Day Tour: Longji Terraced Fields by TTC Travel

Tour Itinerary

Our guide will pick the guests up at 8:00am for hotels in Guilin and 7:00am for hotels in Yangshuo. Drive 2 hours to Longsheng County where the Longji Rice Terrace located. Longji, a small village situated in the mountainous area approximately one hundred ten kilometer apart from Guilin. Transportation difficultness is however a barrier between Longji and the outside world. Longji is a ground of supernatural. Time appears to be frozen at that place and the local people are still using very primitive product techniques. The living is so simple and the people are so openhearted and naive in Longji. You might be curious if you're in a place of 1000 years ago!

Huangluo Yao small town where dwells Red Yao people are the only among Yao ethnical group amidst all the 13 villages in Longji. The women in the village love putting on red clothes. However the super important characteristic of the village is that it is called the Long-hair Village. According to local custom, women cut their hair only one time in their lives - at approximately sixteen to eighteen years old once they're reckoned ready for adulthood and marriage. The cut hair is continued like a headpiece, and twisted into part of their regular hairdo.

Longji-Terraced-Field-4Yao people are good at singing as well as dancing, they love to sing folksongs to spread their centuries-old brilliant history and reflect their blessed life. Red Yao is a open mind ethnos, they're wise in looking for love and express their love. You are able to appreciate the fantastic songs as well as dances performed by those Red Yao ladies with their long hair. Long Hair Show of Red Yao Women in Longji Huangluo Yao Village is commonly suggested by tour guides as an supplement programs.

Pingan Rice Terrace is the most famed rice terrace, named after the nearby village of Pingan. The terraced Fields in Pingan village show a picture of great momentum and imposing beauty. The best time for a good photo is in early June, when the paddies are pumping with water, the villages are transferring young plant of rice from the seed bed to large areas of rice terrace.

Pingan is home to some of the most stunning rice terraces in the world. The Rice Terraces is nested within the high lofty mountain range, resembling great chains or ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of the hill at the elevation of 1,916 meters above the sea level. The highest elevation of the terraced field is 1,180 meters above the sea level while its lowest elevation is 380 meters above the sea level, having a vertical drop of 800 meters. The Rice Terraces covers a total area of 71.6 square kilometers.

Last, drive back to the hotel to end this memorable day trip.