Turkey’s Pamukkale is widely known for its mineral-rich thermal waters. But you don’t have to travel to Turkey to enjoy such a spectacle. Yunnan, in China, offers a similar experience!
It is a Tibetan town in Shangri-la County, that was first constructed in the 7th century as a stopping point on the Tea Horse Road and a station for Han-Tibetan trade.
The area is world famous for the spectacular sight of blossoming of rapeseed flowers, which turn the countryside into brilliant shades of yellow for as far as the eye can see.
Many people are drawn to witness the sunrise as it hits the mountain range in the morning and lights up the snowy peaks in gold sunlight, starting with Kawagebo and then spreading to the other peaks.
Fuxian Lake is a huge expanse of water. It’s also the deepest lake in Yunnan, with depths of up to 509 feet. It is the third-deepest fresh water lake in all of China, after Tianchi Lake and Kanas Lake.
The Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces in Honghe in Southern Yunnan present some of the most spectacular and astonishing landscapes to be found nowhere else in the world.
