Guilin Longji Rice Terrace Day Tour

Pick up from your hotel in Guilin and drive about 1.5 hours to Longji Rice Terrace Ticketing Office, 90km northwest of Guilin city center. Longji Rice Terrace Scenic Area encomposes five natural villages – Dazhai Village (大寨) & Tiantouzhai Village (田头寨) (both Yao minority villages), Ping’An Zhuang Minority Village (平安寨), the Ancient Zhuang Minority Village (龙脊古壮寨）and Huangluohong Yao Minority Village (黄洛红瑶寨).

You are arranged to visit Dazhai Village (大寨) & Tiantouzhai Village (田头寨). Dazhai Village and Tiantouzhai Village are about 23 km to the northeast of the Longji Ticketing Office. Tiantouzhai is located on the hillsides above Dazhai Village. Both the two villages are roughly in the same area.

There are three high viewing platforms in the area – Platform No. 1, No 2 and No. 3. The Platform No.03 can be reached by the cable car service starting from the parking lot and by the entrance. You are arranged take cable car up the Viewing Platform No.03 for a bird-eye’s view of the magnificent terraced paddy fields.

Then take cable car down. After lunch, have a stroll around Dazhai Village at the base of the terraced mountains. You will see Miao’s wooden stilt-houses. There are also some intriguing things related to batik making, distillery, embroidery and silver arts. If you have strong legs, you may hike towards the Platform No.02 for the amazing view of the rice terraced fields

At the end of the day, you are transferred back to your hotel in Guilin.