ZJJ Guilin Softies

ZJJ & Guilin made easy. We have soften the itinerary to fit in our senior intrepid traveller on this rustic retreat in rural China ! The tough train trip has been replaced by soft sleepers train but stops at a station further away. What's in store is the classic Chinese water-painting fairy-land of UNESCO listed Zhangjiajie National Park that unfolds and leave you in awe. Longsheng dragon-back rice terraces equally work their magic. We will walk, and walk, but through generally easy terrains of striking temperate forests and age-old rice terraces carved into the hill-slopes. After all that, its relaxing Yangshuo with its laid-back atmosphere surrounded by charming karst scenery—on boats, and bicycles!

We hire private buses for the ZJJ trips up to Jishou, from Liuzhou to Guilin. From Guilin, we use comfortable public express buses to take the group to Lonsheng town. From there we hire small local buses to take up to Ping'an and back from Dazhai to Longsheng town. We return to Guilin & then Yangshuo on public express buses. Accomodation in major towns of ZJJ, Yangshuo and Guilin will be in 2-3 star hotels. In Longsheng it will be in guesthouses as there are no 2-3 star hotels. The guesthouse in Ping'an has private baths but the rest have shared facilities. So be prepared. As usual, you pay for your own meals, entrance fees, bicycle hire and other activities.

Day 1 KLIA to Zhangjiajie: Meet at airport 14 Sep Thu for morning flight to Guangzhou CZ366 KUL/CAN 0820/1205, then to Zhangjiajie CZ3381 CAN/DYG 1955/2125. Overnight (ON) Zhangjiajie City.
Day 2 ZJJ National Park: An hour out of ZJJ City, we visit UNESCO listed Wulingyuan Scenic Area with its spectacular landscape of craggy peaks and huge rock columns rising out of the luxuriant subtropical forest. This will be a full day of walks and visiting the numerous scenic areas. ON Hotel near National Park.
Day 3 More ZJJ NP: We return to the National Park for another half day sightseeing. In the afternoon, we visit Yellow Dragon Cave before returning to Zhangjiajie city for our overnight stay.
Day 4 Dehang Miao: We start early for a drive to Dehang Miao Village 4hr and spend the afternoon walking out to Liusha Waterfall and enjoying a Miao minority performance. We then bus to Fenghuang 1.5hr, a well preserved old town. ON Fenghuang.
Day 5 Fenghuang: We have the morning to wander about the streets/alleyways of ancient Fenghuang. After lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Tuo River, we move on to another Miao village. An hour away is Jishou where we board our 730pm overnight soft-sleeper train to Liuzhou Guangxi Province.
Day 6 Ping'an: We arrive in Liuzhou at 5 am, store our luggages at the train station before adjorning for breakfast. Then its off to Guilin 2hr and Longsheng, a further 2.5hr, where we break for lunch. After storing the extra luggage at the Longsheng Town Bus Statio, we go on to Ping'an Zhuang minority village, getting there in the early evening so we can to some scenic viewpoints to view the famous Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces. ON Ping'an.