My husband and I have recently returned from a 14 day holiday in north-west Yunnan, which was entirely organized through the Kunming-based company,Yunnan Adventure Travel(Yunnan Tours Guide). Not only did we visit Kunming and the Stone Forest, we also spent time in and around Dali, Shaxi, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Deqin and Tacheng. All the details of our tour were arranged by Joy, who lived up to her name by being an absolutely joy to work with. She arranged our guides, drivers, accommodation, breakfasts, lunches and tours with great professionalism and impeccable attention to detail. My husband and I are both retired Australian teachers, and we were keen to learn as much as possible about Yunnan. Our English-speaking guides made sure that every day of our two weeks was full of amazing sights, interesting experiences and stimulating encounters with local people. Jenny introduced us to Kunming and the remarkable Stone Forest; Tony showed us the beauties of Bai culture in Dali and Shaxi; Rodney helped us understand Naxi culture, the ancient Dongba religion and the glorious landscape and traditions of the Lijiang area; while Gyatso taught us much about Tibetan culture and religion while guiding us through the breathtakingly beautiful landscapes of Shangri-La, Deqin and Tacheng. For the full fourteen days we had a driver and a very comfortable, brand new car. Chen, who was our driver for twelve of those days, went well beyond the call of duty - he cared for us as if we were members of his own family. We have returned to Australia with many wonderful stories of what we saw and did, and of the many friendly, welcoming people me met along the way. We also have hundreds of photographs to remind us of just how beautiful this part of China truly is. Should you be considering booking a tour with Yunnan Adventure Travel(Yunnan Tours Guide), my advice is - DO IT! I found them an excellent company, offering first class service at a very reasonable price.

We had a English speaking local guide who did a good job of shepherding us along. 
It is actually a stone forest of prehistoric Calcium deposits pushed out from the bottom of the ocean when the Indian sub continent ' crashed ' into and later became part of the Asia Continent.
Well maintained, and they also had a local romantic story of ' Ashima ' and her shepherd lover thrown in to spice up the history. That part , though, was no big deal for us Indians, bred on various romantic stories and movies ! 
When we came back out, another visitor said, ' I was overawed in my first visit' but later it rather loses its charm.
I can imagine, difficult to be charmed by the tall stone structure beyond a point, unless you are Obelix, of course !

Yunnan Adventure Travel(Yunnan Tours Guide) arranged most things for our group of 9 people, including recommending our schedule, places to visit, and arranging our driver, ride, and tour guides. Everything was excellent. The tour guide was a pleasure to deal with. Our tour guide in Kunming, was also excellent. So was our tour guide in Lijiang, Cindy. At first i was sceptical, as full payment was requested upfront, and as some might know, you have to be extra careful when dealing with China. As it turned out, my concerns were unfounded. Everything was excellent.Yunnan Adventure Travel(Yunnan Tours Guide) are totally trustworthy. We were very pleased with their service and professionalism. Any issues i had, with the hotel or schedule, etc, were handled promptly and expediently. I would definitely use their service again.

Yunnan Adventure Travel did an excellent job with our tour. I was travelling in Yunnan with my two parents for a bit more than a week. Our guide took good care of us, she's really nice and professional. She was very patient with us, even if we changed our plans several times. She was quick to answer and bent over backwards to fulfil our expectations. We had a very good experience with Yunnan Adventure Travel, we felt that they were offering us what was best for us and that they were honest about all the options we had. They are nothing like some tour agencies in China that will do anything to make you pay things you don't need or make you buy options that are more expensive.
The only thing they could improve would be to give travelers a leaflet with the precise summary of their tour and the schedule for each day. Since we didn't have guide, only a driver who didn't speak english, it was sometime difficult to communicate. We knew we what we were supposed to visit, but we didn't know the exact schedule that the driver had (in chinese), so it created some confusions during our trip. It would have been nice to have something like that.