Hello there, my parents are coming to visit me in November and I want to show them a good time. I was hoping to bring them to Dongchuan red land. My research has given me slightly inconsistent results- take a bus, hire a car, stay the night, only do a day trip. I would love any information about the best way to get there and travel around. I want to actually see the red land since I hear it's amazing. Any suggestions on how to do this?

If you know of any other day trips that I could take them on that would also be great. Maybe the best way to go to the stone forest. I also hear there is a bonsai garden but couldn't find much information.

Thank you!

***I should add that we don't want to go through a travel agency or take any tours. We plan on traveling around, just the four of us.

You should by all means read the article on GoKunming about our Dongchuan trip. We took bicycles but you should also be able to get local traffic to transport you through the area.