Yangshuo County Trip Overview
Visit highlights of China including the Guangxi Yangshuo,Guilin, Longsheng,Sanjiang and Guizhou Zhaoxing, Kaili,Zhenyuan with this private 8 days tour from Yangshuo.
You will be picked up from Yangshuo hotel and dropped off at Kaili/Zhenyuan.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Yangshuo County, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Yangshuo County, Guangxi, China
Visit highlights of China including the Guangxi Yangshuo,Guilin, Longsheng,Sanjiang and Guizhou Zhaoxing, Kaili,Zhenyuan with this private 8 days tour from Yangshuo.
You will be picked up from Yangshuo hotel and dropped off at Kaili/Zhenyuan.
Itinerary
Day 1: Yangshuo. O/N Yangshuo
Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
In the morning, your driver will meet you at 9am and go to the Yangshuo countryside.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Yulong River, Yangshuo, Yangshuo County China
Then you will go along the Yulong River by bicycle or E-bike to immerse yourself in the local idyllic landscape for 2-3 hours. En route, you will see vast farmlands dotted with colorful wildflowers and log cabins, stretching out from the foot of rolling hills. There are sometimes peasants driving one or two oxen to plow the fields, injecting a sense of vitality into the rustic scenery.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Fuli Ancient Town, Fuli Town, Yangshuo County 542706 China
After the lunch break, you will drive for an hour to the Xingping Dock for your motorized raft journey on the Li River. On the way we will pass by Fuli Town which is renowned for a traditional handicraft – painted fans. If you are interested, we can make a short stop there.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Li River, Xingping China
Upon arrival at Xingping Dock, you will board the motorized raft. Taking a ride on the Li River is always on the to-do list of Guilin Yangshuo day tour. Compared with ordinary ships, the raft – a traditional means of transportation usually sitting four people – offers a wider view and is the best way for visitors to enjoy the picturesque natural scenery. During the one-hour raft ride, you will see famous spots, including the Yellow Cloth Shoal which is painted on the CNY20 banknote, and Murals Hill where verdant plants portray images of nine horses on a sharp cliff.
Important Tips: People over age 70 and children less than 1 meter high are not allowed to take the Li River boat raft due to safety concerns.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
After the boat tour, you can walking around the Xingping old street then we will drop off you at Yangshuo hotel.
There is a night show option in Yangshuo. It is the ‘Impression Sanjie Liu’, performed above and on the Li River and against verdant hills. The dreamlike stage effect and original singing and dancing of national minorities have won the performance a great reputation among visitors. The show begins at 20:00 and lasts for 70 minutes; ticket prices range from CNY 268 to CNY 368 depending on the seats. If you are interested, our guide will reserve tickets for you and escort you to the site after you finish your dinner.
Duration: 18 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Yangshuo–Guilin. O/N Guilin.
Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
In the morning, your guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel at around 09:00, and then escort you to the Yulong river, where you will start the Yangshuo Yulong bamboo boat tour.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Yulong River, Yangshuo, Yangshuo County China
Taking a bamboo raft ride on the Yulong River (or dragon river), a tributary of the Li River, is a very relaxing way to enjoy the highly scenic area south of Yangshuo. Here you can enjoy the stunning scenery and views of country life on a non-motorised raft in the traditional way with a gondolier who steers you over the breakwaters past many small mud-brick villages and farmlands. Once you’re on the bamboo raft, sitting and enjoying the peaceful countryside, the limestone mountains, the beauty of this experience opens out before you. Even if you have cycled the area with a few hidden stretches approaching the river, the view from the river is very different. The boat lasts for 50 minutes, one way boat ride.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xianggong Mountain, Xingping Town, Yangshuo County 541906 China
After Yulong bamboo boat, you will drive to see the Yangshuo Xianggong hill.You will climb for 15 minutes along a moderately sloped staircase to reach the top of Xianggong Hill. Please inform our guide in advance if you need a walking stick. Lying between the famous Yellow Cloth Shoal and the Mural Hill, Xianggong Hill is one of the greatest viewing platforms in Guilin to take in the glamour of the Li River. The supreme view of the meandering Li River making a 180-degree bend, attracts countless visitors and photographers annually.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan), Within Xiangbishan Park, Xiangshan District, Guilin 541004 China
After the lunch at Guilin city center, you will visit the Elephant hill which in the centra of Guilin City, is a hot attraction and landmark of Guilin. Beautiful natural views merged with valuable cultural landscape make it a fascinating place which makes tourists fascinated and longing for.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Guilin, Guilin, Guangxi
When you finished the Elephant hill park then you can walk around the four lakes and will be free time for you.
