3 Day Rice Terraces Tour

In the morning, meet your guide and depart from Jiuwu to commence the hike to the Yao ethnic minority village of Xiaozhai. The hike is a combination of uphill and downhill, meandering through the countryside and surrounding rice paddies. Upon arriving into Xiaozhai, explore the village and enjoy a traditional local lunch.

The traditional lunch is a local specialty consisting of bamboo rice, bamboo chicken and a range of different vegetable dishes. There is also the option for a vegetarian meal, if preferred. Following lunch, continue hiking around the Rice Terraces with the option to explore nearby villages or simply hike directly to Dazhai.

After arriving into Dazhai Village in the afternoon, you’ll enjoy the late afternoon and evening at leisure, where you’ll stay overnight with the option for a foot massage (additional fee). For today’s The overall time spent hiking is approximately 4 x hours and distance travelled approximately 11.5 kilometres.

For the final day of the tour, meet the guide at your Dazhai Hotel lobby to commence the day’s activities. Firstly, you’ll hike uphill from Dazhai Village to Tiantouzhai Village, which takes between 40 – 60 minutes and offers views overlooking the Rice Terraces.

Thereafter, continue hiking and depart Tiantouzhai with stopover at various Yao ethnic minority villages between Tiantouzhai Village and Ping’an Village. You’ll hike through terraces, hiking trails, scenic viewpoints and small villages between the different sets of Rice Terraces. In the early afternoon, arrive into Ping’an Zhuang Ethnic Minority Village for lunch (not included in tour pricing).

After lunch, visitors have the choice to continue hiking downhill to the nearby Longji Zhuang Ethnci Minority Village (which is a quieter village away from Ping’an) or to return directly to Guilin/Yangshuo. From Ping’an Village, it takes approximately 40 minutes to hike to the Longji Zhuang Village and from both Ping’an or the Longji Zhuang Village, approximately 2.5 x hours to return to Guilin. The tour will conclude with a transfer back to your hotel, flight or train departure in Guilin or Yangshuo.