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3 day Essence of Guilin and Li River

3 day Essence of Guilin and Li River
Guilin's beauty is renowned throughout the world. Feast on the best that Guilin has to offer in 3 short days.
From: $300USD

Guizhou Highlights with Guilin Combo Tour

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  • Destination: Guiyang → Anshun → KaiLi → Rongjiang → Zhaoxing → Sanjiang → Longsheng → Guilin → Yangshuo
  • Duration: 10 days
  • Price: from $ 1465 USD
  • Feature: 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. On this tour you could not explore many Miao minority villages and Dong minority villages to experience the different ethnic customs but enjoy the breath take scenery of Huangguoshu Waterfalls, which is the largest one in the groups and in Asia. And roars can be heard kilometers away. When the sun rises rainbows appear, adding a touch of beauty to the majesty of the cataract.
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Day 1

Place & Transport: Arrive in Guiyang, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Guiyang)

Day 2

Place & Transport: Guiyang to Anshun to Guiyang
Today's Activities: Huangguoshu Waterfall, Cultural Village in Tianlong
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- Huangguoshu Waterfall: Located 43 km southwest of Anshun of Guizhou Province, the Huangguoshu Waterfalls are one of the largest waterfall groups in China. They have been found out that the falls in this area consist of 18 falls on the ground and 4 underground falls. Among them Huangguoshu Waterfalls, which is the largest one in the groups and in Asia as well, is 68 meters high and 8l meters wide with a flow of more than 700 cubic meters of water per second, huge amounts of water seem like pouring from the sky. Turbulent waters throw into a pool at the bottom of a valley, sending foams up by 100 meters. And roars can be heard kilometers away. When the sun rises rainbows appear, adding a touch of beauty to the majesty of the cataract.
- Cultural Village in Tianlong: Tunpu People settle in the middle of Guizhou Province. According to the historical literature and narrated materials, the ancestors of Tunbao People are the soldiers who were stationed in Guizhou Province about 600 years ago in the Ming Dynasty. Even now, Tunbao People still live in forts and keep a simple and peculiar army style. Stone foundations, stone walls, flagstone roofs, watchtowers, wall crenels and even dogholes upstairs characterize their buildings. They (especially women) dress in the ancient Ming and Qing style, speak with the accent of their native regions on the south of Yangtze River and eat food of army flavor. Dixi, which they perform at festivals and celebrations, is the continuation of the ancient "Martial Nuoxi" and renowned as "the living fossil of the ancient shows".

Day 3

Place & Transport: Guiyang to KaiLi
Today's Activities: Shiqiao Miao village, Qingman Miao Village
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner

- Shiqiao Miao village: Visit Shiqiao Miao village to see its traditional way of making paper from the bark of mulberry tree. This method of making paper has a history of more than one thousand years, local people still keep it and extend to make color paper using different plants.
- Qingman Miao Village : Located 23 kilometers southwest away from Kaili city. One of the biggest characteristics here is that a guest who visits a household at will may have witnessed the entire process of traditional Miao clothes-making. The main traditional clothing material is the homemade cloth span, woven, and dyed all by the Miaos. The widespread local song "Cotton Song" states the entire process of looking for the cotton seed, seed selection, land reclamation, sowing, harvesting cotton, getting rid of seed, bowing cotton, spinning, reeling thread, dyeing, and sewing. In each household you can see dye vats used for dying cotton material. This kind of dye vat is made of the cedar plank, approximately 2 and half feet high, one meter in diameter. The dye vat must be raised because it takes about one month to finish dying a bolt of cloth by indigo dying water and this process is called "aising vat".

