10 Days Guizhou Bridge Engineering & FAST Sky Eye Tour

Meals: No meal
Accommodation: In Guiyang

Welcome to Guiyang. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by our local tour guide and transferred to hotel in Guiyang. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Jiaxiu Pavilion

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Anshun

After breakfast at the hotel, begin your day with a visit to Zhijin Cave, one of the largest karst cave in China, known for its stunning and uniquely shaped stalagmites. It was approved by UNESCO as a World Geopark on Sep 19, 2015, becoming the first world Geopark in Guizhou province. Next, head to Tianlong Village in Anshun, famous for its traditional Dixi Opera and distinctive stone architecture. Stay overnight in Anshun.

Zhijin Cave

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Anshun

In the morning, you will be transferred to visit the largest waterfall- Huangguoshu Waterfall in Asia today. Close to Huangguoshu Waterfall, Tianxingqiao Scenic Resort is your next spot, the most distinguished character of the scenic resort is its abundance in water, rocks, forests and caves, which compose a picturesque view for the visitors. Drive back to the hotel in Anshun for overnight.

Huangguoshu Waterfall

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Xingyi

On the way from Huangguoshu to Xingyi, we'll cross two giant bridges: Balinghe River Bridge and Huajiang Canyon Bridge.

With a height of 1,214 feet (370 meters) from deck to water, the Balinghe River Bridge is the 15th highest bridge in China. Located near the town of Guanling about a third of the way along the 300 mile (483km) G60 Hukun Guiyang to Kunming Highway in China's mountainous Guizhou Province, Balinghe River Bridge is one of two super high suspension bridges along the 4-lane route. We can visit the Bridge Museum at the side of bridge, in order to know why Guizhou is called the "Museum of Bridges" , how hard to build a bridge in the millions of mountains of Guizhou, and how the technologies have developed with one and another new high-tech bridges are built.

Balinghe River Bridge

Huajiang Canyon Bridge was opened to traffic on September 28, 2025. The new bridge in China has set two world records! The Huajiang Canyon Bridge, located in Guizhou Province, is now the world's highest bridge and the longest span bridge in a mountainous valley. This great project is 625 meters tall from the bridge deck to the river below. It is 1420 meters long between its two main towers. It took workers only three years and eight months to build it. After that, drive about 2 hours to Xingyi.

Huajiang Canyon Bridge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Xingyi

After breakfast at the hotel, begin your day with a nature tour around Xingyi. First visit the Wanfenglin (Forest of Ten Thousand Peaks). Due to its unique karst landscape and beautiful scenery, it is regarded as a Wonder Under Heaven. Then proceed to the Maling River Canyon and go for a 2-hour trek at the so called Tianxing Gallery within the scenic area. Return to the hotel afterwards.

Wanfengling

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Pingtang

Today, you will have a cruise trip in the beautiful Wanfeng Lake and pay a visit to a beautiful castle built on a island in the lake. Wangfeng Lake, an artificial lake with numerous karst peaks hiding inside, looks like a natural bonsai tree. The peaks, rivers, caves, farming fields and minority villages combine to create an idyllic landscape. It is an important part of Xingyi National Geopark. It enjoys the reputation of "the lake of among tens of thousands of lakes, top one lake in the southwest of China, a beautiful landscape painting". Wanfeng Lake, together with Wanfeng Forest and Wanfenghe Valley, is the top three scenic areas in Xingyi.

Afterwards, drive about 4 hours to Pingtang town, famous for the FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope). Stay overnight in Pingtang.

Wangfeng Lake

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Libo

After breakfast, visit to FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope), which is famous as the "Skye Eye", a Chinese mega-science project to build the largest single dish radio telescope in the world. The FAST project began in 2011 and it achieved first light in September 2016. Take a shuttle bus (about 40minutes) to get to the platform for a bird view of the FAST. In this site, you may also choose to visit the International Experience Planetarium to experience the vivid sun galaxy around you. Lunch is arranged in a local restaurant during the tour.

Notice:

• Passport is needed when purchasing entrance ticket.
• In order to minimum extra radio interferences with the telescope and for its accuracy in functions, cell phones, cameras, interphones and all sorts of unnecessary electronic devices are not allowed in the site. Visitors are requested to store them in deposit center once they arrive at the gate of this scenic area.
• To reduce human gathering inferences, 2000 persons is the maximum limitation of tourists it can accept each day.

FAST Building Step Photo

Then transfer to Libo. Enroute, you will have chance to visit the Pingtang Bridge, which is also called as "Bridge of the Sky". Over the deep Caodu River valley, the Pingtang Bridge carries the Pingtang Luodian Expressway across Pingtang, Guizhou, China. With a height of 1,089 feet, the bridge is the third-tallest in the world. Construction began on April 29, 2016, and the main bridge closing project was fully connected and opened to traffic on December 30, 2019.

Pingtang Bridge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Xijiang

We can start the visit to the National Natural Protect Region after lunch. It named Xiao Qi Kong (小七孔: Small Seven Holes Bridge) because of the seven holes stone bridge on the Xiangshui River, which was the only way must be passed to Guang Xi Province by the ancient merchants, who took the chinese goods to southeast Asia and exchanged staffs there back to China. We'll also visit the forests, the waterfalls and the mountains there, you can imagine how difficult it was to do the international business at that era.

Afterwards, we'll drive to Xijiang, where takes about 2.5 hours to arrive.

Xijiang Qianhu (西江千户: Thousands Families in Xijiang) is the biggest Miao village in China, we can also say world widely since there are also Miao villages in some southeast Asian countries. We'll check in the hotel, which have a nonpareil view to the whole village and have lunch. Then you can have your own roaming in the village, talking with the miao people, enjoying the traditional handwork of batik.

Xiaoqikong

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guiyang

We can take a morning ramble in the village since different from the afternoon full of tourists, and enjoy the village as tranquil and fresh as the air in the mountain. Leave Xijiang after breakfast and you will have an ethnic minority tour to the Lande Upper Miao Village, renowned as "the Hometown of Chinese Folk Song and Dance Art" . This charming village offers a refreshing escape from bustling crowds, embracing a tranquil natural ambiance while welcoming visitors with open arms and showcasing its rich cultural heritage. Drive back to Guiyang for overnight.

Lande Upper Miao Village

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy your leisure morning and be transferred to airport for your next destination.

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