Longji Rice Terraces: Day Tour of Minority Village and Terraced Agriculture
4.4
16 Ratings
Guilin
Experience the beauty of Longji Rice Terraces on a private day tour. Explore local minority villages, trek through the terraced fields, and savor delicious local cuisine.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces - In the morning, the guide will pick tourists up hotel in the city center of Guilin at about 08:00-08:30O. Then our vehicle goes up and down the mountains to reach the entrance of Longji Terraces Scenic Area for about 2.5 hours.
Keep driving for less than 30 minutes, we will arrive at the foot for Ping An Zhuang Village, which is located on a hillside. There are about 170 families in Ping An Village with more than 700 people. All of these people have the same family name “Liao”.
- Ping’an Village - A local Chinese lunch is arranged in Ping An Village, with the featured local food, such as bamboo rice, chicken, etc. It tastes like the light fragrance of bamboo, quite different from what we eat downtown.
In the late afternoon, we will drive back to Guilin but have a stop at Yao Village en route. The women in this village are all in red national costumes, with long hair set on their heads. In the village, you will have a chance to watch Long Hair Dance Show performed by the locals (The show is excluded from the price).
Keep driving back to Guilin. You will be dropped off at the hotel around 17:00-17:30.
What's Included
- English-speaking driver/guide
- Convenient pickup and drop-off at downtown Guilin hotels
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan
- Enjoy a typical Chinese lunch
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Personal travel insurance
- Personal expenses
- Separate English speaking guide (can be a option with extra fee)
Additional Information
Enjoy a worry-free private tour during these pandemic times, where you’ll be able to witness the stunning landscape of Longji’s terraced fields, delve into the local minority villages, and understand their customs and tradition. Walk around the famed Longji Rice Terraces and savor the local lunch cuisine. In case your tour takes you to the Jinkeng Terrace Fields (Dazhai), there’s an option to reach the top viewpoint using the cable car (this is not included in the tour price and is optional).
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
Guilin
The guide will advise him or her on a specific site that is near to his or her living place.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(16 Ratings)
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425patrizias
Apr 26, 2024
A great experience - We went for a 14 days "classic" China tour, staying in Beijing, Datong, Pingyao, Xi'an, Guilin,Shanghai and Suzhou. The organization was perfect, drivers and guide encountered in each location were kind, helpful and experienced. We had as well the opportunity to taste local foods recommended by the local guide. The experience was great and we enjoyed it so much. I strongly recommend this tour operator. A personal suggestion for the travellers would be to spend more time in Shanghai and less in Suzhou.
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Jonkepa_a
Jun 20, 2019
I paid double than others - I booked this trip in advanced, and during the visit there were other people who paid half we paid. I am not happy with this.
I have to mentioned the trip was worthy. So I do recommend it, but I sugggest to book in the destionation, in the hotel or other agents instead.
Regards,
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Paul
Oct 31, 2019
Well worth the trip. - Did this hike from our local hotel and thoroughly enjoyed it. The rice fields are amazing and when you walk through them and start to think about the energy required to maintain them, then you really must appreciate and respect these farmers. The views are just spectacular. We took about 2.5 hrs to complete our walk and it was a real experience.
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Danexplorer
Nov 4, 2018
Giant live museum - It is probably not economic to grow rice this way any longer, but the population has bound itself to continue since no rice growing on terraces no tourists = no income. It is a fantastic view once you have made your way to the viewpoints, but you need good legs. We had expected that our driver would just take us to a high point from where we could enjoy the view, but no. After two hours drive from Guilin he dropped us of at a terminal, from where we continued with busses another hour. From where we were dropped of we had to continue up a combination of a steep paths and more than a 1000 steps to reach the viewpoints. Half way up we stopped for lunch which was rich and had some interesting local specialities like smoked meat and rice prepared in bamboo.
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Kelbel51
Oct 26, 2018
Getting too touristy but still really enjoyed - I guess everywhere I go will be tourist infested. I do wish this one could have held on to its authenticity a little more rather than having so many little shopping spots with people trying to sell you their "unique" "handmade" items (which i'm not sure I believe were).
But it's also very nice to learn how rice is actually done -- way up here in the mountain. I enjoyed walking all around in the beautiful weather - up and down steps, out to other terraces, through the little enclave in the middle. I enjoyed seeing how very different peoples lives can be. I enjoyed that people still kept their clothing, their methods of doing some things.
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Nt281
Oct 14, 2018
Great day overall - Our guide picked us up on time despite all the traffic of National Holiday Week and explained to us early on that her English was not great (however still enough to communicate some history of the village and the region) but she was very friendly and helpful. We were told we would go to another village rather than Ping'an because of the crowds which we much preferred because it meant we could explore this one (however we did not see a long hair show).
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Mayrobertq
Aug 19, 2018
Very enjoyable tour.....great day - Our guide, Susan, was very accommodating and well informed. It was a hot day and we opted to take the cable car rather than walk the paved path /steps to the top viewing station. The meal in the restaurant was delicious as well. Beautiful countryside and rice terraces. A very unique experience.
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Bridgetaf618
May 9, 2018
Beautiful Scenery - This day tour involves lots of driving, but is worth it to see the beautiful landscape of the terrace fields/hills. I recommend riding the cablecar up the hill and walking back down. There is a clear path the entire way and takes 30-45 minutes which allows for a much closer look at the farming and some awesome photo opps along the way. Our tour also stopped at the long hair show which was interesting but also clearly a tourist trap, a group lunch which was only OK, and a tea farm. Our tour guide was also only OK, but luckily the scenery speaks for itself. Overall, the rice terraces are what will win you over and not necessarily this tour group or another..
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Bayouexec
May 7, 2018
Longji Terraces was a nice walk - but the bar at top of hill - superb - A pleasant surprise...that when we arrived at the top of the hill that overlooks the village and rice terraces..was one of the best little bars in the world...with a kick-butt view.
They served several types of coffees...and we just relaxed and took in the view for more than an hour. Also, we met a few travelers.
Don't miss it!
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Mario
Aug 6, 2019
Good for the standard chinese touirism - The place is amazing, but why i must go where is a cableway,120 yuan not included, te see the terrace or step by step 45.minuts up is reeeeally difficolt...
the guide cant speak really english, like me aniway, but sheis not really a guide, but she came to sell the ticket cableway and the bamboo cicken, not included 25 yuan(not good)
After lunch we go in the teatre for a short spetacle really nice about the women of.long hair.
(Not so bad)
So you pay only the transport, but its.not so close to guilin and finally you will spend a good dau with them.
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