Wansheng Stone Forest

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip out to the Wansheng Stone Forest 万盛石林 (2-3 hrs outside of Chongqing city) at the tail end of summer just over a month ago. It was getting just cool enough to not completely melt while we hiked up the endless stairs (typical of a Chinese natural attraction) and through the stone forest. As far as things to do in and around Chongqing, this is definitely worth the 2-3 hour trip. This stone forest is older than Yunnan's Lunan Stone Forest, having formed approx. 465 million years ago. That's right, million. We were lucky to go with a lovely host that packed up a fancy picnic for us to enjoy at the end of the hike. You will notice there is a slide/luge as you hike up the mountain to the stone forest, on your way back down - go ahead and SLIDE the rest of the way. Touristy/gimmicky, that it is, it is pure fun if you are lucky enough to not be crowded down the slide and adventurous enough to pick up your feet and let the slide take you down nice and fast.