The Mao Gan Xian’an Stone Forest is located on the Xian’an Ridge in the western part of Baoting County, bordering Sanya City. Discovered and named in 1992, the stone forest sits at an altitude of 700 meters, surrounded by cliffs with ancient trees, and has a relative height difference of over 150 meters with the surrounding area. It boasts a natural vegetation coverage rate of 70%, presenting a tropical lowland rainforest landscape, and is the only tropical karst stone forest landform in China, covering an area of approximately 0.
39 square kilometers. Here, there are over a hundred large stone buds and countless small ones, each with bizarre shapes. The stone buds generally stand 3-4 meters tall, some reaching 10-15 meters, with the tallest reaching 35 meters, resembling fairies, camels, eagles, dinosaurs, tigers, leopards, turtles, and sea horses. Within the stone forest, there are also many karst caves of varying sizes, winding and complex, including Xiao Qianlong Cave, Fairy Cave, and Panlong Cave. Each cave is unique in size and shape, with caves within caves and rivers within the caves navigable by wooden boats. The stone forest’s karst grooves are like those carved by knives and axes, generally 5-10 meters deep, with some as deep as 25 meters. Surrounded by tropical lowland rainforest, the scenery is rich and colorful. Xian’an Stone Forest integrates mountains, stones, caves, cliffs, forests, and streams, making it an artistic masterpiece sculpted by tropical rain and streams. The opening hours and business status are subject to the day’s opening conditions.Xian’an Stone Forest
The Mao Gan Xian’an Stone Forest is located on the Xian’an Ridge in the western part of [...]
