Tour InformationTour Summary Join this tour with other travellers and visit 2 of Kunming’s most famous sites: Stone Forest and Jiuxiang Caves. The beautiful scenery of the Stone Forest Scenic Area was listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2007. This attraction enjoys great reputation, both within China and abroad. The Yunnan Stone Forest Park, some 90km east of Kunming, is a very popular tourist hot spot. Due to the gigantic size of the park it is nevertheless still possible to find less visited and remote areas, especially in the sunny winter months. Find your own way through the maze of enormous stone pillars! Afterwards visit Jiuxiang Scenic Region which is located in Jiuxiang Yi and Hui Autonomous Township of Yiliang County, a 45 minutes’ drive from the Stone Forest. It is famous for its karst caves (about 100 in total, of which over 60 are explored), mountains, rivers, deep valleys as well as minority customs and cultures. B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner Tour Dates Today's Activities Travel Distance Meals Hotels Day 1 Kunming – Stone Forest – Jiuxiang Caves – Kunming 230 km L N/A Check here for all group tour updates! Tour Details Day 1 – Kunming – Stone Forest – Jiuxiang Caves – Kunming At 9:00am in the morning, your driver and tour guide picks you up in Kunming downtown (within Second Ring Road). You will be driven to the Stone Forest Scenic Area (about 1.5 hours). Enjoy your time in the so called First Wonder of Yunnan for about 2 hours. In the early afternoon have a short lunch break and get driven to Jiuxiang Caves (about 45 minutes). Visiting time at the caves is about 2 hours as well. The driver brings you back to Kunming downtown afterwards (about 1.5 hours) and drops you off again at your address within the Second Ring Road. Meals: L Overnight in N/A Check here for all group tour updates! Tour Price & Accommodation Tour price: 146 USD per person Check here for all group tour updates! For Terms and Conditions please scroll down to the end of this page. Price including Transportation with skilled driver English / Chinese-speaking tour guide service Entrance ticket Stone Forest: 175 RMB per ticket Shuttle bus at Stone Forest: 25 RMB per ticket Entrance ticket Jiuxiang Cave: 90 RMB per ticket Cable car at Jiuxiang Cave: 35 RMB per ticket 1 bottle of local drinking water per person per day Chinese lunch (good quality) including one soft drink per person 24/7 English-speaking customer services Supplements for meals and accommodation for driver Government taxes Price excluding Tips for driver and guide (highly appreciated) Personal Travel Insurance Flight tickets Chinese visa fee (China requires visa for most travelers) Personal expenses Note: The daily working time for driver and tour guide during this tour is maximum 10 hours per day. Overtime working hours will be charged extra. Tipping drivers and tour guides is custom in China. We recommend giving 2 – 3 USD per person per day to the driver and 4 – 5 USD per person per day to your tour guide. Please only bring one small and handy day pack / hand luggage per person. Larger suitcases or backpacks cannot be taken on this day trip. Terms & Conditions For Group Tours in Yunnan The Terms and Conditions below are contractual statements governing the business relationship between Wonders Of Yunnan Travel and its clients booking group tours. The receipt of the participant's deposit or full payment indicates the acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Thus it is extremely important that our clients understand and accept them as guidelines of our services. Tour Confirmation The number of tour participants of every above stated group tour is limited to max 15 people. The individual tours are operated if min 2 pax confirmed and paid accordingly. A group tour participant can confirm one or more tours by either making a full payment for 1- and 2-day tours or a 30% deposit payment of the overall tour price for 3-, 4- and 5 day tours accordingly. For finalizing the tour booking, a copy of the participant's passport's main page shall be sent in order to legally register the tour. If 4 days prior to tour start only 1 person has confirmed the tour by payment, the tour will be canceled and the amount fully refunded to this person. Every tour participant will be informed by email once it is sure that the tour takes place. Payment Procedure Payment Methods: For our clients' convenience, Wonders Of Yunnan Travel accepts various payment methods including bank wire transfer and via PayPal (with or without PayPal accounts). You can choose the method(s) you prefer. When you are issuing an international payment, the amount charged from your bank or credit card is according to the current exchange rate of the respective day. 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In the event of a cancellation after having paid already, we will refund the payments made to Wonders Of Yunnan Travel within 15 days upon receipt of your written cancellation via email less the cancellation fee that is applicable as follows: Cancellation received more than 7 days prior to tour start: 25% of the overall tour price Cancellation received from 3 to 7 days prior to tour start: 50% of the overall tour price Cancellation received from 0 to 3 days prior to tour start: 100% of the overall tour price No-show travelers will be charged 100% of the total tour price Besides the cancellation fee from Wonders Of Yunnan Travel, penalties from airlines or train companies may apply if air or train tickets were issued. Especially during weekends, holidays and outside of our office hours customers are obligated to additionally inform Wonders Of Yunnan Travel by phone so that the cancellation can be made effective right away. If a participant wishes to substitute a traveler by another one, this will be treated as a cancellation and the previous fees are subject to apply. Once the trip has started, Wonders Of Yunnan Travel is no longer able to provide any refunds to the participant for any reason. Price Standards Prices mentioned are per adult. Adults are defined as participants older than 12 years of age. Children under 2 years of age are free of charge. Children between 2 and 12 years of age enjoy a 25% discount of the tour price if they do not occupy their own bed. Departure Dates All tour dates are guaranteed unless minimum 2 pax join the respective tours. Please check above tour schedules for further details. All tours can also be arranged privately at any date for a group of minumum 4 pax. Please contact us directly so that we can arrange the tour for your group accordingly. Other Wonders Of Yunnan Travel has the right to adjust the visiting order of the sites for organizational matters but sites mentioned in the itineraries won't be left out. Tour Map
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