Great time at an amazing place - As part of our honeymoon to Yunnan we booked a trip to the Shilin stone forest. Our driver was at our hotel early and ended up taking us to Shilin in the morning, an outside restaurant in the afternoon, followed by Kunming museum. I was most impressed with the Stone Forest, and hadn't really seen anything like that in the past. We hadn't booked a tour so we explored parts of the site on our own, and at other times joined in with some other English speaking and Chinese speaking groups just to learn little extras about the area. Our driver found us a good restaurant with an assortment of dishes for our vegetarian diets (and also saved us some money by us not buying meals in the Stone Forest tourist area). And we originally had planned to go to Green Lake in the afternoon, but because we ended up seeing it the previous evening, we changed our plans to the museum. The museum was okay, but nothing to write home about. Lastly, our driver took us to an interesting market area with many shops where we ended up finding some things we needed, and also finding a good place to eat. Greg actually arranged a WeChat group chat that allowed my wife and I to get information and other restaurant recommendations from his team there, even on the days we didnt have a tour with them. Big thanks to Greg and Aether Tours for helping to make our honeymoon an even more memorable experience。🙏

Fantastic tour in Kunming - We booked the tour via Trip.com for a driver to bring us to Stone Forest + another attraction of choice. We opted for Dounan Flower Market as recommended from a friend. A really great experience as our driver Mr Lai is very friendly and on time. He even brought us to see the jacarandas at XiaoChangZhong Road before setting off to the stone forest, and the bougainvilleas near Yiliang (en route between stone forest and Kunming/Dounan flower market) as we didn’t spend too much time at the stone forest. We got to enjoy roasted duck at XueCheng restaurant in Yiliang as recommended by our driver. You’d have to buy your own admission tickets for stone forest. Around 130 RMB for adult, cheaper for seniors (above 60yo). They also have add on for the tram for 25 RMB to be driven within the compound as it’s huge. There is a tram from the outer part into the main stone forest area where you can walk around a bit. Then there’s an inner tram which will just bring you on a loop around the inner area. Good option for those who can’t walk too much or are lazy. Spent about 1.5-2h there though I know a lot of people will usually spend 3h there. Dounan flower market is seriously huge - it’s a wholesale market where they sell flowers at such affordable prices. It’s apparently the biggest flower market in South Asia. I couldn’t believe the prices of beautiful bouquets and fresh flowers. It’s so expensive back in my home country. They sell other flower related products too so it’s not just fresh flowers if you’re looking for souvenirs and gifts to buy back. Highly recommend if you like flowers! There are many stalls outside the flower market area too selling food and drinks as well so you don’t have to worry about feeling hungry in the late afternoon if you want to grab a snack. Spent about 1.5-2h there as well. The car was comfortable for 2 of us and bottled water was provided too. The booking experience was very smooth. The tour company staff contacted me via WhatsApp then switched over to WeChat so it’s convenient to discuss the exact itinerary and communicate with our driver prior and on the day itself. Kudos to our driver Mr Lai as well! We could communicate in mandarin with him so it makes the trip better. It might be challenging for those who don’t speak or understand mandarin but I believe that there are translation apps around to help! Overall a fantastic experience and I’m glad I opted for it as it makes things much easier traveling to Stone Forest and attractions outside of Kunming city. Great option for people traveling with older folks as having a private driver will mean less walking. Would recommend this tour! An awesome first experience in Yunnan and Kunming for me!

Excellent! - The tour was amazing and our guide Bamboo was also very knowledgeable and extremely patient. Greg also gave lots of recommendations as this was our first time in Kunming. Highly recommend this tour especially if you are traveling with the elderly.