Welcome to Yunnan eGuide. Our Yunnan travel guide aims to provide comprehensive and easy-to-use travel information about the city of Kunming, and the whole region of Yunnan.

If you are planning to visit China, please keep on reading, and you will realize that Yunnan is the province that you cannot miss.

Laid-back, friendly Yunnan is a marked contrast to the harsh bustle of east coast China. The prices are much lower, the people smile more and the cities are smaller and more manageable.

It is China’s most geographically and ethnically diverse province. Its staggeringly varied landscapes and richly varied ecology are rarely seen in greater China today.

There are few regions in Asia that can provide so much visual stimulation within one defined area: Tibetan highland on its northwestern borders, central mountains, hills, plains and plateaus; volcanic areas rich in hot springs. Legendary waters like Yangzi, Mekong and Pearl rivers pass through its valleys and gorges. And semi-tropical jungle creeps over its southern and southwestern borders with Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Dali, set high on Lake Erhai with a great mountain backdrop, has developed into a backpacker´s hangout to rival Yangshuo. Nearby Lijiang has China’s most attractive old town.

The steamy jungles of Xishuangbanna have become surprisingly popular among Han Chinese tourists, but its Dai and other hilltribe villages remain very well preserved; arguably they are more interesting than similar villages in Thailand and grander than in Laos.
Even Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, retains some of its charm.

But, unfortunately, nothing last forever. The ongoing construction craze has also arrived to Yunnan, and the number of tourists travelling in the area is higher every year. So you better come before it’s too late.