Visit Kunming
Everything we publish about planning a Yunnan trip, in one index: destinations, day-by-day itineraries, food, where to stay, and how to get between places.
If you have three days, read the 3-day Kunming itinerary. If you have a week, the 7-day Yunnan loop is the standard route and it works. If you are choosing a base, the guide to where to stay in Kunming is the one that saves the most time.
Kunming and the Stone Forest are the city and its most famous day trip. Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La and Xishuangbanna are the four destinations that extend a Yunnan trip westward or southward, and each has its own guide with the practical detail: how to get there, how long to stay, and what to cut if you are short on time.
Food, hotels, weather and transport have their own guides, because these are the four questions that actually decide whether a trip works. The train guide covers the Dali and Lijiang high-speed line, including the two Dali stations that catch most people out.