13 Days China-Vietnam Rice Terraces and Ethnic Culture Tour

Day 01 Arrive in Guilin
Day 02 Guilin – Yangshuo
Day 03 Yangshuo-Longsheng
Day 04 Longsheng – Guilin-Kunming
Day 05 Kunming-Shilin-Jianshui
Day 06 Jianshui-Yuanyang
Day 07 Yuanyang
Day 08 Yuanyang – Hekou-Lao cai-Sapa
Day 09 Sapa
Day 10 Sapa-Hanoi by Night Train
Day 11 Hanoi-Halong Bay
Day 12 Halong Bay-Hanoi
Day 13 Departure from Hanoi

Day 01 Arrive in Guilin
Arirrived Guilin ,the driver and guide will meet you in the airport or train station ,transfer to hotel ,stay overnight at Guilin
Day 02 Guilin – Yangshuo

In the early morning drive to Mopan hill wharf to take Li river cruise by boat,the cruise will take around 4.5 hours and lunch on the boat.you will enjoy the most beautiful mountain and clear water on the cruise.Upon arrival Yangshuo, some free time  on the west street ,and then you can choose a bike ride to the nice countryside along the yulong river,visit a famer’s house .stay overnight in yangshuo  or back to Guilin

Lijiang River originates from Cat Mountain in Xing’an County in the north of Guilin. It flows 437 kms down Guilin, Yangshou, Pingle and Wuzhou into the West River. Between Guilin and Yangshuo, Lijiang River travels 83 kilometres exactly like a jade ribbon winding among thousands of grotesque peaks. Along the river banks are the spectacular landscapes and elegant hills, the towering peaks, the variegated cliffs and odd-shaped crags reflected in the mirror of its crystal-clear water and the wonderful deep pools, running springs and flying waterfalls everywhere. The reflections of the hills in clear and greenish water are like bright and beautiful pictures. “One hundred miles Lijiang River, one hundred miles art gallery,” A lot of excellent poems and literal works in modern or ancient appreciate ger beauty. Han Yu , a great poet in Tang Dynasty, had written a popular poem to praise the beautiful scenery of Lijiang River. The river winds like a blue silk ribbon,While the hills erect like green jade hairpins.

Day 03 Yangshuo-Longsheng

Morning the guide and driver will pick you up then head to Longji Rice Terraces for the splendid rice terraces and local ethnic minority villages,it will take more than 2 hours from Guilin .then spend most of the day to hike around minority village..stay overnight at Longji guest house.

The scenery area of Longsheng Longji terrace with 700 years of history, built initially in Yuan Dynasty, consisting mainly of Ping’an Zhuang minority terrace and jinkeng Hongyao terrace is a famous scenery spot of Guangxi, the rime of Zhuang, Yao minority’s diligence and intelligence, the movement of the earth. The whole scenery area is picturesque, full of groups of waterfalls and takes on different verves in four seasons. The people of Zhuang, Yao minority here live in wooden buildings with cyan tiles from generation to generation, with man cultivating and woman weaving, simple and kind. Jinzhu Zhuang Village was honored “model of Northen Zhuang” by UNESCO. Huangluo Yao Village was awarded The Prize of Longest Hair of Group Female, a great number of cultural relics remain in Longji Zhuang Village up to now. The beautiful scenery of Longji are countless, able to make people forget to go back.

Day 04 Longsheng – Guilin-Kunming by High Speed Train
Get up early in the morning  enjoy the sun rise in Longji terrace,walk around the village, transfer to Guilin Railway Station for your high speed train to Kunming.

Day 05 Kunming-Shilin-Jianshui
Day 06 Jianshui-Yuanyang
Day 07 Yuanyang
Day 08 Yuanyang – Hekou-Lao cai-Sapa
Day 09 Sapa
Day 10 Sapa-Hanoi by Night Train
Day 11 Hanoi-Halong Bay
Day 12 Halong Bay-Hanoi
Day 13 Departure from Hanoi