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About Xichou National Stone Desert Park
The park was one of four Yunnan parks among 17 national desert/stone-desert parks approved by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, covering a planned area of 2,404.9 hectares within Xingjie township.
The park sits within a county that was 99.9% mountainous with 75.4% of its land historically affected by rocky desertification; after the county set a 1985 goal to reforest the land within 30 years, decades of afforestation and hillside closure transformed bare stone hills into forest. In the Sanguang demonstration area, forest cover rose from 25% to 66.66%, now rated a national AAAA-grade tourist attraction with kiwifruit and ecological farming industries worth more than 30 million yuan a year. The stone desert park itself draws weekend and holiday visitors who come to view the hills.
What to look for
- the reclaimed karst hillsides of the park and the Sanguang demonstration area
- the kiwifruit terraces that have replaced bare stone in the Sanguang area
Location & getting there
Getting to Xichou National Stone Desert Park
Use an authorised visitor route. Cave sections, geological sites and access roads can close independently, so confirm the area that your ticket covers.
- Search for 西畴国家石漠公园 with 文山壮族苗族自治州 and 西畴县.
Find Xichou National Stone Desert Park
西畴国家石漠公园 · 西畴县
No reliable map pin yet: search by the Chinese name.
Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.