Day 1:  Meet you at your hotel in Guilin about 8:30 am, it takes around 3 hours to Dazhai rice terraces by car, then hike around Dazhai Rice Terraces for around 2 or 3 hours, Dazhai is very breaktaking and beautiful place, it is bigger than Pingan Rice Terraces, is off the beaten path.  There are 2 villages in Dazhai Rice Terraces, you will stay in Tiantouzhai village (the middle of the mountain to get better view).

This village is very nice and you can see very beautiful wide view of Rice Terraces from here as well as the Yao people still keep very primitive life style and unique customs.

You will have lunch at a local restaurant, enjoying the watery rice vine, sticky bamboo rice, red dry peppers, Longji tea and other local dishes.

Stay in Jintian Guest House

 

Day 2:  Meet you at 8:30 am and about 5 hours hike from Tiantouzhai village to Pingan village, visit Pingan Rice Terraces.

You can see beautiful rice terraces, wooden houses, green mountains, waterfalls, bamboo groves, villages, minority people working in the rice paddies, etc on the way.

Have Chinese lunch in farmer's restaurant in Pingan village.

Drive back to Guilin City or Guilin airport in the afternoon.