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Guangzhou & Guilin Weekend Tour
Tour code: guilin 024
Duration: 7 days
Route: Guangzhou, Guilin, Yangshuo, Longsheng, Guangzhou
Attractions: From Guangzhou historic cultures to Guilin highlight secery, taking bamboo raft on Yulong River, having fun on the West Street; visiting Longji Backbone Rice Terrace which was first built in the Yuan dynasty and completed in the Qing dynasty, and Zhuang and Yao Minority tribes and villages.
Itinerary:
Day 1 Arrive / Guangzhou
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Arrive at Guangzhou. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Guangzhou (B,L)
Visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, Five Goats, The Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family .
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall: a memorial building built in 1931 with the funds raised by the Guangzhou people and overseas Chinese in memory of Sun Yat-sen.
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees: a world famous ancient Buddhist temple.
Five Goats: The five shy; sheep statuary was built in 1957, it is the symbolization of Guangzhou.
The Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family : The Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family, built between 1890 and 1894 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, is the largest, best preserved, and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
Day 3 Guangzhou / Guilin (B)
Transfer via: overnight train K36/K37 (17:36-06:37+1)
Free at leisure until be transferred to the railway station to catch the Over night train to Guilin. Stay overnight on the train.
Day 4 Guilin / Yangshuo
Arrive at Guilin. Be met & transferred to your hotel in Yangshuo by public bus. Take white leisure water rafting by bamboo raft on Yulong River for one hour (optional).
Yangshuo, the natural scenery features unique karst hills, crystal water, exquisite stones and intricate caves as well as a cultural historic heritage and folks of diverse customs. At night, have fun on the West Street, don't drink too much to miss tomorrow's program.
Day 5 Yangshuo / Longsheng (B,L)
One Day Longsheng tour for Ethnic Tribes Culture expedition.
Drive to Longsheng, visit Longji Mountain Village, about 2.5 hours drive (115KM beautiful mountain road), stroll around the village. Stay in the mountain village overnight.
Longsheng is famous for the Longji Dragon Backbone Rice Terrace: 60 square kilometers of terraced rice fields southeast of Longsheng. They were first built in the Yuan dynasty and completed in the Qing dynasty by Zhuang people. The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountaintop, with the highest place of an elevation of 885m and the lowest 380m. The coiling line spirals up from the mountain foot to the top, making the mountain looks like huge snail seen from afar.
After 2.5 hours drive (115KM beautiful mountain road) you will get to the Longji area, Heping Township of Longsheng County. Visit Zhuang and Yao Minority tribes villages and some families if you like. Those ethnic girls dressed in their own colors may have a demonstration on hair combing or singing and dancing upon guests' request and gratuity. Clients will enjoy the beautiful terrace rice fields after getting to the summit of Longji (Dragon's backbone). The terrace rice fields were first built in the Yuan Dynasty (about 800 years ago) and completed in the Qing dynasty as the crystallization of the wisdom and labor of the Zhuang people.
Day 6 Longsheng / Guangzhou (B,L)
Transfer via: Train K35/K38 (18:04-07:25+1)
Transfer to Guilin by road. Then have private city tours to the Reed Flute Cave & the Elephant Trunk Hill.
Visit the Reed Flute Cave. Aside ten minutes drive (half hour bike ride) from downtown, the cave is one of the largest known examples of what each tropical karst cone conceals within it. The script writers and set designers for Star Trek would have a field day in this cavernous underground stalactite/stalagmite maze-style theater. The dropping water is rich and the dripstones are not only in various types but also in big size, displaying a wonderful cave world. This cave was called "The Art Gallery of Mother Nature". Colored fluorescent lights which cast shadows and illuminate shapes of imaginary animals, fruits and vegetables complete the unworldly effect.
Following with Elephant Trunk Hill. It is located on the west bank of the Li River by a small branch called Peach blossom River, and resembles a huge elephant standing on the bank of the river, sucking up water with its long trunk. The trunk is particularly striking and lifelike when viewed either nearby or afar. A circular foot cave called Shui Yue Dong (Moon-In-the Water Cave) separates the trunk and the body. A 3-story Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D) brick pagoda rises from the top of hill.
Later in the afternoon you will be transferred to train station to catch the evening train to Guangzhou.
Day 7 Guangzhou
Upon arrival at Guangzhou railway station, own arrange to tranfer to your next destination.
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