Mini Group: Longji Rice Terraced Fields and Minority Villages Tour
Overview
Available languages
8 hours
Mobile ticket
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.
Additional Info
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).
Minimum number of participants required for the tour to run is 2. Maximum number of participants per tour is 10.
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
A hiking trip from Guzhuang Village to Ping'an Village.
English-speaking local guide service.
Bottled water
Admission ticket to Longji Rice Field Terraces
Transport between attractions, including pickup and return to your hotel.
Airport transfer.
Gratuities to your tour guide & driver (usually CNY 50 - 100 per person). It is not compulsory but would be a great encouragement for them.
Your personal expenses.
Lunch
What To Expect
Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces
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.
Ping'an Village
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.
Options
Yangshuo Departure
Departs from Yangshuo county.
Pickup included
Guilin Departure
Departs from Guilin
Pickup included
Reviews
30 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
We had a fantastic day at the Longji Rice Rerraced Fields with our guide Lily.
Matthias W,
Aug 18, 2019
- Viator
5.00Our 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.
You can’t miss it!
Tour10388728303,
Jun 3, 2019
- Viator
5.00Even 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!
Amazing, wonderful rice terraces
Jeanine S,
May 13, 2019
- Viator
5.00This 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.
Beautiful scenery
Leonardo R,
Apr 7, 2019
- Viator
3.00The scenery around the rive terraces, including the Ping'An village is very attractive. Our tour was fun and the guide was attentive, although I would encourage her to keep learning about the local history and traditions in order to deliver a more complete overview to the visitors.
This was a day of delights! The rice...
Stacey,
Jan 14, 2018
- Viator
5.00This was a day of delights! The rice fields and views were spectacular. The mountain village was really neat and the local ladies show was truly interesting. The lunch meal was tasty and our driver was very pleasant. We stopped for a tea service on the way home that was also quite special.
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