6 days / 5 nights · Guiyang · Kaili · Zhenyuan · Fanjingshan · Shiqian
6-day Guiyang, Kaili, Zhenyuan, Fanjingshan and Shiqian
1 night Guiyang, 2 nights Kaili, 1 night Zhenyuan, 1 night Shiqian
5 breakfasts included; special diets on request
Guiyang, Kaili, Zhenyuan, Fanjingshan, Shiqian
Tour features: A 6-day private Guizhou tour with an English-speaking guide: Gaoyao terraces, Shiqiao papermaking, Qingman, Matang batik, two more Miao villages, a Wuyang River boat, Zhenyuan and Qinglongdong, Fanjingshan, and a hot-spring night in Shiqian.
6 days / 5 nights · Guiyang · Kaili · Zhenyuan · Fanjingshan · Shiqian
Route Overview
Upon arrival at Guiyang Longdongbao Airport, your private guide and driver meet you with a welcome sign and transfer you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free. If the flight lands in the morning, there is time to walk the Nanming River and Jiaxiu Pavilion. A later landing ends at the hotel.
Included: Airport meet-and-greet; Hotel transfer
After breakfast, the car leaves Guiyang for Kaili. The direct road takes about two and a half hours. This day adds three stops in the hills. Gaoyao is a viewing stop for Miao terraces cut into the slope. Shiqiao still pulls paper from bark pulp, and you can ask to lift one sheet. Qingman is a Miao village laid out like a dustpan, with a bluestone lane between wooden houses. Looms and dye pots are in use along the lane. The night is in Kaili.
Included: Gaoyao terraces; Shiqiao papermaking; Qingman Miao village; Transfer to Kaili
After breakfast, drive to Matang, a Gejia village near Kaili. Gejia people are counted as Miao. In the dye house, wax is drawn on cloth and the cloth goes into indigo. A length of blue cloth often hangs at the door. The women’s dress has a close, martial cut taken from an old story of an archer and the suns. You may draw a small piece if the house is dyeing. A cup of rice wine may be offered at the door, and you can decline. In the afternoon the guide takes you to two more Miao villages in these hills, chosen for that date. The houses are wood, often raised over the slope. If a family is singing, you can listen from the seat they offer.
Included: Matang Gejia village; Two Miao villages; Private transfer
After breakfast, the car leaves Kaili for Zhenyuan. A boat on the Wuyang River runs through the gorge before you enter the town. Zhenyuan stands on both banks of a horseshoe bend. The waterfront street is the busy one. The lanes behind it are quieter. On the far bank, Qinglongdong stacks Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian halls up one cliff. From the upper terrace the bend and the roofs are below you. The night is in Zhenyuan.
Included: Wuyang River boat; Zhenyuan Ancient Town; Qinglongdong; Transfer to Zhenyuan
After breakfast, the car goes to Fanjingshan, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2018. The cable car goes up. Stone steps cross the bridge between the Old Golden Summit and the New Golden Summit. The mushroom rock stands on the old summit. The walk keeps to this summit path, so the afternoon can still reach Shiqian. Shiqian is an old hot-spring town. The soak is at the hotel after the mountain. The night is in Shiqian.
Included: Fanjingshan park entry and cable car; Transfer to Shiqian; Hot-spring soak
Optional: A climb from the foot of Fanjingshan, instead of the cable car. Shiqian then moves to the next day.
After breakfast, enjoy free time until your scheduled transfer. Your guide and driver take you to Guiyang Longdongbao Airport for your flight. This ends the 6-day private tour through Guiyang, Kaili, Zhenyuan, Fanjingshan, and Shiqian. Thank you for traveling with East Marvel, and have a pleasant flight home.
Included: Airport departure transfer
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