Day 4

Place & Transport: KaiLi to Rongjiang
Today's Activities: Jidao Miao Village, Datang short-skirt Miao village, Mt. Thunder God, Chejiang Dong people’s village
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner

- Jidao Miao Village: Located in China's poor southwestern province of Guizhou, Jidao Miao village is set in idyllic surroundings and populated by ethnic Miao people. Village life is simple and children play as their parents tend fields of lush, organically grown vegetables surrounded by towering pine forests. Elderly women stoke fires in traditional wooden houses, some hundreds of years old. It is so poor, mountainous and remote that the tranquility here is not yet broken by a flood of rich Chinese tourists and foreign visitors.
- Datang short-skirt Miao village: The village situated at the foot of Leigong Mountain. You will be greeted by its friendly villagers and drink the block way wines before entering the village. Its silver ornaments will leave you a deep impression.
- Mt. Thunder God: Located 15 kilometers (nine miles) east of Kaili,It is the highest peak in the mountain ranges of Qiandongnan (southeast Guizhou Province), so Mt.Thunder God is rumored as the place where the God of Thunder lives.
- Chejiang Dong people’s village: Chejiang Dong people’s village is situated alongside a river near Rongjiang County. It is one of the largest Dong people’s village in area, exceptionally picturesque-scenic and peaceful. The big Banyan Tree in the village was planted 300 years ago.

Day 5

Place & Transport: Rongjiang to Zhaoxing
Today's Activities: Basha Miao Village, Dong People's Village in Zhaoxing
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner

- Basha Miao Village: Only 5 kilometers away from Congjiang and with a highway running right across。Basha is a very special and old Miao Ethnic village. The villagers still practice their unique traditions dating to Qing Dynasty ( about 2200 years ago. Basha village is very little touched by violent modernization. Residents there still live in their wooden houses, practicing centuries-long custom and have their own unique belief.
- Dong People's Village in Zhaoxing: It is the largest and oldest Dong village in China and the world. There are five Drum Towers, Wind & Rain Bridges and traditional stages in the village.

Day 6

Place & Transport: Zhaoxing to Sanjiang
Today's Activities: Tang'an Dong Village - the most primitive Dong village, Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge in Sanjiang
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner

- Tang'an Dong Village - the most primitive Dong village: Hailed by some as the "most primitive Dong village in China", Tang'an Dong village offers a harmonious scene balancing nature and humanity. The village was built on a steep mountain slope overlooking terraced paddy fields. The village contains ancient wooden buildings, a traditional drum tower, theater stage, and gravel yard adjacent to some residential houses, and a well provided water supply.
- Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge in Sanjiang: It was built in 1916, and it is the best one among the wind and rain bridges in Dong stockade villages. At present, it is the largest wind and rain bridge .

Day 7

Place & Transport: Sanjiang to Longsheng to Guilin
Today's Activities: Minority village and Longsheng Terraced Field
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- Minority village and Longsheng Terraced Field : The Longji Terraces are built into the steep mountain range named "The Dragon's Backbone" about 2 hours from Guilin. The terraces look like ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of the mountain. This ingenious construction makes best use of the scarce arable land and water resources in the mountainous area. There are about 66 square kilometers of terraced fields in the district. The Terraces were first built in the Yuan dynasty and completed in the Qing dynasty by the Zhuang people. Zhuang and Yao minority villages dot the area and feature traditional unique architecture where no nails are used in construction. The different minority customs and dressing styles are especially interesting.

Day 8

Place & Transport: Guilin to Yangshuo
Today's Activities: Li River Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- Li River Cruise: A cruise along the Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo is an unforgettable experience. As you take in the stunning scenery there's something interesting to see at almost every bend in the river. Between spectacular limestone peaks you'll see graceful bamboo groves, farmers tending rice paddies, and lumbering water buffaloes pulling carts or cooling off in the river. You may see fishermen gliding along on their narrow bamboo rafts, and if you're very lucky you might see one of the famous fishing cormorants. Boats depart from various wharves, according to the height of the river at different times of the year.

Day 9

Place & Transport: Yangshuo
Today's Activities: Yangshuo biking to Yangshuo Moon Mountain and Yangshuo Big Banyan Tree
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- Yangshuo biking to Yangshuo Moon Mountain and Yangshuo Big Banyan Tree: Experience the hustle & bustle of the Yangshou traffic for 5 minutes before you escape onto the country roads, lanes and tracks of the distinctive and beautiful Yangshou countryside. Biking through the paddy field and orchards that surround the famous mountains will give a fascinating insight into life in rural China. Centuries old farming methods sit side by side with mobile phones and satellite dishes.

Day 10

Place & Transport: Yangshuo to Guilin to Departure City, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport Transfer (Guilin), Hotel to airport Transfer (Yangshuo), Airport Transfer (Guilin)
Meals: Breakfast

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