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7 Days Guizhou Ethnic Culture Tour from Guilin |
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- Trip highlights: Driving tour to Guilin, Yangshuo, Longsheng, Sanjiang, Zhaoxing, TangAn, Basha, Congjiang, Xijiang, Kaili...an area of minority ethnics of Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Miao...Great photo opportunities!
- Tour price: From
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710.00
 Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations:
Guilin, Sanjiang, Zhaoxing, Rongjiang, Kaili, Guiyang
- Tour code:
SWAT018
Private tour for a van with tour guide and driver, available every day
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| Day 1 Guilin |
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| Upon arrival at the Guilin airport, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel. Free time for the rest of the day, recommend you to walk around the Zhengyang Pedestrian Street. |
| 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…… |
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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 2 Guilin (B,L) |
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| The Li River Cruise Journey is around 30 Kilometers and takes 4 hours. Free time in Yangshuo in the afternoon. Optional activities in Yangshuo: Stroll around the West street; Enjoy a class for Chinese Tachi in Yangshuo at sunset; Envening show - Impression Liu Sanjie; Cormorant Bird catching fish show at night. |
| 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-…… | | 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 th…… |
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Impression Sanjie Liu: With 12 mountain peaks and the Li River as its background, unlike performances with traditional artificial stage, the Impression Liu Sanjie is a large outdoor awe-inspiring night performance. It lasts for 70 minutes and over 600 actors and actresses are involved. All the actors are local residents. Book show tickets + hotel delivery service: http://www.chinadiscover.net/china-tour/guilinguide/yangshuo-liusanjie.htm |
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| Day 3 Guilin,Sanjiang (B,L) |
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| Drive 3 hours to Longji Rice Terrace. 2 hours walking around the rice paddies on the mountain top, meet minority ethics of Zhuang and Yao people. In the afternoon, drive 1 hour drive to Sanjiang to see the Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge and Dong Ethnic villages. Stay overnight near the Ma'An village of Dong Ethnic. |
| 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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Sanjiang: Sanjiang, which is famous for its enhanced native culture of Dong villages, located in a beautiful river valley, visit elegant architecture of roof-covered bridges, villages, drum towers, traditional way of making cloth and embroidaries, and more. |
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| Day 4 Sanjiang,Zhaoxing (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| 3 hours drive to TangAn and Zhaoxing, the biggest Dong Village in this area. Our journey is Sanjiang → Tongle → Yangxi → Deping (visit Deping Roof Covered Bridge) → TangAn → Zhaoxing. Total journey is about 160 KM. In the afternoon, you coach will drop you off at TangAn, your tour guide escorts you for 3 hours walk around TangAn and Zhaoxing. Your coach takes your luggages to the hotel in Zhaoxing when you are trekking. |
| 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…… |
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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 easier. |
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| Day 5 Zhaoxing,Rongjiang (B,L) |
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| The highlight today is Basha, which is a Miao Ethic village with the history of over 2000 years and holly land where the Miao ethinc originated. Today's journey is Zhaoxing → Congjiang → Basha → Chejiang, another Dong Ethnic village → Rongjiang. Total journey is about 153 KM. Stay overnight in Rongjiang. |
| 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…… | | 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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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 accient Chinese warrior. The people rarely venture out of the village except for selling firewood and shopping for daily necessities in markets, and both men and women can be seen in traditional cost |
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| Day 6 Kaili (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Today's highlight is Xijiang Village, the biggest Miao Village in Kaili. Our trip is Rongjiang → Shui Ethnic Village → Paika village, know more about Lusheng - the Miao people's most important musical instrument → Leishan → Xijiang Miao village. Total journey is about 170 KM. Stay overnight in Xijiang Village. |
| 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…… |
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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 plenty of pleasant walks you can take around the hillside. |
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