Ping’an Village Tours and Tickets - page 6

Perfect balanced day. Smooth transport with pickup and drop off from our hotel in Guilin, excellent English speaking driver/guide, a stop off halfway at a tea plantation to pick some tea (this was a great experience) and learn about how the different types of Chinese tea are made, even getting to try a few. A quick stop off to walk through the Zhao village (this was long enough) and then the highlight of the day: a hike through the Ping'An village (where we also ate lunch at the end) and up through the Longji Rice Terraces. The hike is a loop taking about 2.5 hours at a leisurely pace with stops for photos. There are toilets on route and it is very well signposted. We appreciated being able to do the hike by ourselves without a guide. The views of the rice terraces are wonderful and the Ping'An village was so interesting to walk through. Highly recommend doing it this way. We also talked to some fellow European tourists there who had made their own way to the terraces (bus/taxi) and were stuck with no way of getting back to Guilin, so this highlighted the importance of booking a tour like this.

We were met in our hotel lobby by Emily. She is a bubbly, intelligent guide whose English is extremely good. We immediately felt a connection which only got stronger as the day went on. Our driver was very experienced and we felt very safe the entire day. We drove 2 hours to the Huangluo Long Hair Village where we watched the women perform their show and let down their long hair (most have hair longer than themselves). My husband and I both went on stage at different times. I won’t spoil it by telling you why. Just embrace it and go with he flow 😊 Back in the car we then drove to a village where we walked a short distance to have lunch. We had a fabulous feast and tried the bamboo rice and creek snails. Would highly recommend both. After lunch we continued to walk to the Longji Rice Terraces. Although there were no rice plants, the terraces were spectacular. We were able to walk through them at a pace we felt comfortable with. We then took the golf cart back down the mountain (we could have walked) before hopping back in the car for the 2 hour trip home. Emily gave us so much information during this tour which we could not have known if we did this outside of a tour. We spent the day laughing, eating, talking politics and sharing stories of our families and way of life. This tour with Emily is not to be missed. We made some wonderful memories and feel we made a good friend. Would highly recommend doing this one ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you Emily 😘

Great excursion full of beautiful landscapes. The rice terraces are truly something you can’t miss while in Guilin. The trip included pick up from the hotel. Our guide Hill was really good and helped constantly to facilitate tickets, orderings and payments. Pleasant cable car to the top of the mountain and a visit to a traditional village where ladies never cut their hair. The show in the traditional village, entry to the park, cable car and lunch are not included in the price so that’s something you should consider (about 350 yuans more).