12-day Trip from Guiyang to Yangshuo

D1 Arrive at Guiyang airport, and our guide and driver meet you there, transfer your car to Liuzhi(3 hours’ drive). Stay overnight in Liuzhi

D2 Liuzhi-Anshun, drive to visit Long horn Miao in Xinhua village, and Er’Tang style Miao(Four-Seal Miao) in Qingganglin, after we visit these two different Miaos, we will drive to Anshun and stay overnight in Anshun

D3 Anshun-Kaili, visit Stone villages of Buyi minority group and Tianlong Tunpu where the local people are like minority group, but they are not, they are Old Han Chinese, who came into Guizhou 600 years ago as military group. They still keep their own unique culture very well, living in stone houses, dress as people did 600 years ago.
After we visit Tianlong Tunbu, we will drive to Kaili, it takes us 4 hours.
Stay overnight in Kaili

D4 Kaili-Matang-Qingman-Shiqiao-Kaili, We will visit Matang in the  morning, where we can see Gejia group who are not listed into 55 minority groups in China just because of their small population. But their embroidery and batik are nice and well known. After Matang, we will drive to visit Qingman Miao village and Shiqiao, where the people still keep an old tradition of making paper with trees’ bark by hand, which can be dated back to 700 years ago in Guizhou.
Qingman is famous for making embroidery jackets with silk cocoons, since the local Miao women still raise silk worms for cocoons on the embroidery jackets.
Stay overnight in Kaili

D5 Kaili-Shidong-Xijiang
After 2 hours’ drive from Kaili, we will visit the market in Shidong, which is one of the most interesting and biggest markets in southwest China, in which we can see people selling textiles, embroidery pieces, silver ornaments, animals, pieces of bull skin, indigo and so on.
Shidong is famous for silver ornaments making and Sisiters’ Meal festival in China. Shidong market happens every 6 days.
After we visit the market, we will drive to Xijiang(3 hours’ drive), the biggest Miao village in China with more than 1200 Miao families.
Stay overnight in Xijiang

D6 Xijiang-Rongjiang, Visit Langde Miao village and the old pottery making mills near Leishan, visit more villages on the way to Rongjiang. After we arrive in Rongjiang, we will drive to visit Dali Dong village.
Stay overnight in Rongjiang

D7 Rongjiang-Zengchong-Gaozeng-Congjiang, We take a short drive on the rugged road up a hill and reach a Miao village called Gaodong, where the local people are still poor and keep their tradition very well, still wear indigo dyed shiny clothes. Very few visitors know this village. We call them Pingjia style Miao.  After we visit it, we drive back to the main road and move on our trip to Zengchong, a remote Dong village, surrounded by a ribbon-like stream. Drive back to the national road and move on to Gaozeng Dong village. 
Stay overnight in Congjiang

D8 Congjiang-Zhaoxing,
We will visit Basha, a Miao village where all men have guns, who have top knots on heads as well, around which is shaved clean by their sickles. The local people often compare their hair with grass or trees on mountains or roadside. Finish visiting Basha, with 2 hours’ drive we arrive in Zhaoxing, a pretty Dong village which is very good to relax ourselves with a cup of tea or a cup of coffee. Have free time in the afternoon.
Stay overnight in Zhaoxing

D9 Zhaoxing
Our driver sends us to Tang’an, a Dong village almost on the shoulder of a high mountain, 7 km away from Zhaoxing. We could have a short hike from Tang’an to Zhaoxing, walk down the hill, passing some more villages, relaxing and enjoying the view of landscape.
Stay overnight in Zhaoxing

D9 Zhaoxing-Chengyang-Guilin, we will visit Diping Bridge and the famous Chengyang bridge near Sanjiang. After visiting the bridge, we will drive Guilin.
Stay overnight in Guilin

D10 Guilin-Yangshuo, we take a boat to visit Lijiang river until Yangshuo.
Stay overnight in Yangshuo

D11 Guilin- Airport, we send you the airport, and the trip ends.