4 Day Guiyang – Kaili Miao Villages Tour

On arrival in Guiyang, your English speaking guide will greet you at the airport/train station and escort you to the pre-booked hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle. The rest of the day is free for you to enjoy at your leisure.

Meals included: None

After the breakfast, begin your exploration of Miao minority culture with a 2.5 hour drive to Kaili and the Qingman Miao Village. In a traditional welcoming ceremony, lovely local Miao girls in gorgeous traditional costumes will toast you with home-made rice wine at the entrance to the village. As you stroll through the village, admire the wooden stilt houses of typical Miao ethnic architecture and learn interesting facts about their traditional life. Watch at first-hand the skill of Miao women weaving, embroidering and sewing traditional Miao clothes in the same way they have in the past. Appreciate the ancient textile process, delicate embroidery, ancient dyeing skill and other exquisite ethnic arts and crafts.

Before heading to Shiqiao there will be time for lunch, perhaps tasting the local cuisine.

The tour continues to Shiqiao Miao Village, renowned for its picturesque landscape, inviting customs and the 1500 year old paper making technique. Watch skillful craftsmen as they turn tree bark into smooth white and colored paper and decorations, rarely seen elsewhere in this modern world.
At the end of the day you will be transferred to the pre-booked hotel in Kaili.

Meals included: Breakfast

In the morning, you will travel to Jidao, a long skirt Miao dress village set in a serene rural landscape. Wandering the ancient paths, you can come into close contact with the locals and their laid back lifestyle on a visit to a local family. Check out the stilt buildings and water granaries dating back to the Qing dynasty that still play an essential role in local life.

A short drive through rugged countryside will take you to Langde Miao Village, where stilted wooden buildings are set in idyllic scenery of lush paddy fields. Wander at leisure through the cobblestone streets to get a feel for the unhurried pace of life, friendly people, ancient architecture and unique ethnic customs. If lucky you may come across traditional singing and dancing performances or ancestor worship activities. For lunch you might like to try Miao bacon or other local cuisine suggested by your guide.

A one hour journey will take you south to Paika Miao Village to see craftsmen make Lusheng, a traditional bamboo musical instrument and symbol of the Miao and Dong people. Get back in the car and finally arrive in Datang short skirt Miao Village, where local females dress traditionally in miniskirts, part of their distinctive ethnic costumes. Of particular interest amongst the traditional building architecture is the barn built almost four meters above water, as an ingenious way of protecting stores from fire, mice and insects. At the end of the day, you will be transferred back to Guiyang and check in the pre-booked hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast

Enjoy your free time until your guide and driver pick you up at the hotel to escort you to the airport or train station for your departure to the next destination. The tour concludes today.

Meals included: Breakfast