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Yangshuo Outside Inn organizes private tours in Guangxi and Guizhou.
As we like to be outside, farming, minorities and nature are the main topic in these tours
There are possibilities for longer and shorter trips.
Normally our tours are guided with a private car. To Longji and Sanjiang
(Chengyang) we can arrange trips transportation and hotel only.
These areas are changing rapidly; minority costoms worn n daily life we encounter
less every year.
Please
e-mail
us for more information. Let us know how much time you have and what kind
of trip you have in mind.
It is a different trip for everybody
Example trip "The other side of Guilin"
Guilin is world famous because of its scenery among the karsts hills.
On the other side of Guilin you'll find a different type of mountains with
small wooden minority villages.
In 5 days we travel through rough mountains, along rivers.
We will stay in wooden guesthouse in villages with Dong en Zhuang minority people.
The other side of Guilin
- Day 1 Yanghuo / Guilin - Chengyang
- Day 2 afternoon Chengyang - Zhaoxing
- Day 3 Zhaoxing
- Day 4 Zhaoxing - Longji Pingan
- Day 5 afternoon Guilin / Yangshuo
If you don't have a lot of time, but want to see rural china,
you can join us on an unforgettable 5-day trip,
meeting minority people in transition from a traditional to a modern life.
We'll stop at several different villages,
one still very traditional the other more developed.
The people live in large wooden houses.
On the ground floor you'll find the life stock; the first floor is where
the family is cooking, living and sleeping.
The attic is where the store their years supply of rice.
We will stay in wooden guesthouses build in the same style as the rest
of the village.
Most places now offer rooms with private bathrooms in charming guesthouses.
Price indication 2008:
Guided: 2 people 800 euro; 4 person 1000 euro.
Non guided: 2 people 500 euro; 4 persons 600 euro
The route
The first day we drive from Guilin or Yangshuo to Chengyang,
where we will arrive in the afternoon.
In the valley of Chengyang their are seven small villages along a lovely river.
To cross the river they build several roofed wooden bridges,
called wind and rain bridges.
In every village on the town square there are wooden towers.
In the tower there is a drum that in case of meetings or danger is beaten.
The 2nd day we hit the road from Chengyang to Zhaoxing.
The road is not paved, but the scenery makes up for any discomfort.
Zhaoxing is just across the border in the province of Guizhou.
It is the biggest Dong village in China and has five drum towers.
With any luck we stop at a market. This is not only the place to buy and sell.
It is also the place to meet friends and relatives from other villages.
On the forth day we drive back in the direction of Guilin,
but we turn of the road to the Longji rice terraces.
It took the Zhuang people 500 years to turn the steep slopes into
terraced rice fields.
The colors of the fields depend on the time of the year,
but the lines in the landscape are always fascinating.
We will stay in the village PingAn that can only be reached on food.
(20 minutes walk) The last morning we might have time for a long walk
before we goto Guilin or Yangshuo.
The minorities of Guizhou: Guiyang to Guilin
(Min. 6 max 12 days)
Traveling trough mountains and along rivers we meet several different minority
people, like the Miao, the Dong, the Zhuang and the Yao.
We stay in standard hotels or simple but comfortable,
cozy wooden guesthouses, with shared facilities.
This route can be traveled in a 6 days, but it is better to set side aside
a few more days. In that way you have time for extra stops on the way,
and some detours to other villages.
Guiyang is the capital of the Guizhou province and has good air connections,
with the rest of China, as Kunming and Guilin. The exact route depends on
market days. Most markets in this area follow the lunar calendar,
therefor we need to do some calculations to find out on what days the markets
are on our calender.
Trip 2: Guiyang Guilin fast way
- Day 1 Guiyang - Kaili
- Day 2 Kaili - Rongjiang
- Day 3 Rongjiang - Zhoaxing
- Day 4 Zhoaxing - Chenyang
- Day 5 Chengyang - longji
- Day 6 Longji - Guilin
Price indication 2008:
With 2 persons: 830 euro
With 4 persons: 1110 euro
Trip 3: Guiyang Guilin relaxed
- Day 1 Guiyang Kaili
- Day 2 Kaili- surroundings
- Day 3 Kaili Xijiang a Miao village
- Day 4 Leishan
- Day 5 Rongjiang - Zhaoxing
- Day 6 Zhaoxing
- Day 7 Chengyang
- Day 8 Chengyang/ Sanjiang
- Day 9 Sanjiang - Long ji
- Day 10 Long ji
- Day 11 Long ji- Guilin
Price indication 2008:
With 2 persons 1650 euro,
With 4 persons 2225 euro
Includes: car with driver, guide, 5 nights hotel, 6 nights timber
guesthouses village entrance fees
The route
Guizhou is still a poor province in central/south of China.
In this province you will find a lot of different minorities.
The life in the more remote areas is changing rapidly.
Over the last few years there are more and more roads are being constructed.
Many of the villages are now for the first time connected to the outside world.
Many roads are still not paved and therefore dusty during dry times and muddy
during rainy times.
Even though the road situation is improving, still there are not that many tourists
visiting this area.
This trip starts in Guiyang, de the capital of the province.
The first stop will be Kaili though, a rapidly developing city.
Kaili is the center of Miao peoples area. In the city there is a nice minority
museum.
Kaili is also a good place to buy handicrafts, like weaving and other textiles,
because you can find materials from all different villages.
From Kaili we will go into the mountains.
From very simple and traditional villages to more modern townships.
We have our own car, so if we see a nice market,
a fantastic view or just want to stretch our legs, we'll stop.
The first day or so we will mainly see Miao people, but you will notice that
every village has it's own costumes.
If you have more time, we can also visit Xijiang, the biggest Miao village
in the area. The road to Rongjiang crosses a few mountain passes.
Huge terraced farming areas allow for breathtaking views.
Rongjiang is the first bigger city in the territory of Dong-minority.
The city borders a river, but doesn't have much attraction;
just outside there is a beautiful old dong village.
From Rongjiang we drive to Zhaoxing.
This is the largest Dong village in the area.
It has 5 drum towers, en and many wind and rain bridges,
in different sizes. The surroundings allows for nice walks.
We stay in a small, nice, simple, but comfortable timber guesthouse.
From here on we follow the trip, 'The Other side of Guilin' to Sanjiang, Chengyang, Longji, and Guilin.
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