Day 1, Mar 26: Arrival in Guiyang, Meet & Greet at Airport, Transfer to Hotel

Meals Included: No meals 

 

Meet and welcome at airport,then you will be transferred to hotel for check-in. Taking a shower at hotel to get refreshed, after lunch you will visit Hongfu Buddhist Temple. Hongfu Buddhist Temple is built in 1667, the largest temple of Zen Buddhism in Guizhou province.As its name called Hongfu, which means to develop Buddha's spirits and to benifit mankind. You can pray for fortune here.Bell Tower and the Drum Tower are just standing on the both side, on entering the gate of the temple. In a short time you will arrive at the first hall named Heavenly King, where you can see the statues of Maitreya Buddha and the four Heavenly Kings in one place. All the Walls of this hall are cover with steles of sutra and colorful paintings, followed by the Bodhisattva Hall and Mahavira Hall, the decoration styles are differnt form the first hall, Jade Buddha and 18 arhats homed at these two halls. After dinner you will be transfer to hotel.

Day 2, Mar 27: Guiyang, Zhijin Cave

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, transfer to Zhijin, see see a Miao festival(Side Comb Miao), visit Zhijin Cave-the largest and most beautiful cave in China, transfer back to hotel

 

In the morning, you will be picked up at by your friendly guide, then move toward to Zhijin, upon arrive there you can choose to attend a great festival of Miao people or see the beauty of Zhijin Cave. Miao people will dress their most speacial and beautiful costume during the festival. Their clothes are decorated with silver thin slice and colorful embroidery, they will also wear a silver hat then, please do not have the question: Do they feel heavy when waering a silver hat? Of course they do not feel heavy at all. Their hats are designed and made by themselves carefully. When the attractive beauties wearing the beautiful clothes they will be more chargming. Or you can choose to visit Zhijin Cave. Zhijin Cave has four parts: Zhijin Old Town, Zhijin Cave, Jiehe Gorge and Hongjia Ferry among which the Zhijin Cave is the most attractive and famous. In this cave, there are more than forty kinds of karst formations. Compared to those caves in other parts of the world, Zhijin Cave boasts many unique features, is called 'King of Caves'. Halls in the cave are extremely long and wide. One seldom sees so many varieties and such high-grade karst accumulations, such as the rare curlstone (a kind of stone). The cave get a highly praised name as a huge underground palace. After dinner you will be transfer to hotel in Zhijin.

Day 3, Mar 28: Zhijin/Bijie

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, see another Miao Festival(White Miao), transfer to Bijie, stay at Bijie hotel

 

In the morning, you will be driven to see another Miao Festival(White Miao), White Miaoa live far from noisy city, at this remote but peaceful region, during the festivl, Miao women and unmarried girls in festival dress with large wooden horns come to join the festival, this is the non-tourist area, local people will be surprised to see westerners, after the festival, drive to Bijie. 

 

 

Day 4, Mar 29: Bejie/Weining

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, explore the Miao culture, after lunch, transfer to Weining, visit Yi village (if time permits), stay at Weining  

 

After breakfast at hotel, you will be transferred to another place to see the Miao here, the Miao live in barren limestone region, agricultural crops mostly are corns and potatoes, less rice is available, a few families still grow hemp to make clothes. after lunch, drive to Weining, if time permit, see a Yi village, the Yi are one of the earliest residences in Guizhou who maily live in the northwest of Guizhou with high elevation who still keep their own unique cultures.

 

 

Day 5, Mar 30: Weining/Liupanshui

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, Miao people visiting, transfer to Liupanshui, stay at Liupanshui

 

In the morning , you will visit the Miao at Weining, many of the Miao here are Methodists, because foreigners had been to this region, the Miao here are very poor, but they are very friendly and hospitable, the best food of them is potatoes, after the visiting here, drive to Liupanshui.

 

 

Day 6, Mar 31: Liupanshui 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, attend the 'Tiao Hua Po' festival, stay at Liupanshui hotel

 

Today we drive to see 'Tiao Hua Po' festival. During the festival, thousands of Small flower Miao women and gilrs in colorful orange yellow dress come to participate the festival, they walk afar from their homes hidden behind karst hills. 

 

 

Day 7, April 1: Liupanshui/Liuzhi

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, visit Side Comb Miao, transfer to Liuzhi, see the Four Seals Miao, on the way to Liuzhi, stay at Liuzhi hotel

 

Today you will see the life of Miao people, the Side Comb Miao(another kind of Side Comb Miao), the Miao women here are particularly skilled in batiks making and farmer’s paiting. drive to Liuzhi, on the way, see the Four Seal Miao.  

 

  

Day 8, April 2: Liuzhi/Anshun

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, visit Long Horned Miao, visit a Buyi village and see wax printing demonstration, stay at Anshun

 

Day 9, April 3: Anshun/Guiyang

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, visit Huangguoshu Waterfall, drive to Guiyang, stay at Guiyang 

 

In the morning you will visit Huangguoshu Waterfall, the Huangguoshu waterfall is the largest waterfall in Asia though which you can enjoy its spectacular waterfall from the left, right, inside, front and bottom, if you don’t like the waterfall, we may drive to the remote area to see a small festival, drive to Guiyang. 

Day 10, April 4: Guiyang

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, visit Miao people, transfer back to hotel

 

After breakfast you will be driven to see two kinds of different Miao. For many travel agencies and tourists, Guiyang is just to stay overnight or visit the touristic Qingyan old town, however, there are still some unknown non-tourist Miao villages worth visiting for their village life and festival costumes, because they are different types of Miao, their costumes are also different and speacial.

Day 11, April 5: Departure from Guiyang

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Activities: pick up at hotel, transfer to Guiyang airport

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Zhijin Cave Hotel

Add: Guanzhai Triangle Garden,Zhijin County, Bijie City

Tel: +86-857-7812024 

 

 

Grand Dragon Hotel Bijie

Add: No.2 Guihua Road, Bijie City

Tel: +86-857-8290007

 

 

 

Times Holiday Hotel Liupanshui

 

 

Perenc Hotel Anshun

Add: Wanlucheng Square Huangguoshu Main Street, Innenstadt, Anshun, 561000, China

Tel: +86-851-33517777