| Day 1 Guilin ( ) |
| 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 stree's reputation as "Shopping Heaven in Guilin". | 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 expanded to the south, the moat became a lake with…… |
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| [ Optional ] Jufulin Restaurant: Located on Zhengyang Padestrian Road in downtown Guilin. A good place to walk around after dinner. Famous of local Guilin dishes. It is 5 minute walking distance from Sheraton Hotel, thus it is one of the reason we recommend it to most of our clients. Telephone to reserve a table: 2829542. |
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| Day 2 Guilin ( B,L ) |
| 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. Optional activities in the evening: Envening show - Impression Liu Sanjie; Cormorant Bird catching fish show at night. |
Li River Cruise | Li River boasts the largest and most beautiful scenic area in China, her landscape decorated with rolling hills, steep cliffs, fantastic caves, leisurely boats. Cruising on Li River, you can respire fresh air, feel the gentle breeze and appreciate the fabulous landscape on both sides. | Bike ride in Yangshuo | Cycling Excursion is the best way to appreciate the pristine countryside scenery in Yangshuo as trails often lead where buses and cars can’t go. In addition, cycling riding is the most economic way to tour the Yangshuo countryside which only about 1-2 dollars per day, also a popular way. |
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| [ Optional ] Cormorant Bird catching fish: Cormorant Fishing is unique in China, which has been existed for hundreds of years already. This way of fishing is that the well-trained cormorants dive into the water to hunt for fish after receiving orders from fisherman. The fisherman usually rewards them with one or two very small fish to encourage them. |
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| Day 3 Guilin, Sanjiang ( B,L ) |
| 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 is supported by five big stone piers and the whol…… |
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| [ Optional ] Huangluo Yao Longhair Village: Huangluo Yao village is located at the foot of a mountain with a beautiful river zig-zagging around Longsheng rice terrace. It was known for the long hairs of Yao ethnic women. They use a long cloth to twist the hair into a knot, go down to the river to wash their hair in summer time. |
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| Day 4 Sanjiang, Zhaoxing ( B,L ) |
| 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 into five groups in order to make administration easi…… | 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 and creditworthiness. | 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 than 800 people. The Sino-Norway cooperative 'TangA…… |
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| [ Optional ] Dong Drama Performance: The opera troupes in Zhaoxing is well known for their folk drama. Their literary is abundant with narrative poems, pipa songs and epics. Usually the performance is hosted in a traditional drum tower at night. |
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| Day 5 Zhaoxing, Rongjiang ( B,L ) |
| 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. |
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 raining day, to sit in the bridge pavilion and chat…… | 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 and a traditional fowling piece, dressing like an…… |
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| [ Optional ] 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-black color. It takes hours and days of pounding to get the cloth soft and shiny. |
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