6 day beyond the backroads hiking trip

IMPORTANT: Please note that participants MUST be very fit and prepared for basic conditions on this tour.

Day 1: GUILIN-CHENGYANG (L, D)

Meet up with your tour guide. Either travel by public bus or private van for 6 hours to arrive in Chengyang Dong Village, in the northwest corner of Guangxi province. (Note: the public bus route is under construction and very bumpy!) Overnight at the Chengyang Dong Village Hotel.

Day 2: CHENGYANG-YANGXI-QINGYE (B, L, D)

Travel for two hours from Chengyang to Yangxi. From Yangxi we walk for around three hours before stopping for a late lunch in a Miao village. Continue walking for another hour to arrive at Qingye, a village made up of Dong, Miao and Yao minority people. Stay with a local family in Qingye overnight.

Day 3: QINGYE-GUNCHONG (B, L, D)

Set out from Qingye in the morning. Enjoy a full day's hike to Gunchong, trekking through rice terraces, across mountains and through numerous villages. Overnight in Gunchong in a local family's home.

Day 4: GUNCHONG-DIPING-ZHAOXING (B, L, D)

Walk downhill for three hours to reach Diping where you will have lunch. In the afternoon, travel on to Zhaoxing, a gorgeous Dong village tucked in a deep valley, surrounded by terraced mountain slopes. Stay in a small guesthouse in Zhaoxing.

Day 5: ZHAOXING-CHENGYANG (B, L, D)

Spend the morning exploring the Zhaoxing area. In the afternoon, travel back to Chengyang Dong Village. Overnight at the Dong Village Hotel.

Day 6: CHENGYANG-GUILIN (B, L)

Travel back to Guilin. Tour concludes.

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