7-day Ethnic Minority Culture Tour

Day 1Arrival of Guilin (D)

Upon your arrival in Guilin, meet your guide at Guilin airport or Train Station and transfer to your hotel. Free for rest of the day.

Day 2Guilin / Li River Cruise / Yangshuo (B, L)

Drive to Zhujiang Pier for a 4-hour' cruise on Li River - the highlight of your Guilin tour with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the beautiful mountains, verdant fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Get off at Yangshuo - famous for its spectacular and picturesque countryside. After check in your Yangshuo hotel, biking to the countryside with your guide for its breathtaking scenery and Chinese agriculture. Then back to your hotel in Yangshuo and enjoy your free time.

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  Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo,China

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  Biking through rural villages in Yangshuo countryside area

Day 3Guilin / Longji / Sanjiang (B, L, D)

Drive 3 hours to Longji and have a full day excursion there for the Rice Terraces and ethnic minority culture there. Visit Longji Terraced Fields, villages of Zhuang and Yao People. Then drive 1.5 hours to Sanjiang in the afternoon. Stay overnight in Sanjiang.

Day 4Sanjiang/ Zhaoxing (B, L, D)

Visit the Drum Tower and the Shelter Bridge of Dong people and the Dong village there. Dong people are well-known for their architecture, particularly their drum towers, and wind & rain bridges (the Shelter Bridge), which are wooden covered bridges for sheltering people during bad weather. Then drive to Guizhou Zhaoxing after lunch. Stay tonight in Zhaoxing.

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  Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge of Dong minority in Sanjiang

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  Drum Tower - the symbol of a Dong village.

Day 5Zhaoxing / Rongjiang (B, L, D)

Visit one of the largest Dong villages in the region, with more than 700 households and a population of 4000. The Dong can be easily recognized by their turbans (for men), and pleated skirts (for women). Enjoy the famous "Grand Song" performance of Dong. The Grand Song which is characteristic in multi-vocal parts, non-conduct and non-obbligato has beautiful sound and tune. It is the world's non-material culture heritage. Then drive 2 hours to Rongjiang.

Have a visit to Basha, a small Miao village with very little signs of modern influence. The local Miao people who are in their traditional costumes rarely venture out of the village except for selling firewood, crops and buying for daily necessities in markets. Stay overnight in Rongjiang.

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  Zhaoxing Dong Village

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  Biasha is called as the last gunslinger village in China

Day 6Rongjiang / Kaili (B, L, D)

On the way to Kaili, stop to visit Shui people and two other Miao villages where you can Miao’s traditional wooden houses, waterwheels, the aquatic granary and the Miao women's 'Mini skirt'. Stay overnight in Kaili.

Day 7Kaili / Guiyang Departure (B, L)

Drive to Guiyang and leave for the airport. Service ends.

Tips:
B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner
1: For this tour, comfortable walking shoes are recommended.