Offering 6 days' tour to east guizhou, including Qingyan Ancient Town,Huaxi Park,JIaxiu Pavillion, Zhijindong Cave,Huangguoshu waterfall, Xiaoqikong Scenic Spot,Daqikong Scenic Spot,Jiabang Rice Terraces
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Duration: 7 days Tour Code: CE-GY-7D02 Departure Date: Every day Tour Attractions:Qingyan Ancient Town,Huaxi Park,JIaxiu Pavillion, Zhijindong Cave,Huangguoshu waterfall, Xiaoqikong Scenic Spot,Daqikong Scenic Spot,Jiabang Rice Terraces Feature:Historic Sites Tour Type: /English speaking guide + driver + meals + hotels
D1 Arrival in Guiyang and visit Qingyan Ancient Town,Huaxi Park,JIaxiu Pavillion(lunch)
Today, you will visit several famous attraction in Guiyang city. The first stop is the Qingyan Ancient Town, which is just 30 km south of Guiyang city. Although small in size, the town has a well-planned architectural style, hundreds of sites of relics, and an influential local culture. Here you can see spectacular city walls built right on the cliffs with vast rocks and explore the ancient heritages that dating back to the year of 1378.
Then,we will visit theHuaxi Park, also called the Flower Stream Park, which means a park where flowers are in full bloom and streams flow. It has gained the name of "Back Garden of Guiyang City". Unlike man-made parks, the stream and the four hills in this park are all naturally formed. The scenery is pleasant at all seasons.
After lunch, we will go to the Jiaxiu Pavillion, the symbol of Guiyang city with a history of more than 400 years. A cultural as well as a historical relic, Jiaxiu Tower houses the authentic works and paintings of many ancient calligraphers'. You could appreciate the exhibitions of the calligraphy pieces, woodcrafts and stone tablets inscribed with poems.
Stay overnight in Guiyang. D2 Guiyang-Zhijin(109km,1h50minutes)(lunch)
You will depart from Guiyang to Zhijin town. Upon your arrival, you will appreciate the amazing scenery of Zhinjin cave. Zhijindong Cave owns the systematicness and completeness of evolution of karst cave and is the most distinctive natural scenery and an important area with aesthetic value among cave karst, which stands out from numerous caves listed in the World Geopark internet and World Natural Heritage Directory. The cave feels like a huge underground palace. Here a variety of stones and rock -- prehnite, bloodstone, and curlstone -- have formed stalagmites, stone flowers, drums, pillars, and so on.
Stay overnight in Zhijin. D3 Zhinjin-Anshun-Guiyang( 128km,1h50minutes/ 90km,1h30minutes)(lunch)
You will set out to the Huangguoshu waterfall of Anshun in the morning, and afternoon visit scenic waterfall. It is the largest waterfall in Asia with 74 meters high and 81 meters wide. Mr. Xu Xiake, a geographer in Ming Dynasty of China history, wrote that the sound of Huangguoshu waterfall shatter earth and sky, and ten kilometers outside could hear it. If encounter the sunny rain here, you will marvel at the waterfall with seven coloured rainbow. After that, you will enjoy the Doupotang waterfall and the overwater stone forest, Tianxingqiao scenic spot, which were the film locations of "Journey to the West" filmed in 1980. Here stalagmites stands and mountain, water, forest cave are put into one landscape.
Stay overnight in Guiyang. D4 Guiyang-Libo (282km,4h)(lunch)
Depart from Guiyang in the mornig, you will head for Libo and visit Xiaoqikong Scenic Spot. The Xiao Qikong is also known as minor Jiuzhaigou valley, which is elegant and peaceful similiarly.
It is quite famous for its perfectly situated views of virgin, natural views made up of mountains, waters, trees, caves, lakes, and falls. Within the reach of the forty-meter head drop are the sixty-eight-level Xiangshuihe Waterfalls and other drops, strewn at random. Each of them has the characteristics of beautiful scenery. It also be praised as "super bonsai". After that,you will visit the Mandarin Duck lakes.
