Jiuxiang Scenic Area: An Underground Wonderland and Karst Spectacle

Jiuxiang Scenic Area is located in a place called Jiuxiang in Yiliang County, Kunming City, about 90 kilometers from Kunming City. It is a national 4A-level scenic spot. Jiuxiang is most famous for its karst caves, which are formed by a special geological formation called karst. Inside these caves, there are even smaller caves where you can actually farm, creating a world of its own. Address: Jiuxiang Scenic Area, Yiliang, Yunnan Ticket: 60 RMB per person, Cableway: 30 RMB per person Opening hours: 08:00-18:00 Transportation: Bus from the Eastern Bus Station to Yiliang 25 RMB per person, self-driving to Jiuxiang Scenic Area parking lot Travel Tips 👀 Yincui Gorge is really a beautiful place. Nature has crafted it so magically, with tall and green trees on both sides of the river, and many natural rock beauties. You can take a free boat tour, which is about one kilometer long. 👀 Mythical Jiuxiang is a place that costs money to enter. Inside, the lights are bright and colorful, like a world from a fairy tale. Butterflies are even affixed to the ceiling, looking very realistic. There is also a place that resembles the furnace where the Supreme Old Lord is said to have made elixirs. 👀 The Male and Female Waterfalls are another masterpiece of nature, super spectacular. It is said that a very famous TV drama was filmed here, where the male protagonist was saved by the female protagonist. 👀 The Goddess Palace is also very beautiful, crystal clear, and a typical underground beauty of karst topography. 👀 Shentian is a large stone lake group, more than 10 meters deep, with a very layered look, a rare spectacle in the world. 👀 The Jiuxiang Tourist Cableway is also cool, about one kilometer long, like a rainbow stretching across the mountains. Riding the cableway, you can see the beautiful scenery of Jiuxiang in different seasons, especially spectacular. Jiuxiang, a great place hidden in the mountains, has magical caves, tall water curtain caves, and especially clear rivers. As soon as you enter the cave, it's like coming to a mysterious fairyland, with various kinds of stones like flowers, some hanging like bells, some growing like bamboo shoots, and others blooming like flowers... dazzling to see.