Frequently Asked Questions for Festivals in Guizhou

Questions and answers:

Question:
If you pick us up at Guiyang airport at about noon, could we see some interesting village or villages on the way to Kaili??
Answer:
It depends on your arrival flight. Please tell me the exact arrvial flight and arrival day, if you arrival in the morning, we will drive 3 hour to Kaili, then we have some time to visit villages nearby. If you arrive in the afternoon, we need to stay overnight in
Guiyang on this day.

Question:
What time do we have to leave Kaili on the 17, 18 or 19 to get to Shidong in time for the sisters meal festival?
Answer:
The main attraction is the 1000 people singing and dancing ceremony, it is celeberated by the bank of Qingshui River. The ceremony takes a whole day and whole night, and it is in the open air. The weather condition is the key point for such a big ceremony. So we will be informed the exact day 24 hours prior by the local government of Shidong via telephone, and we will aslo keep telephone contact with them for the most updated informations.

Question:
Which is the best day to be at the festival????
Answer:
So in April 17, 18 and 19, we will visit villages around near Kaili and Shidong, when we receive the final news of the 1000 people singing and dancing ceremony, we will go there!

Question:
- Could you pick us up at 6AM in Kaili to go there?
Answer:
Yes.

Question:
With the traffic and muddy road, etc. how long will it take us to get there?
Answer:
It takes 3 hours driving from kaili to Shidong.

Question:
How long is the walk from the drop off place??
Answer:
We will park our van in the middle school in Shidong town, walk for 1 hour to the Festival Yard
(The reason why we choose to park our van far away is: in the afternoon, there are hundreds of cars want to park as close as possible, the crowd and traffic jam will make it difficult to leave the Festival Yard)

To leave the Festival yard, we will try to take local ferry boat on Qingshui River, before the time the crowd leaving time (3pm). If our delegation choose to stay longer to take more photos, we might have to walk 2-3 hours to exit from the Festival Yard.

Question:
Do we go back to Kaili that evening?
Answer:
Option 1: drive 3 hours back to Kaili
Option 2: drive 1 hour to Zhenyuan, go back to Kaili next day (for big event like this, plan might has to change due to the condition, so we will ask you to pack all your luggage and put it on our van)

Question:
Must we stay in Zhenyuang for a night? What is the hotel like there?
Answer:
A small town, hotel not so good as in Kaili, we will choose the best available.

Question:
Can you let me know what a program would be for this trip and how much it would cost??
Answer:
Please ask our trip advisor. It might not be a private package for just two passengers. It is open for people to sign up. The max. is 5 passengers.

Question:
Should we stay an extra day for some more villages, rice terraces and go to Guiyang the following day for the flight?
Answer:
Plan A: 5 days in/out Guiyang airport, to visit Kaili area is pretty enough

www.chinadiscover.net/china-vacations/day_by_day.aspx?tc=SWGZF002

Plan B: Guiyang airport in/Guilin airport out

Day 5: Kaili to Rongjiang
Day 6: kaili to Zhaoxing
Day 7: Zhaoxing to Sanjiang
Day 8: Sanjiang to Guilin
Day 9: Guilin to Yangshuo
Day 10: depart from Guilin airport
(Please check more details from Day 3)
www.chinadiscover.net/china-vacations/day_by_day.aspx?tc=SWGZ006

I highly recomend you to take Plan B. You will visit more villages:

Must-see Villages in Guizhou and Guangxi
Basha Zhaoxing Tang'An Xijiang Sanjiang Longsheng

Your trip ends in a river cruise and bike ride in town of Yangshuo:
www.chinadiscover.net/china-tour/guilinguide/attractions-yangshuo.htm