Through the woods nearby lie two large lakes and by whose four sides are standing densely packed tall trees. If boating peacefully and quietly on the Mandarin Duck Lakes, you will be aware of various colors — red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, black, blue, and purple, exactly the colorful reflections of the inclined, shed-like trees on the mountains. The two lakes are occupied by mandarin ducks, which may recall an old poem, “So beautiful is the scenery, As if existing in heaven merely. How could it be the enjoyment of humanities?”
Stay overnight in Libo. D5 Libo-Rongjiang(173km,3h10minutes)(lunch)
On this day, you will visit Daqikong Scenic Spot. It's name origines from Daqikong Bridge, which was built in ancient times, and serves now as the entrance to the area. In this scenic spot, there are many wonderful views including gorges, virgin woods, underground streams, and subterranean lakes. Aeolus Cave, Terrifying Gorge, and Underground Palace encompass waterfalls in caves, lakes at the bottom of the falls, and skylights above the lakes like crescents and stars hanging above.
Here you will visit Di'e Forest, Di'e Palace, Tiansheng Bridge, Fengshen Hole, Kongbu Canyon, Di'e Hole, Xiaotian River, Daqikong Scenic Spot seven attractions one by one. All of them have the characteristics of mysterious and spectacular scenery. In the afternoon, you will head for Rongjiang. Along the way to Rongjiang, you could enjoy the beautiful Liujiang river and the natural and quaint folk custom of Dong minority along the river .
Stay overnight in Rongjiang. D6 Rongjiang-Jiangbang-Congjiang(78km50minutes)(lunch)
You will visit the Jiabang Rice Terraces — Mysterious Terraces with Cloud and Mist. As a masterpiece of local Miao minority, being cut from the hilly terrain in hundreds of layers,Jiabang Rice Terrace asserted down the hillside in large scale and great momentum as well as beautiful lines. Villages and terraces enhance each other’s beauty and form a great spectacular.You can appreciate mirror-like terraces in spring, verdant terraces in summer, and gold terraces in autumn. In the early morning, you could see the wet weather gift Jiabang Rice Terraces mysterious scenery with cloud and mist. In the afternoon,you will depart to Congjiang.
Then,you’ll visit Basha Miao Village, Xiaohuang Dong Village and Huanggang Dong Village one by one. You will enjoy the traditional clothes, folk dance, architecture in Congjiang Villages.
Basha Miao Village, a hidden kingdom occupied by the legendary Basha Miao people. Enter the Last Gunmen’s Tribe in China and enjoy the Lusheng performance by the men, rice wine presented by the girls. Here are Welcome Ceremony with Guns, Adult Ceremony, Reed-pipe Wind Dance and more. pay extra fees, you could enjoy some activities performed by the Miao.
Then, you wil visit theXiaohuang Dong Village and Huanggang Dong Village to appreciate the well-preserved lifestyle, customs, folk residence and festivals. Surrounded by green hills,Xiaohuang Dong Village owns many diaojiaolou and tall Drum Towers. Entire villagehave maintained a primitive style, and many old customs have been preserved intactly.
Stay overnight in Congjiang.
D7 Congjiang-Guiyang( 283km,4h20minutes)(lunch)
In the early morning, head for Zhaoxing. Zhaoxing Dong Village, one of the largest traditional Dong minority town in Guizhou.Dong nationality features three unique folk culture symbols, the Wind-Rain Bridges (the Flower Bridges), the Drum Tower, and songs of the Dong nationality. As a symbol of the Dong village, the drum towers serve as the embodiment of the Dong people's exquisite building skills and technology.This is an eye-catching characteristic in this becoming tourist destination. While walking into the Dong village, you will come across many bridges, which are basically roof-covered buildings across the river, covered with pavilions. All bridges are masterpieces of folk architecture in every detail, with wood columns, purlins, stools, and railings.Boasting great historical, scientific, and artistic value, the bridges were listed fifth on the national cultural heritages list.
Service package includes:
1. 7 lunches;
2. 6 night accommodation
3. Air conditioned tour vehicle;
4. English speaking tour guide;
5. Entrance tickets for scenic spot;
6. Guiyang pick-up and drop-off;
7. Insurance.
Service package excludes:
1. Personal expenses;
2. Tips to the guide and driver.
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