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7 Days Guilin and Guizhou Minority Tour |
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- Trip highlights: Guiyang, home to many colorful ethnic minority groups. With the unique cultural relics, the bright natural scenery, simple and unsophisticated folk customs, this will let you escape from the concrete world.
- Tour price: From
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656.00
Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations: Guilin, Sanjiang, Zhaoxing, Rongjiang, Kaili, Guiyang
- Tour code: SWGZ001 This tour is available every day.
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1 Guilin |
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Our English speaking tour guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at the Guilin Airport, transfer to the hotel. Free time for the rest of the day. Optional activities: recommend you walk around the night market on Zhongshanzhong Road and Zhengyang Padestrian Street, and the Banyan Lake nearby. |
| Zhengyang Pedestrian Street | Every evening, thousands of locals and travelers will rush into the Guilin Zhengyang Buxing (pedestrian) Street for shopping, entertainment and dining. The dazzling lights from various shops, the bubbling people, the multifarious goods justify this s…… | | The Banyan Lake and Fir Lake | The Banyan Lake and Fir Lake are located in the centre of Guilin city - Banyan Lake is west and Fir Lake is east with the Yang Bridge as the boundary. The origin of both parks dates back to Tang Dynasty when they were part of a city moat. As Guilin …… |
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2 Guilin (B,L) |
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Take Li River Cruise. The total cruise journey is around 30 Kilometers and takes 4 hours. Have rest in West Street, then cycle along trails to see rice paddies, farm houses, green limestone hills and countryside. Biking in Yangshuo is very popular. Optional activities in the evening: Envening show - Impression Liu Sanjie; Cormorant Bird catching fish show at night. |
| Cormorant Bird catching fish | Cormorant is a kind of large and conspicuous waterbird, the cormorant has an almost primitive appearance with its long neck making it appear almost reptilian. It is often seen standing with its wings held out to dry. Regarded by some as black, sinist…… | | Li River Cruise | The 83-km-long waterway from Guilin to Yangshuo is the masterpiece of Li River, decorated with rolling hills, steep cliffs, fantastic caves, leisurely boats and lined bamboos. A poem says: "The river is a green silk ribbon, and the hills are jade hai…… | | Bike ride in Yangshuo | Sinoway Travel runs a Bike Club in Yangshuo and Guilin. Dozens of mountain bikes in good conditions are available for rent for our clients only. You might pickup our bikes in Guilin, or Yangshuo. We have some great bike rides that are available to y…… |
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3 Guilin,Sanjiang (B,L) |
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Drive 3 hours to Longji Rice Terrace in Longsheng country. The terraces were first built 400 years ago by Zhuang and Yao minority ethnic people. 2 hours trek around the summit of the mountain, visit rice paddies and families in the village. In the afternoon, drive 90 minute to Chengyang to visit the Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge. Stay overnight in Sanjiang Hotel. |
| Longji Rice Terrace | Longji Rice Terraces, located in Longsheng County about 2 hours from Guilin, are built into the hillsides, nearby Pingan village. The terraces look like great chains or ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of the hill... | | Chengyang Dong Villages | Chengyang is 20 km north of Sanjiang, is becoming a popular tourist destination with backpackers. It is a region traditionally inhabited by the Dong people, bordering Guizhou to the northwest and Hunan to the northeast. | | Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge | Chengyang Roof Covered Bridge: One of the most beautiful & well protected shelter bridges in China,constructed in 1911,finished in 1925. The bridge is 64.4 meters long, 3.4 meters wide, 10.6 meters high, with beautiful shelters construction on it. It…… |
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4 Sanjiang,Zhaoxing (B,L) |
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Today, we will transfer to Zhaoxing, the biggest Dong Village in the world. The driving route is Sanjiang → Zuolong → Chankou → Yangxi → Deping → TangAn → Zhaoxing. Total journey is about 160 KM. Our 2-hour trekking tour starts from TangAn Village, a unique Dong Ethnic village near Zhaoxing. Follow our tour guide through the trails to Zhaoxing, and your luggage will be transferred by our coach to Zhaoxing hotel, the best hotel available in Zhaoxing. |
| Zhaoxing Dong Village | Zhaoxing, one of the largest Dong villages in the region, with more than 700 households and a population of 4000. The Dong people in Zhaoxing are all surnamed Lu. According to an old man, the head of the Dong people in Zhaoxing divided the people int…… | | Flower Bridges in Zhaoxing | There are five bridges in Zhaoxing. Actually, the bridge is more of a building across the river, as most bridges are covered with pavilions. The bridges have earned the name "flower bridges" because of the exquisite sculptures that cover them. On a r…… | | Drum Towers in Zhaoxing | The most famous buildings in Zhaoxing are the five drum towers. According to the tradition of the Dong people, each individual drum tower represents one group of local people. The five towers represent kindness, righteousness, politeness, intellect a…… | | TangAn Village | The TangAn village is located about 6 km east of Zhaoxing, half way up Mount Longbao, about 840 meters above sea level. The village was first built in the Jiaqin years of Qing Dynasty (A.D 1795-1820). It is now home to over 170 households and more th…… |
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5 Zhaoxing,Rongjiang (B,L) |
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Walk around Zhaoxing in the early morning, then we will dirve to Rongjiang, which is an old town with the history of over 2000 years and holly land where the Dong & Miao ethinc nationalities originated. Visit Basha Miao Ethnic village and Chejiang Dong Ethni village. Total journey is about 153 KM. The highlight today is Basha. Highly recommend you to walk around the village as long as you can. Lots of photo opportunities. |
| Basha Miao Ethnic Village | Basha (Biasha) Miao Ethnic village is a very special and old Miao Ethnic village. The villagers remain their unique tradition since Qing Dynasty( about 2200 years ago). All the men comb their hair with a very special hair, caring a knife on the waist…… | | Chejiang Dong Village | Dong village in CheJiang is famous lots of acitivities under dozens of Banyan trees. People are busy pounding the life out of some black (indigo-dyed) cloth with a heavy, wooden mallet. The pounding softens the cloth and then it into a shiny blue-bl…… |
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6 Kaili (B,L) |
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Today our trip is Rongjiang → Shui Ethnic Village → Paika village → Leishan → Xijiang. Total journey is about 170 KM. Visit Paika village, a place known for the warkyard of Lusheng - the Miao people's most important musical instrument. Stay over night in Xijiang, the biggest Miao Ethnic Village in the world. |
| Xijiang One Thousand Family Miao village | Xijiang is thought to be the largest Miao village. It's a superbly picturesque place, set in a natural basin and bordered by paddy fields drenched in green, with wooden houses rising up the hillside. The village is a site in itself and there are also…… | | Paika village | The PaiKa village is known for its manufacture of Lushengs, the characteristic musical instrument of the Miao. Visit the home of a Lusheng maker and know more about Lusheng-the Miao people's most important musical instrument. |
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