A group of tourists visits the No 1 campsite on Nov 18, 2023, in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province. [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]

Once you step into the forest, your vision narrows because lush greenery greets you from all directions. As you are awed by what you are seeing and want to snap some pictures to share on social media, you would probably find your phone without signals. Then you would realize how far away you already are from the urban hustle and bustle.

With the help of local guides, who are conversant about the forest's plants and wildlife, you could feast your eyes on various mesmerizing rainforest phenomena such as the strangling growth habit shared by those giant, sprawling strangler figs; "sky gardens" featuring epiphytes such as ferns, bromeliads, and orchids growing entwined on the trunks of bigger trees; and crown shyness that can be seen among some tree species whose crowns maintain social distance with each other to form a canopy with channel-like gaps.