Yunnan

The province of Yunnan lies in the far southwest of China. It’s home to over 45.7 million people and is one of the most diverse provinces in China, both biologically and culturally. Its landscape shifts between snowy mountains in the northwest bordering Tibet to the jungles of the Mekong River in the south to the rice paddies of the southeast. On China tours, it’s one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, dominating its growing domestic tourism marketing and enticing more foreign Globetrotters to include it on a China vacation year after year.

Yunnan’s natural splendour makes it an obvious destination on tours to China. The province’s climate is mild and humid, as the Plateau of Tibet traps moisture in the province during the summertime. This causes Yunnan to explode with growth during the summer months. In fact, Yunnan might be the lushest region in all of Asia. It’s also remarkable since jungle climates are usually not possible this far north. However, Yunnan is a truly unique province, where snub-nosed monkeys feed in snowbound forests and over 18,000 species of plants thrive, of which 3,000 are found nowhere else on the planet. Yunnan is also home to a massive share of China’s birds and mammals, including rare Indochinese tigers and wild Asian elephants.