4 Days Guizhou Minority Essentials Tour

Day 1

Arrival Guiyang
Arrive in Guiyang, you will be met at the airport & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day. 
Meals: No Meals
Accommodation: In Guiyang
 

Day 2

Guiyang    Kaili
In the morning, you will take a 2.5 hours driving to Kaili. On arrival, take a visit to Kaili Folk Museum to have an overview of the ethnic groups in Guizhou. Then go to visit Qingman Short-skirt Miao Village by bus (1 hour) for a short visit. After that, continue your driving to Shiqiao Miao Village (20 minutes). The Fish in Sour and Spicy Soup is optional for your dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Kaili
 

Day 3

Kaili    Guiyang
In the morning, drive to Jidao Long-skirt Miao Village and enjoy your leisure vesting there. Then, continue your 2.5hours driving back to Guiyang in the late afternoon. If time permits, you can take a short visit to Jiaxiu Pavilion-the landmark building of Guiyang which has a history of more than 400 years.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guiyang
 

Day 4

Departure Guiyang
Bid a fond farewell to this ancient land as you leave for your next destination.
Meals: Breakfast

Service Ends

Day 1

Arrival Guiyang
Arrive in Guiyang, you will be met at the airport & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day. 
Meals: No Meals
Accommodation: In Guiyang

Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, is located at the east of the Yunnan- Guizhou Plateau in the southwest of China. The city features low latitude, high elevation and diversified landforms. In the subtropical zone, Guiyang enjoys a warm and moist climate, which endowed the city with abundant biological resources.
 

Day 2

Guiyang    Kaili
In the morning, you will take a 2.5 hours driving to Kaili. On arrival, take a visit to Kaili Folk Museum to have an overview of the ethnic groups in Guizhou. Then go to visit Qingman Short-skirt Miao Village by bus (1 hour) for a short visit. After that, continue your driving to Shiqiao Miao Village (20 minutes). The Fish in Sour and Spicy Soup is optional for your dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Kaili

Kaili is the capital city of Qiandongnan Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou. It has a population of approximately 450,000, and the area is 1,306 square meter. It is home of Miao and Ge ethnic groups. As the home to minority groups, Kaili host more than 100 Miao festivals throughout the year. It is a popular destination for backpackers and others seeking to experience rural China.

Kaili Folk Museum has a collection of over ten thousand items of different ethnic groups in the area. It boasts an ideal place to view the ethnic culture at a glance.

The riding to Miao Village is an enjoyable one. Along the way, you will find those mountains are gorgeous and the rice paddies amazing. After 20 minutes driving, you will arrival Shiqiao Miao village, which noted for its traditional way of making paper from the tree bark. Family visit will be arranged. Return back to Kaili in the late afternoon.

Dong Minority people are extremely fond of the taste of sour and spice. As the saying goes, Dong people cannot make their lives without the sour and spice food. Among several dishes created by Dong people, the Fish in Sour and Spice Soup is the most famous. It looks like the hotpot, sharing the similar way of cooking and eating. You will have a little plate with kinds of delicious sauce including soy sauce, pepper, ginger, red pepper oil, sesame seed oil, preserved bean curd.
 

Day 3

Kaili    Guiyang
In the morning, drive to Jidao Long-skirt Miao Village and enjoy your leisure vesting there. Then, continue your 2.5hours driving back to Guiyang in the late afternoon. If time permits, you can take a short visit to Jiaxiu Pavilion-the landmark building of Guiyang which has a history of more than 400 years.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guiyang

A short drive about 40 minutes along the Bala River takes you to the village of Langde, a real gem with traditional wooden houses and waterwheels, where you will visit Jidao Long-skirt Miao Village (also called Xijiang style Miao). A performance will be arranged. Their traditional way of weaving and spinning has been well preserved. You will be deeply impressed by its hundred-year old wooden granary.

Sitting on a huge rock in the Nanming River in the southern part of Guiyang, Jiaxiu Pavilion is first built in the 26th year in the reign of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1598).The pavilion got its names since the builder believed that people in Guiyang are the finest and most talented under heaven that is the internal meaning of Jiaxiu in Chinese. In this pavilion, you can enjoy the rich collection of stone engravings, calligraphy works, paintings and woodworks by ancient artists. Among them, there is a long antithetical couplet with 206 characters written by a member of the Imperial Academy from Guiyang, which has 26 more characters than that one in Daguan Pavilion in Kunming, which claims to be the longest one in the world.
 

Day 4

Departure Guiyang
Bid a fond farewell to this ancient land as you leave for your next destination.
Meals: Breakfast

Service Ends

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