Itinerary

1. Day 1: YuLong River Valley

   • Meet your local tour guide in Yangshuo and head toward the YuLong river valley.

   • Make way to Fen Long village, cross Jinbao river and ride along rice fields & lotus ponds to Yulong river.

   • Stop for a while in an open cave and then continue the journey deeper into the valley.

   • Reach Caoyang village and cross the Yulong river.

   • Stop for lunch. 

   • Head back to the river, leave the bikes and get on bamboo rafts.

   • Cruise down the river for an hour or more. 

   • From the bridge, ride back to Yangshuo.

2. Day 2: XingPing Town

   • Take a local bus to YangDi town, where you can hire a motorized raft to XingPing town.

   • Spend some time in XingPing, walking around old town, tasting local cookies and dishes.

   • Take the local bus to Yangshuo.

3. Day 3: PuTao

   • Ride on a tuk-tuk through the old picturesque road to PuTao.

   • On the way, stop at the Yangshuo tea plantation to learn about tea harvest.

   • Continue to the Stone village which is not just an interesting example of dry stone architecture, but also part of JingJiang Prince Mansion.

4. Day 4: LongSheng

   • Leave Yangshuo and drive up north to LongSheng rice terraces. 

   • Stay overnight. 

5. Day 5: SanJiang

   • Drive to SanJiang bridge and Belltower.

   • Stay with a local family and learn the local customs of Dong and Miao minorities.

6. Day 6: Congjiang

   • Drive to Congjiang village - the only place men still keep the Qin dynasty hairstyle and use a gun for hunting.

   • Stay overnight. 

7. Day 7: Zhaoxing Village

   • Observe the culture and lifestyle of Zhaoxing village - home of Dong minority.

8. Day 8: Guilin

   • Drive back to Guilin.