8-Day China Ethnic Tour

Tour Overview
Ethnic villages exploring, cruising, rafting, hiking, biking, caving, cooking, Taiji learning...the tour has it all. And you will be enamored of the stunning terraced rice fields, pastoral karst countryside, fantastic cave, minorities' culture, traditional ethnic houses and many interesting facts about China.

Day 1 Arrival in  Guilin/Longsheng (no meals)
Meet your guide at the airport and transfer to the  Ping'an Zhuang Vilage  at Longji. Take a walk in the village and view rice terraces for sunset. 
 
Day 2 Longji(B, L)
Hiking from Ping'an to Dazhai (about 5-6 hours). On the way visit some traditional Yao people's villages, such as Zhongliu Village, Tiantou Village and Dazhai Village. Drive back to Ping'an Village. Stay overnight in Ping'an Hotel in central of the village.
 
Day 3 Longji/Sanjiang (B, L)
Today you will be transferred to Sanjiang to visit the Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge and the Mapang Drum Tower. In the Dong Villages, you will see many unique buildings, watch Duoya dance and Reed-pipe dance performed by the Dong people. Stay overnight in Lost World Guest House, a cozy charactor hotel rebuilt by 4 hundred-year-old wooden Dong buildings. 

Day 4 Sanjiang (B, L)
We'll drive to the Dong People's Eco-Museum Scenic Area. On the way we will see the beautiful Chengniu Terraced Rice Fields, the Immortal Mountain; visit the Zuolong Red Army Village (Zuolong Zhai), unique Batuan Wind and Rain Bridge, and the drum tower groups in Gaoding and Dudong villages.  

Day 5 Sanjiang/Guilin (B, L)
Drive back to Guilin City in the morning. In the afternoon, visit the Reed Flute Cave and the Elephant Trunk Hill. 

Day 6 Guilin/Yangshuo (B, L)
After breakfast, drive to the pier to have a Li River Cruise down to Yangshuo (3.5-5hrs). Lunch will be served on board. Have a special Chinese cooking course in a Yangshuo cooking school. Your cooking teacher will bring you to the local market to buy vegetables, meat and other materials and then s/he will teach you how to cook the authentic Chinese cuisines for your dinner. Stay overnight at Bamboo Leave Hotel in Shibanqiao Village, 20min walking or 5min by hotel free shuttle bus from the West Street.  

Day 7 Yangshuo (B)
Rent a bike and ride through the beautiful karst countryside to the limpid Yulong River. Enjoy an exciting bamboo rafting along the river.  

Day 8 Yangshuo/Guilin/Exit (B, L, D)
In the morning, learn Taiji Boxing from a master in Yangshuo (or learn Kung Fu from the Kung Fu master). In the afternoon, drive back to Guilin for the flight to your next destination.

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