Hannah
2025-01-21 15:57
Answered by Charlie
2025-01-22 17:41
Looking for a budget China winter vacation for sunshine, scenery, fun and safe activities, and smiling people encounter? We come up with this special offer for Christmas and New Year holiday, and the spring season of 2023 – the super-value Guilin winter tour, to visit Guilin’s picturesque countryside of Yangshuo and untamed pristine villages of Sanjiang – with all stylish boutique hotels and at the cheapest price.
Price from: RMB1880
Travel style: private, guided tour
Tour Highlights:
Why You Will Love This Tour?
1. For accommodations, both Lost World Sangjing and The Bamboo Leaf Hotel Yangshuo, which are designed by international architects, cooperate with ETC to offer special discounted pricing on stays in winter.
2. Travel off the beaten track to Sanjing, a kingdom for Dong people, unique in beauty and culture, where you can expect very few tourists
3. Relax and enjoy yourself the fresh air, bucolic scenery, winter activities and savory seasonal dishes.
Winter Promotion Price: RMB/PP
Group Size | 1Pax | 2Pax | 3Pax | 4Pax |
Cost per person | 4250 | 2450 | 2050 | 1880 |
Customize Your Tour:
☑ Travel Dates ☑ Your Interests ☑ Your Travel Style
Upon your arrival at Guilin airport or rail station, you will be greeted by your private tour guide holding a sign with your name at the exit. Later enjoy a private transfer to Guilin rail station for a high speed train to Sanjiang directly. Upon arrival, be met by a local driver at Sanjing rail station, for a private transfer to a guesthouse named Lost World where you will spend 2 nights in. Your exclusive Guilin winter holiday gets started. Accommodations: Lost World Sanjiang (2 nights)
In the morning, you will meet your guide at hotel and be accompanied to visit Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge. More than 80 years old, this elegantly-covered bridge is considered by the Dong people to be the finest of the 108 such structures in Sanjiang County, and took the local villagers 12 years to build. Have a panoramic view of this area, a lush valley dotted with Dong villages and water wheels.
After walking though the bridge, a primitive Dong village is present in front of you. Eight villages are setting in this area. According to the time, we will visit two or three villages. Walk inside the villages, visit the typical style wooden architecture, the ancient style bridges and drum towers, and discover yourself the old style wells. You can also hike up to the top of the hill by the village for a good panoramic view of the villages.
Get to know the customs of Dong minority people. For examples, in local people’s house, the first floor is for keeping the domestic animals. People live only on the second floor or upper. Traditional tie-dye cloths are hanging in the sunshine everywhere. You will also walk close to their farming field, and surprise to find that fishes are swimming in the water paddy field.
Dong style Oil Tea is local residents’ favorite tea and drinks. You will have a chance to take part in the process of cooking oil tea and enjoy it with local desserts. Besides, you will be escorted to a local tea plantation at the village and given a small bamboo basket to contain the fresh tea leaves. A tea farmer in the village will teach you how to pick tea leaves by hand, and learn the process of stir-frying tea and taste tea at tea house.
Optional activity: (subject to availability)
Meal: B
In the morning, enjoy leisure hours. Walking around the village and staying in comfortable hotel are both good choices. At an appropriate time, meet the driver and you will be transferred to Sanjiang Rail station for a high speed train to Xingping which takes only one hour. Upon arrival, meet your driver at Xingping rail station and then be transferred to Xingping Ancient Town.Rambling on the Old Street, you will find that the old city wall, slop-roof houses with black tiles are getting along with the new lifestyle; brick-tile structure and historical relics are kept integrated. You can also take public ferry to the fishing village opposit the town and take a walk along the river to view the best part of scenery of Li River. Transfer to Yangshuo after the visit.
Optional Activity in Xingping:
Optional Activity in Yangshuo:
Accommodations: Bamboo Leaf Yangshuo or Yangshuo Secret Garden Boutique Hotel (2 nights)
Meal: B
Continue your exploring in Yangshuo today by bike today. You will pass through local villages, paddy fields and the unique hills; stop at river bank for photos. The countryside cycling tour usually takes around 2-3hrs, depending on your fitness. You will also pass the Moon Hill, a natural limestone cave on the hill, and see how it changes from different viewing locations. Later you will be guided to walk around the West Street, with a history of over 2000 years. It is very popular among international travelers and local Westerners. Take your time at the street, savoring local culture, bars and etc.
Optional Activity:
Meal: B
In the morning, enjoy a leisure time. There are more activities you may want to take, like Taichi Class, Rock Climbing and Calligraphy Lesson, which you can check with hotel and book. At an appropriate time, you will be picked up by your driver and be transferred to airport or rail station for your sweet home. End of your 5 days Guilin winter tour.
Meal: B
2025-01-21 15:57
2025-01-22 17:41