Mini Group: Longji Rice Terraced Fields and Minority Villages Tour
Description
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.
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Itinerary
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 meters while the lowest altitude here is 350 meters. 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 kilometers' distance.
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.
Highlights
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Pickup Locations & Times
The hotel collection and drop-off areas will be within the urban areas of Guilin and Yangshuo. In Guilin city, the hotel collection and drop-off area should be within the following area: the north side is Beijiguangchang/北极广场, the west side is West Hill Park/西山公园, the east side is Sanlidian Square/三里店广场 and the south side is Wonderful Plaza/万福广场. Most of the major hotels are located in these areas such as The Sheraton Hotel, The Shangri-la Hotel, The Li River Waterfall Hotel and Guilin Bravo Hotel etc. For further distances, you need to hire a taxi to the appointed hotel which your tour guide will tell you the day before the trip.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers 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).
- 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.
Reviews(30)
Ellen was an incredible tour guide and the driver was great also! Booking this was super easy and the pick up and drop off at all the locations was very smooth. Ellen was very informative about everything and enriched my experience. She took me to places where there were not many tourists to get a local feel. She even gave me recommendations for the rest of my time in Guilin. I would 100% recommend Ellen and this tour.
Dear Giuliana, Thank you for your wonderful review of the Longji Rice Terraced Fields and Minority Villages Tour. We're thrilled to hear that Ellen provided an incredible experience and that our driver contributed to a smooth journey. It's great to know that the booking process was easy and that you enjoyed the personalized, local experience Ellen provided. We truly appreciate your recommendation and look forward to welcoming you on another adventure soon. Have a nice day! Best regards, Trippest Customer Service Team.
Fantastic adventure trip. Highly recommended. My tour guide was very well-read and super friendly. A people-oriented experience. Culturally, there was a lovely show in the Longhair Village that explained the tradition.
Liebe Françoise, Vielen Dank für Ihre begeisterte Bewertung der Longji Reis-Terrassenfelder und Minderheitendörfer Tour. Es freut uns sehr zu hören, dass Sie das Erlebnis fantastisch fanden und es den Preis wert war. Wir sind stolz darauf, Ihnen sachkundige und freundliche Reiseleiter zur Verfügung zu stellen, die Ihre kulturelle Erfahrung bereichern. Die schöne Show im Langhaardorf, bei der die Traditionen vorgestellt werden, klingt fesselnd. Ihre Empfehlung bedeutet uns sehr viel, und wir freuen uns darauf, Sie wieder zu Gast zu haben, um weitere bereichernde Erfahrungen zu machen. Einen wunderschönen Tag！ Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Trippest Kundenbetreuung.
Trip got cancelled the night before the Trip. I booked 3 weeks in advance. Not recommended. You can find another, better Guide.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the cancellation due to the insufficient number of participants as well as the increased prices of guides and transportation during China's National Day holiday. We have been working hard to resume group tours, but with the ongoing situation, it has been challenging to gather enough participants. Additionally, the cost of individual tours with a private guide and vehicle can be more than double the cost of group tours, which is why it was not recommended to you. We are so sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope to have the opportunity to serve you in the future.
We loved the whole trip with our great German speaking guide Julia. Just the three off us wandering through the fields and enjoying the magnificent scenery. Another highlight was the lunch prepared for us by a local farmer family, very friendly people and delicious food prepared from fresh ingredients. Overall, a great day out.
Dear Dirk, so glad to have your feedback. You may not know, this farmer restaurant was found occasionally by Julia, then she recommended to us. So far, we get zero complaint for lunch food. Our customers like those dishes so much.
During harvesting and photos taken from cable car. We wish we could help up with the farmers but it was raining. During harvest now, it resemble gold field. I would expect the growing will be all green which is a different beauty altogether.
We are so glad the the rainy day didm't affect your great mood for the tour! The Terraced field has the most beautiful views in spring and autumn. It all turns green and golden with a magnificent view in these two seasons. Hope for your next trip to Guilin to see the growing field!
Full day with a group of 5 accompanied by our superb guide Sharon. The landscapes are beautiful (we were there mid-September = before the rice harvest). Not too crowded and we were as close to the premises thanks to our guide (Sharon) who knows the place very well and its inhabitants.
Our Guide Lily was very friendly and helpful. Her english was excellent and she told us very interesting things about the arey. The landscape was amazing. We had bamboo rice and other meat and vegeables wich was very delicious. We had lots of fun preparing the bamboo rice. Our children 8 and 11 had much fun walking trough this beautiful landscape. We loved wearing the rice hats.
Thank you for your great review. We are happy to hear that you had a wonderful time in Guilin Longji Terrace Fields Tour. We have more than ten years of cooperation with Lily, she is very good at local culture. So glad that you like the unique local food, and rice hats which is special for our guests. Hope you will choose us next time in Beijing, Shanghai or any other cities.
Even if the weather does not contribute it’s impossible to not enjoy the journey. The history and fields are amazing! A once and only lifetime experience! Lily our tour guide was exceptional :) very receptive, friendly and told us every single detail about everything! The lunch at the farmers house was awesome and also delicious! I had a excellent time!
We were lucky, in addition to us there was only one more person with us on the tour, which made the tour even more enjoyable. First it seemed as if the weather would spoil the tour for us. But our guide Lily had a good instict or experience regarding the schedule of the tour. So we were able to have some fog-free views on the terraces between the rainy sections what made the experience even a little mystical. We also liked the look into a typical house and how they made paint out of leaves. And last but not least the great lunch we had, definitely one of the best we had during our complete journey. So this tour was an absolute highlight on our journey, 100 percent recommendation. I only want to add that the described schedule on this website is more like a rough idea of the tour, which isn´t a problem. More important for me is to have a great experience with a guide that can react on the given circumstances. And that was absolutely given.
This was a great tour. The rice terraces are spectacular no matter what the season. A great view of village life. Great food! A word of warning though: The road is a rough drive up the mountain, so if you have a bad back, consider giving this tour a miss.
