Forest of Stones?

The stones are well blended with the environment.
Picture from Google image

Have you ever imagine to do a jungle trekking in a forest that full with 'stone trees'? Well me either quite surprise with this unique natural landscape. It's not an ordinary forest but a forest made up from stones. It's a truly beauty indeed. This unique forest is located in Kunming, the Capital of Yunnan province, China. Despite that, upon entering this unique area, visitors will be amazed with the natural formation of pre-historic long stone that appeared to be in many shapes like bamboos, pagodas, and other unique formation.

Shilin Stone Forest location. Picture from Google image

Many people may wonder how the stone formed? Well actually I'm quite amazed with the stone too. Based on what I've read, long time ago, the are used to be covered with sea. According to Chinese geologist, "During the Long Geological Period from the late Permian Period between 230 million years ago to 2 million years ago, the ocean subsided and giant rocks appeared." As time goes by, the sea becomes evaporated and unique formation of stones emerges and later become a 'forest'. Because of that reason, we can see various formation of strange stones today.

Camels on Elephant. Picture from Shilin,
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The picture above shows one of the unique formation of the stone. There are many ore formations but this one is quite obvious. People can easily identified 'two camels' standing on an 'elephant'. Besides as we walking through the stone forest, we still can see the remains of pre-historic age where the ancient paintings can be seen on the peaks and cliffs of the stone forest.

Various strange-looking stones. Picture from Google images.

As we can see, this forest offers its own uniqueness as stones are the main attraction to this forest. This forest has been widely known as "The First Wonder of the World" since Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) A.D. Until this date, This place has attract many tourist to experience the natural wonder it offers.