7 Days Guizhou Natural Wonders & Minority Villages Tour

Meals: No meals
Accommodation: In Guiyang

Welcome to Guiyang, you will be met at the airport & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Guiyang City View

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guiyang

In the morning, you will be transferred to Anshun, the central town for the west of Guizhou Province for the largest waterfall- Huangguoshu Waterfall 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 Guiyang for the overnight.

Huangguoshu Waterfall

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Libo

It takes around 3 hours from Guiyang to Libo.

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.

Xiaoqikong

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Xijiang

It takes around 1.5 hours to visit Da Qi Kong (大七孔), which belongs to the same protect region with Xiao Qi Kong and we can take a boat to the Natural Bridge, which actually is a huge rock that stretch over two peaks and then forms a“bridge for the celestial being”. 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 the guests can have their own roaming in the village, talking with the miao people, enjoying the traditional handwork of batik.

Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Kaili

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 we'll start our trekking crossing the mountains and villages around 1 hour in the tour to Kongbai, a quieter, less-visited Miao settlement that offers a more intimate look into traditional village life. Walk through the peaceful lanes, visit local homes, and perhaps witness some traditional handicraft making such as silverwork.

After lunch, drive 1 hour to Jidao Long-skirt Miao village. You will be deeply impressed by its traditional wooden houses. Hike in the village to explore more. You will have a chance to see their traditional way of making weaving and spinning.

Jidao Long-skirt Miao Village

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Near Fanjingshan

In the morning we'll drive around 45 minutes to Gejia village, in where we'll found the whole history of this ethnic on the dresses of the women. It's said that the ancestor of Gejia people was a invincible general so we can find the red tassel hat bestowed by the emperor,  silver circle and hair clasp represent the bow and the arrow used by the general, and many other secret code waiting for your discovery. Then we'll drive about 1.5 hours to Zhenyuan Ancient Town.

In the 2300 years' history of Zhenyuan, being a military fortress town has occupied 800 years since Song Dynasty. As the lock on the gate to the center area of China, it said that “One wants to occupy Yunnan and Hubei must conquer Zhenyuan first”.  While nobody had done it thanks to the mountains and the river that embrace the town, which also thanks to the river, the town became important on the South Silk Road. The merchants brought their goods from the whole country, at the mean while also brought the various religions and cultures.

Aferwards, drive you to the hotel near Fanjingshan (about 1.5 hrs) and check in for rest.

Zhenyuan Ancient Town

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, the guide and driver will meet you at the hotel and drive to the nearby entrance of Fanjing mountain. The whole tour takes around 4 hours on the mountain including taking the shuttle bus, cable car, climbing to the Red Cloud Golden Peak and coming down, we'll prepare some breads and water for you if you like, or you can also choose the snakes in the shop on the mountain.

Although it really depends much on the our luck of the weather but we still have big chance to worship the temple of the Present Buddha and the Future Buddha on the top the Red Clouds Golden Peak, but if not we can also appreciate the magnificent view from the height of 2572 meters.

After the tour, drive to TongRen airport or train station for your next destination.

Departure Tongren Methods: 
1. Take a flight to Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guilin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Kunming, Xiamen, etc.
2. Take a bullet train to Zhangjiajie (5hrs), Changsha (2hrs), Guiyang (1-1.5hrs), Shanghai (8hrs), Beijing (9.5hrs), Chongqing (3.5hrs), Guangzhou (5hrs), Wuhan (4hrs), Kunming (4hrs), Zhengzhou (6hrs), Xiamen (9-9.5hrs), Fuzhou (7-7.5hrs), etc.

Fanjing Mountain