Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces

Your private driver and personal guide will collect you from Guilin hotel or your hotel in Yangshuo/Xingping. The pick up time and driving hours and distance as follows: From Guilin it's around 1.5 hours to Ping'an, 100KM. From Yangshuo, it's around 2hrs driving via the highway, 150KM. From Xingping,it's around 2.5hrs driving via the highway & Normal way, 180KM. We will arrive in Longji tickets office first and we will stop there for 15 minutes to purchse the ticket then use the car again to the Ping'an or Dazhai village.

3 hours

Ping'an Village

Your first stop is the 'Long Hair Village', Huangluo, where the Yao women grow their hair to spectacular lengths – some as long as 6.6 feet (2 meters)! Learn about Yao lifestyles here, before you journey up to Ping'an Village, set among the dazzling rice terraces of Longji, and still home to traditional wooden houses, where Zhuang and Yao minorities tend their fields as they have for centuries. Enjoy a traditional lunch in Ping'an (own expense) before your guide leads you through the rice terraces, telling the story of how these stunning landscapes were created over many centuries as the locals carved fields out of the vertiginous slopes of Longji. Soak up the lush scenery and relaxing atmosphere as you capture timeless shots. If you're returning to Guilin, you'll generally leave around 3:30pm (if you're staying in Yangshuo, you'll leave at 4:30pm), arriving back at your destination around 5:30pm.

2 hours

Guilin Two Rivers and Four Lakes Resort

After visit the Longji terraces tour, we can back to the Guilin central area to have a dinner before the four lakes night cruise. A four-lakes boat tour can be done during both days and nights. However the night cruises are far better. When night falls, many lanterns and lights are lit and music fountains in the lakes start to entertain the public, making the area a lovely place to go. Taking a sightseeing boat to cruise this inner city water loop, you will get the most beautiful scenes of the night Guilin. It is one of the best things to do to in Guilin to spend your night. A Four Lakes cruise lasts approximately 1 hours for over 5 kilometers. The areas past are filled with trees, plants, meandering paths, and small pavilions. The cruise will also past performances by local people of Guilin Opera, minority songs, traditional Chinese music. Typical sightseeing boats on the Four Lakes scenic area are air-conditioned. With 360-degree cabin windows, the sightseeing boats offer exceptional visibility. 4 seats in a raw, a sightseeing boat can accommodate 80 to 100 passengers at one time. The boat time usually at 19:25, 19:35, 20:20 and 20:40. Itinerary: 18:30--19:00: Pick up at your Guilin hotel & transfer to the Riyuewan pier. 19:20--20:20: Enjoy the four lakes night cruise. 20:30--21:00: Back to your hotel at Guilin.

1 hour

Sun and Moon Pagodas

We will check in the night cruise boat at the opposite of the Sun and Moon Pagodas due to there has river pier we called the " Twin pagodas pier".

10 minutes

Riyue Shuangta Cultural Park (Pass By)

Our night cruise tour will depart from the Riyue Shangta Cultural park(Shan Lake) then pass the Rong Lake and Gui Lake and Molong Lake then back the same way to Shan Lake again. The Four lakes night cruise lasts for one hour.