Stone Forest | Most Beautiful Tour
The Stone Forest or Shilin is a notable set of limestone formations about 500 km2located in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China, near Shilin approximately 90 km (56 mi) from the provincial capital Kunming,More info:wiki
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“The Stone Forest is about 120 kilometres from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, China. It was originally the bed of a large sea. Over time, the waters receded to reveal a limestone landscape. Erosion by the elements resulted in the stone assuming dramatic and fantastic shapes.”
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Shilin (meaning ‘Stone Forest’) is an area of 300 square kilometres in China’s Yunnan province near Kunming, entirely covered with nature-shaped karst-formations. Scientists claim these stalagmite-like pillars were formed more than 270 million years ago. These otherworldly surroundings resemble some kind of a stone forest; that’s where the name comes from. In fact, Shilin is compound of a few individual stone forests. Two most famous ones are Naigu Stone Forest and Suogeyi Village. Both of them belong to the South China Karst listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the most famous attractions in Shilin is Ashima Stone. A local legend says it was a beautiful girl who fell in love but wasn’t allowed to get married to her soulmate. Eventually, she fled away to the forest and was turned into a stone. Amidst the limestone passages, the visitors will also discover caves and waterfalls, a pond with an island, and an underground river.
Although the area may be visited all year round, November to April are better due to drier weather. The season of abundant rains between May and October is not the best time to go to Shilin. Besides, Shilin tends to be super crowded during a week-long Torch Festival that takes place around July or August, as well as the Labor Day (May 1st to 7th) and National Day (October 1st to 7th).
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#4 The Tails of Wonders “Lena’s Stone Forest” in Russia,More info:charismaticplanet
Lena’s Stone Forest, is also called Lena’s Pillars, actually a natural rock formation about 60 km upriver from Yakutsk, in Russia. Lens’s Pillars are amazing stone structures towers over 150 meters in height and extends along the river for about 80km. This magical place has captivated travelers since the 17th century, however getting there is a real challenge. Lena Stone forest contains exceptional evidences of the Earth and its living population development history. Plentiful fossils of ancient organisms found here are exclusive preserved evidences of a very significant stage in the history of the organic world and a biodiversity “boom” that occurred in lower Cambrian epoch. This exclusive ecological and tourism location was submitted as a World Heritage site in 2006. Moreover, in Lena Pillars area the fossils of mammoth fauna representatives were found: mammoth (Mammulhus primigenius Blum), bison (Bison priscus Boj), fleecy rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiguibatis Blum), Lena horse (Eggus lenensis Russ), Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L) and ancient organisms like mollusks, shells, sponges, and trilobites, dating back to the Cambrian Explosion were also found beautifully preserved.
#3 Stone Forest near Kunming,More info:asiaresorts
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#1 Ecotourism to protect the Tsingy,the stone Forest of Madagascar,More info:petzl
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