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Local Zhuang Lady at Longji
Longji Rice Terrace
Mini Group: Longji Rice Terraced Fields and Minority Villages Tour
Hiking the villages at Longji
Yao minority with their long hair in Longji

Mini Group: Longji Rice Terraced Fields and Minority Villages Tour

By Trippest Travel
9.4 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is €146 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

During this 1-day tour, your local professional guide from Guilin will accompany you as you hike to the Longji Rice Terraced Fields and visit two minority villages. You’ll admire the most beautiful scenery of the terraced fields from different angles and discover the local minority cultures of the Zhuang and Yao peoples.

Activity location

  • Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces
    • 80 kilometers from Guilin,
    • 541701, Longsheng County, Guangxi, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Yangshuo County
    • Yangshuo County, Guangxi, China

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Guilin Departure
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Departs from Guilin
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:00
Price details
€145.50 x 1 Adult€145.50

Total
Price is €145.50
Until Fri, 1 Nov
Yangshuo Departure
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Departs from Yangshuo county.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 07:00
Price details
€178.65 x 1 Adult€178.65

Total
Price is €178.65
Until Fri, 1 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedA hiking trip from Guzhuang Village to Ping'an Village.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish-speaking local guide service.
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedAdmission ticket to Longji Rice Field Terraces
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport between attractions, including pickup and return to your hotel.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAirport transfer.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge to your tour guide & driver (usually CNY 50 - 100 per person). It is not compulsory but would be a great encouragement for them.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedYour personal expenses.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In Yangshuo town, the hotel collection and drop-off area should be within the urban area. For further distances, you need to hire a taxi to the Green Lotus Hotel (碧莲江景酒店).
  • Minimum number of participants required for the tour to run is 2. Maximum number of participants per tour is 10.
  • If the number of participants are more than 6, we need to transfer to shuttle buses at the scenic area because there is a vehicle restriction for driving up or down the hill. The shuttle bus fee is included in pricing.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Your guide will be waiting for you in your hotel’s lobby or other appointed location at the agreed time, which is usually 8 am.  You’ll join a group with no more than 10 members, which is a great size to ensure you enjoy a better travel experience. Longji Terraced Fields is located in Longsheng county of Guilin city, covering 6 villages with a history of more than 2,000 years. The local Zhuang and Yao people have been farmed this mountainous fields day after days and year after years for their hard living. The Ancient Zhuang Village is the origin of the Zhuang people’s terraced fields. The highest altitude of the village is about 1,300 metres while the lowest altitude here is 350 metres. The terraced fields here look magnificent! After admiring the beautiful terraced fields scenery in the viewpoint of Slender Ditch you will hike to another famous village – Ping’an Village from here. This hike takes about 1 hour to complete about 8 kilometres' distance. 
Ping'an Village
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
After lunch, you’ll start a visit to the most famous village in Longji – Ping’an Village. You’ll see the most beautiful and magnificent terraced fields scenery in Longji! Many world-awarding pictures were taken in this village. After visiting the Seven Star with Moon viewpoint we'll interview an old Yao lady with long hair come from another village nearby to discover another ethnic group – the Yao people with red clothes and their featured long hair culture for women. In their culture girls only allow having their hair cut for two times in their whole life.  After interviewing the Yao lady, you'll go to the most beautiful viewpoint – Nine Dragons and Five Tigers. This viewpoint is absolutely the most highlight of the day! Time: 16:00–18:00, Drive back to Guilin or Yangshuo The trip comes to the end after visiting the viewpoint of Nine Dragons and Five Tigers.You’ll be dropped off at your hotel in Guilin or Yangshuo safely.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESDragon's Backbone Rice Terraces
    • 80 kilometers from Guilin,
    • 541701, Longsheng County, Guangxi, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEYangshuo County
    • Yangshuo County, Guangxi, China
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGuilin
    • Guilin, Guangxi, China

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