Duration: 18 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Guilin–Longji Rice Terraces. O/N Ping’an or Dazhai village.
Stop At: Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan), 0773-2695075, Guilin 541001 China
Your guide will meet your hotel lobby at 9am and first you will visit the Reed Flute Cave.
The Reed Flute Cave is a cave-based scenic spot located in the northwest suburb of Guilin, Guangxi, China, 7 km from the Guilin city center. It is about 240 meters (787ft) deep and 500 meters (1640ft) long. The cave has a great number of various exquisite stalagmites, stalactites, stone pillars and stone curtain, which have been forming since 180 million years ago. So it is also known as “the Palace of Natural Art”.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces, 80 kilometers from Guilin, Longsheng County 541701 China
After a two-hour drive you will reach the entrance for the Longji Terraces and you will visit the Ping’an Village, This village has the most famous and beautiful rice terraces in Longji and need about a 30-minute drive again from the entrance tickets office.
The Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces is a splendid agricultural spectacle with a history of more than 650 years. The most eye-catching part of the terrace cluster is the Ping’an Village Rice Terrace, which was the earliest one discovered by tourists and photographers. Numerous narrow rice fields dug along the hill slopes form terraces connected by winding flagstone trails. There are viewing platforms for visitors to view the entire terrace fields built tier upon tier. While you are there you can also experience the minority Zhuang people’s traditional way of life. It is quite interesting to help them in the fields, try on their bright-colored ethnical costumes, and visit their unique stilted houses.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Ping’an Village, Within the County, Longsheng County 541700 China
Upon arrival, Then you will take a moderate trek along steps to Ping’an Zhuang Village. The walk up takes about 40 minutes and you on a stroll around the village where you can glimpse the local Zhuang peoples’ unique wooden stilted houses and we can have a lunch in the village.
After a short lunch break, continue your terrace exploration to the No.2 Viewing Platform(Seven star with the moon), a 15-minute walk, which is a fantastic spot for a bird’s-eye view of the Longji Terraces beneath your feet. You will have enough time to take pictures and enjoy the fresh air at the platform. And then, we will head to No.1 Viewing Platform(Nine Dragons and five tigers) and need 30 minutes via the flat path.
After visit the Ping’an village area, you will check in the hotel in Ping’an village or Dazhai village.
Duration: 18 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Longji Terraces–Sanjiang Chengyang Dong village. O/N Chengyang village.
Stop At: Longji Mountain, Ping’an Village, Heping Country, Longsheng County 541701 China
In the morning, you can visit the Dazhai village with the round way cable car or hiking around the village and then head to Sanjiang Chengyang village which is need 3hrs car ride.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge, Guyi Town, Sanjiang 545500 China
Chengyang Dong Village features well-preserved residential houses and charming natural landscape. In the village, you will see the landmark constructions of Dong village, the Wind and Rain Bridge and the Drum Tower. Constructed with wood and bricks, the Wind and Rain Bridge blend the styles of bridge, corridor and kiosk into a whole, reflecting the unique Dong style and the wisdom of the Dong people. The bridge was built to provide a shelter for the people who works in fields, but later became a date place for the young people and a famous attraction to visitors at home and abroad. When you see the lofty pointed tower with upturned eaves, you will know that you come to a Dong Village. The Drum Tower is always located in the center of a village, acting as the political and cultural center. Every time when the chief of the village beats the drum on the top floor, villagers will stop their work and get together around the Drum Tower.
Duration: 18 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 5: Sanjiang–Zhaoxing(Guizhou province). O/N Zhaoxing.
Stop At: Zhaoxing DongZhai, Southeastern of Liping, Liping county 557700 China
Today, check out the hotel at Chengyang village and 2hrs drive to Zhaoxing Dong villagewhich is located in Liping County, southeast of Guizhou Province, is one of the largest Dong Villages in Qiandongnan area in Guizhou. Walking into Zhaoxing Dong Village, one will feel as though the clock is being turned back. All the buildings in the village are wooden-stilt houses. This is a picturesque village noted for the beautiful natural sights and unique ethnic flavor. It is surrounded by verdant mountains with a crystal stream running through.
Duration: 18 hours
Stop At: Tang’an, Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, China, 557307
You will take a shuttle bus from Zhaoxing village to Tang’an village and need 15 minutes and after visit, you can hiking down to Zhaoxing village or take a bus back.
