour started at 8am. However, we only departed at 8.40am as a group of tourists were late and the entire bus was waiting for them. This affected the rest of the itinerary as it meant that we could spend less time at each location. The guide was extremely patient with the group and did her best to manage them even though there were a couple of instances where the different groups were not very cooperative and took their own time. Overall, the tour was a good one and the tour guide was able to explain each attraction well. The first Jiuxiang scenic area was very interesting with the huge karst caves. There is a lot of climbing and walking involved during this portion, but it balances out well with other ways of descending at different areas (ropeway, there is even a slide that you can take for 35 yuan). At the end of the day, it was a good tour, but it really depends on the participants of the day.

Day tour was combined with local tour, in Mandarin. The English name for the meeting point is a tad misleading; follow the address in Chinese. As per package, the electric vehicle ticket in Stone Forest was not included. At the start of the tour, the guide insisted we buy via WeChat. Needed help from him on which mini programme to select that had passport option. It also only accepted local numbers, so we used his. At Jiuxiang, after exiting the caves, the guide insisted we take the slide to go down, which cost RMB 40 per pax (included rental of shorts and gloves). We weren’t told about this beforehand (it’s not on Klook, nor did the guide inform us at the start of the tour). Should have been more upfront about such “compulsory” out-of-pocket expenses! Lunch did not include roast duck, which was part of the package. Many steps at Jiuxiang and Stone Forest. Drop-off point was at Wanxing Pedestrian Street. The guide tried to recommend us to shop there, but the place was a ghost town.

An excellent day tour to Jiuxiang (River Cruise + Karst Cave) and Shilin (Stone Forest) Scenic Areas! I was the only native English speaker but the tour guide and guests were very kind, super helpful, and accommodating 🫶🏽I wished my translator app was working well, but never mind I still had a great time

A fascinating excursion to the unreal beauty near Kunming! Despite the language barrier (the guide spoke only Chinese), the excursion itself was very easy, we saw many picturesque places, took a huge number of beautiful photos, had a very tasty lunch =) The people in the excursion group are very friendly and welcoming!) I recommend the tour 100%!)