Longji rice terraces tour
The Longji Terraces are located in Longsheng County about 2 hours by express bus from Guilin (3 hours by local bus). The rice terraces are built into the hillsides and look like great chains or ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of the hill. This ingenious construction makes best use of the scare arable land and water resources in the mountainous area. There are about 66 square kilometers terraced fields in southeast of Longsheng.
Blog and travel tips of Longji rice terraces
Many of the villages, inclduing the Zhuang village of Ping’an, have turned almost completely to the tourism industry. The villages are also known for their Long-Haired Ladies. The houses are mainly built of wood, mostly 2-3 stories high for hotels and 2 stories for individual houses.
One Day Longji Tour
Daily tour to Longji rice terraces. We offer round trip transfers by company van. If you decide to stay overnight and continue to visit other attractions and villages in nearby areas on the Dragon Backbone Mountain, there are local public bus transfer service between Longji to Guilin. The cost is USD 3 per person. You will have a chance to travel with local villagers and their animals, like chicken, goats,pigs...Sorry for no refund from our driver, cause the poorly guy has to drive alone back for himself on the mountain road to Guilin.
Itinerary:
Guilin to Longsheng
Transfer by: by bus
Tour starts at 8:00 am. You will be picked up from the hotel in Guilin. It will spend 2 hours from Guilin to Longsheng by car. We take our tour in Ping'an Rice Terrace, the people there are Zhuang Ethinic. This is one good place for taking the photo of the huge terrace.
Lunch is on your own, not including the tour cost. You might have Chinese lunch in a local restaurant. Later today, you will be transferred to Guilin.
Five days trekking Longji tour
Longji Tour Day 1
Arrival / Guilin
Arriving in Guilin in the afternoon or early evening, the rest of the day is free to explore the city or take a leisurely stroll along the Li River.
The scenery of Guilin Tour has been called the finest under heaven. Situated in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin City is South China's shining pearl, with verdant mountains, elegant waters , magnificent crags and fantastic caverns.
Accommodations: Universal Hotel, Guilin(3 star)
Longji Tour Day 2 (B, L, )
Guilin / Jiuwu Village
Starting early in the morning, we drive north of Guilin to Linchuan County, pass a famous well-reserved village of JIANGGTOU
Jiang Tou Village is located in the north of Guilin and about 32 km always from Downtown Guilin. It is a very famous ancient village with the history of 600 years.
Our drive stops at Bojitang, where our hike will begin. The driver will pickup us from the other side of the mountain. All your luggaes will be left on the coach, and you will not see them tonight, so please take your change clothes with you for today's trekking.
The trail traverses terraced slopes and bamboo forests and connects several Zhuang and Yao minority villages in the area. The solitude and calm of the trail are overwhelming, and at times the only sounds we hear come from a babbling brook or chirping bird. The hike ends in Jiuwu Village, literally "old house" village, where we overnight with a local family and experience their generous hospitality.
Accommodations: Local village's House
Longji Tour Day 3 (B, L, )
Jiuwu Village / Tiantou Village
From Jiuwu, we continue our journey to Tiantou Village, passing through several other minority villages on the way. Many of these villages are very remote, and are only accessible via the trail we are following. Therefore, we can experience a side of China that, even today, has hardly been touched by the many changes sweeping through other parts of the country. Looking out over the terraced landscape, it is hard to imagine how long it took to carve the mountains into the beautiful scene unfolding around us.
Jinkeng Rice Terrace, which is home to Yao minorities. Jinkeng Rice Terraces are located around 25 miles (40 km) away from Longsheng, where you will be rewarded feats of farm engineering going all the way up a string of 2400 feet (800 m) mountains. The 66-square-km network irrigation project was began by the ethnic Zhuang in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and finished by the Qing (1644-1911).
Accommodations: Local village's House
Longji Tour Day 4 (B, L, )
Tiantou Village / Ping'an Village
Today, we finish the last portion of our hike and end in Ping'an Village. The village is nestled high on the mountain slope, and overlooks a breathtaking view of a wide expanse of carefully carved fields. After three long days on the trail, the comforts of Ping'an are well deserved. In the evening, we can enjoy the sunset from an outdoor patio overlooking the valley.
PingAn Rice Terrace is called "The champion of the terrace world". It is the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces. The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces is 27 kilometres from Long Sheng County.
In this county there are numerous terraced fields, of which the terraced Fields in Longji village show a picture of great momentum and imposing beauty. It is 22.5 km from the county seat and 108 km. from the city of Guilin. The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top, the highest part being 880 m in elevation while the lowest part 380 m in elevation. The coiling line that starts from the mountain foot to up to the mountain top divides the mountain into layers of water glittering in the sun in spring, layers of green rice shoots in summer, layers of golden rice in fall, and layers of silvery frost in winter. The terraced fields were mostly built during the Ming Dynasty about 500 years ago. More information of Dragon Backbone rice Terrace..
Accommodations: Ping An Hotel, Longji(the best in the mountain village)
Longji Tour Day 5 (B, L, )
Ping'an Village / Guilin
After a leisurely breakfast in Ping'an, we drive 3 hours to Guilin.