Located in Shilin Yi autonomous county, Kunming, capital of Yunnan province

Stone Forest, Kunming

Located in Shilin Yi autonomous county, Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, Stone Forest scenic area is famous for its karst landscape, featuring various types of oddly shaped rocks, and a long complex geological history.

Listed by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site, the Stone Forest, or "shilin", is a 350-square-kilometer area near Kunming, overgrown with tree-shaped stones in the form of stalagmites formed 270 million years ago. The site is also known as "Sculpture Museum of Nature".

The site is an 5A-class tourist site, the highest-level rating in China. One of the "wonders of the world", it has the largest number of karst formations in the world.