| Day 1 Guilin ( ) |
| Upon arrival at the Guilin airport, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to your hotel in Yangshuo. Hotel has been arranged by us, if you have booked hotel by yourself, please tell us to deduct the cost from our quotation. Free time at night to join in the parties on West Street. Or you might relax by the peaceful riverside. |
| West Street | It is an ancient street with a history of over 1,400 years and lies in the heart of Yangshuo. It now draws visitors for its unique mix of cultures. The 2000-m-long street enjoys various bars, cafes, restaurants,art crafts and souvenir stores, foreign language clubs and even Kungfu schools. | | Yulong River | Yulong River is a small tribute of Li River, winds through rice planting fields, farm house, fishing bonds and thousands of limestone peaks. Many small dams have been built on Yulong River, still can see some relics of these ancient dams, which are used to hold water at a high level. |
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| [ Optional ] Yulong River: Yulong River is a small tribute of Li River, winds through rice planting fields, farm house, fishing bonds and thousands of limestone peaks. Many small dams have been built on Yulong River, still can see some relics of these ancient dams, which are used to hold water at a high level. |
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| Day 2 Guilin ( B ) |
| Free time in Yanghuo. No service of tour guide or driver today. You can walk around the local fruit and vegetable market, or sipping your beer on West Street, watching colorful local activities happening in this small town. Optional activitis at night: Impression Liu Sanjie, the most famous show in Yangshuo, directed by Mr. Zhang Yimou, who was also the director of openning ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games 2008. Book ticket online at: www.chinadiscover.net/china-tour/guilinguide/yangshuo-liusanjie.htm
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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 encour…… | | 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. …… |
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| [ Optional ] West Street: It is an ancient street with a history of over 1,400 years and lies in the heart of Yangshuo. It now draws visitors for its unique mix of cultures. The 2000-m-long street enjoys various bars, cafes, restaurants,art crafts and souvenir stores, foreign language clubs and even Kungfu schools. |
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| Day 3 Guilin ( B,L ) |
| Biking tour escorted by our tour guide: When you escape onto the country roads, lanes and tracks of the distinctive and beautiful Yangshou countryside, you would see rice paddies, farm house, green limestone hills. 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 never changed. |
| Bike Ride | Many small paths in the countryside are good for biking, 1 hour testing ride is very important for you to know the road condition. Ask our technican engineer to fix any minor problem with your bike. | | Moon Hill | Moon Hill, one of the highlights in Yangshuo, gets this name as a moon-shaped hole penetrating a limestone pinnacle. You will enjoy various perspectives to appreciate the wonder, here the caves taking on different looks of “full-moon”, “half-moon” or “crescent moon”. |
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| [ Optional ] Moon Hill: Moon Hill, one of the highlights in Yangshuo, gets this name as a moon-shaped hole penetrating a limestone pinnacle. You will enjoy various perspectives to appreciate the wonder, here the caves taking on different looks of “full-moon”, “half-moon” or “crescent moon”. |
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| Day 4 Guilin, Sanjiang ( B,L ) |
| In the early morning, drive to Longsheng and Sanjiang. After 3 hours driving to Longsheng, hiking on trails between Longji Dragon Backbone Rice Terrace, worship the huge rice terrace in the mist. Then we will drive to Sanjiang to visit the Chengyang Shelter Bridge, Drum Tower of Dong ethinc and their villages. It will spend 1.5 hours by road (85 km) from Longsheng to Sanjiang. |
| 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. | | 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 is supported by five big stone piers and the whol…… |
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| [ Optional ] 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 is supported by five big stone piers and the whole bridge is made of wood with all mortise and tenon joints, without any iron nails. |
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| Day 5 Zhaoxing ( B,L ) |
| Chengyang / Tongle / Diping / Tang'An / Zhaoxing. Drive 3 hours to Zhaoxing, we will stop at Tang'An village, you can follow our tour guide to hike for 1.5 hours along the rice terraces to Zhaoxing. Your driver and coach will transfer the luggage to the hotel in Zhaoxing and meet you there. Optional activities at night: the traditional costume show honored by local villagers might not be so perfect, but quite worth to see. The songs made by native ethnic are melodies from the heaven. Ask your tour guide for ticket cost. |
| 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 raining day, to sit in the bridge pavilion and chat…… | | 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 and creditworthiness. | | TangAn Village | 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 Sino-Norway cooperative 'TangA…… |
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| [ Optional ] 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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