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 Dong people live together in clans, and the two main clans being the Ying and Lu. They live scattered between the Banbo and Jiding ranges.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 6: Zhaoxing–Congjiang–Kaili. O/N Kaili.
Stop At: Yisha Miao Nationality Village, North of Congjiang County, Congjiang County 557400 China
Today, you will check out the Zhaoxing hotel, you will go to the Basha Miao village, this village is one hour driving away from Zhaoxing village.
Basha is a very special and old Miao Ethnic village and is virtually untouched in any way by modernization. Basha residents still live in their wooden houses, practice centuries-old customs and have their own unique beliefs. The village is perched on a hill, 5 kilometers from Congjiang. Legends say that Basha’s ancestors immigrated from heartland China to this isolated mountainous region over 2,000 years ago.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xiaohuang Village, Gaozeng Country, Congjiang County 557400 China
After that, you will transfer to Yintan Dong village in Congjiang. This village was similar village as Xiaohuang village.
The Yintan Dong village, about twenty kilometers away from Congjiang, is one of the most representative Dong villages in Guizhou for its Dong buildings and daily life of this minority. Although the houses are fairly recent (50-100 years ago ), the rules for the Dong buildings have been met. Taking a good look at the natural environment of the village, the houses, the drum towers, the pavilions, they are competely different from the ones in West! The drum tower of the village soars to 21 feet high in the center of the village. Wherever one is, one can not miss the center f Yintan. Travelers have the feeling of being immersed in time amidst extremely well preserved buildings.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kaili, Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou
Then you will transfer to Congjiang, on route, you will stop at Shiqiao village first.
The Shiqiao Miao Village located about 2.5 km southeast of Danzhai County, The Miao Ethnic there still lives a self-sufficient living style. The village is renowned for its traditional paper-making. It is a nice place for travelers, especially for calligraphers to experience and learn the traditional paper-making.
Currently, Shiqiao Miao village has over 300 households with a total population of more than 1300. There are about 60 households are engaged in paper-making. There is no denying that most Miao people there are good at paper-making.
Duration: 18 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 7: Kaili–Zhenyuan. O/N Zhenyuan.
Stop At: Miao Village, Nanhuamiao Village, Sankeshu Town, Kaili 556008 China
Before drive to Zhenyuan, you will visit the Lanhua and Jidao and Langde Miao villages due to those villages just nearby the Kaili and need one hour driving from the Kaili city center.
The Langde village is 30 km away from Kaili. Surrounded by green mountains,Langde Village is situated beside a crystal-clear stream. You have to drink “block-the-way” wine when you arrive (a local custom for welcoming the guests). Twelve tables are placed in the middle of the path from the highroad to the gate of the village. Then visit the traditional Miao-style stilt houses enjoy sweet Miao folk songs. After that,you could have a free walk on the roads and courtyards in the village paved with cobbles or bluestone.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Zhenyuan County, Zhenyuan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou
After lunch,your guide will escort you to your hotel in Zhenyuan, need 2hrs driving.
The Zhenyuan town has more than 160 scenic spots including the ancient streets, the caves, temples, pavilions, rivers, bridges with gorgeous natural landscape. Situated between mountains and waters, Zhenyuan is the oldest city of Guizhou with different customs of ethnic minority compared to that of Xijiang. It is extraordinarily quiet compared with many other ancient towns. The town is divided into two parts by the Wuyang River: south ‘Wei City’ and north ‘Fu City’, which forms a water town. Hence it is well-reputed as the ‘Oriental Venice’. Spend some leisure time to explore in the old town is also a pleasant thing.
Duration: 18 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 8: Zhenyuan. The tour end.
Stop At: Qinglong Cave Ancient Architecture Group, Wuyang River Bank, Zhenyuan County 557700 China
This morning, you can visit the Qinglong cave before head to Guiyang, but is the optional , you can go inside(need to pay the ticket) or just take a photo from outside of the temple.
The Qinglong Cave or Black Dragon Cave is a group of Buddhist and Taoist temples along the Wuyang River. These temples, half built and half caved into the cliff, represent a unique architectural masterpiece in the region. There is nothing like the view from the other side of the river, as it is very impressive. Once indoors, however, the detail of the buildings and the beauty of the statues are equally as interesting.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kaili, Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou
After the Zhenyuan,then drive you back to Kaili hotel/train station. End of the tour services.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
