Departure for CANTON on a scheduled flight, overnight on board.

The flight is not included in the price. Please contact the agency

Welcomed on arrival by your English-speaking guide, transfer to the station and TGV train to Sandu (Guizhou Province).

On arrival, drive to Danzhai district in the south-east of Guizh province (35km1h). Halfway there is a stop to visit the terraced fields of Gaoyao, a village perched on the top of a hill 8km from Danzhai district, where most of the inhabitants are Miao. The rice terraces are located on mountain ranges, with an area of over 70 hectares, the rice fields extend from the mountain to the foot of the mountain.

Breakfast at the hotel

Visit to the Shiqiao Paper Workshop, which applies a manufacturing process dating back to the Tang dynasty

The village of Shiqiao lies in a small valley, surrounded by mountains, in an exceptional and relaxing setting.

Lunch at a local restaurant and in the afternoon, visit the Qingman village of the Miao. The local houses are built in an orderly fashion like layers of a wedding cake. The village still preserves traditional textile-working methods, with traditional garments woven and coloured by hand.

Arrival in the evening in Kaili, capital of the Miao and Dong autonomous district of Qiandongnan

Breakfast at the hotel and visit to a local free market for ethnic minorities.

You will be welcomed by the villagers, dressed in their traditional festive costumes.

Lunch at local restaurant

In the afternoon, visit the Paika village to find out how the Lusheng (a very popular Miao musical instrument) is made.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Visit to the Museum of National Minorities

The Kaili Minorities Museum offers an excellent insight into the culture, lifestyles and history of the various ethnic minorities living in the Kaili region.

Then on to Congjiang. Halfway there is a visit to a school in a Miao village: contact, exchanges and animated games with the schoolchildren.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon visit to the Yintan village of the Dong people

The Dong village of Yintan, around twenty kilometres from Congjiang, is one of the most representative villages of Dong architecture in Guizhou and of the daily life of this minority.

Breakfast at the hotel

Departure for a visit to the Dong village of Huanggang (50km, 1hr drive). Hidden away among the hills and rice paddies, Huanggang is quite difficult to reach. But that's precisely what makes it so authentic.

Lunch at a local restaurant then drive to the Tangan village of the Dong people

The Tangan village of Dong has a 700-year history. The inhabitants here live together in clans, the two main clans being Ying and Lu.

Breakfast at the hotel

Visit a batik workshop. Several ethnic minorities in south-west China traditionally use the batik technique.

Free time for a stroll around the city

Lunch and then transfer to the station for the 2nd class TGV train to Guilin.

On arrival, transfer to the hotel and check-in.

Breakfast at the hotel

Departure for the pier and cruise on the River Li.

Lunch on board, then arrival in Yangshuo in the early afternoon

Transfer to the hotel and check-in.

Free time for a stroll along the pedestrianised Xijie Street

Yangshuo is a small country town nestling in a sugar loaf landscape. Although no longer as picturesque as it once was, Yangshuo remains an excellent base from which to explore the surrounding villages.

After breakfast at the hotel, tour of the Yangshuo area by bike

Depart Yangshuo by bicycle for the village of Baisha, located about 10 km from Yangshuo on the banks of the Yulong River.

Lunch during the visits. Dinner on your own

Night in hotel

Breakfast at the hotel then drive back to Guilin.

On arrival, visit the Grotto of the Reed Flute.

Lunch at local restaurant

Transfer to the station and TGV to Hong Kong

On arrival, welcome and transfer to hotel, dinner on your own

After breakfast at the hotel, visit the Victoria Peak

Victoria Peak is 554 m high, the highest peak on Hong Kong Island. It is considered to be the emblem of Hong Kong. In Chinese it is known as Taiping Mountain, meaning Mountain of Peace.

Then visit Repulse Bay, located south of Victoria Peak. It is considered to be "the first bay in the world", and "the Hawaii of the East". It is also the most beautiful and representative bay in Hong Kong, preferred by most Hong Kongers because of its crescent shape.

Then a ride on a sampan to find out more about the life of the fishermen who live on the water.

Lunch of dim-sum, a local speciality.

Afternoon at leisure

End of the day, transfer to the airport and flight home

This is the end of the journey.