Overview

Visit the stunning Longji Rice Terraces and Zhuang/Yao minority villages on a private day tour from Guilin. See terraced paddies, traditional wooden villages, and local culture.

About This Tour

Gain a more intimate insight into village life and Chinese minority cultures with a private tour of the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces. Your private guide will explain the traditions of Yao and Zhuang people before you visit Huangluo village. Next, drive to Ping’an village to trek to two of the most beautiful rice-terrace views. After lunch, your driver will drop you back to your hotel.

Discover the sculpted landscapes of the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces

Learn about Yao and Zhuang culture from your private guide

Feast on bamboo rice, smoked pork, rice wine, and more in Ping’an village

Relax with private door-to-door transfers from your Guilin hotel

Itinerary

Your driver guide picks you up at the lobby of your hotel at 9:00am. After a two-hour ride will get to Longji parking lot where we can buy the entry tickets to the Longji Rice Terraces, you can take a break for about 10 minutes here. Heading to Longji Pingan Rice Terraces, this rice terraces is the most famous and beautiful one which is earliest discovered by tourists and photographers, we can walk up from Pingan parking lot to No. 2 viewing platform through Pingan zhuang village by stone stairs, you can see the Zhuang people’s daily life as well as wooden stilted houses in the village. When you get to No. 2 viewing platform, it looks like seven stars with the moon. Then another walk to No. 1 viewing platform through flat path. On the way you can see the bamboo groves, rice terraces, mountains, etc. When you arrive at the No.1 viewing platform, you will have panoramic view of Longji rice terraces. Then walk downstairs to the Parking lot.

Drive to Huangluo village, located at the foot of a mountain with a beautiful river, this village is home to the Red Yao people, a branch of the Yao ethnic minority, is renowned for the lady with long hair, even 7 feet long, discovery this village, you can find the local women embroider dresses, wooden houses, Yao longhair ladies, etc. Then we can have lunch in this village, you can try to taste the sticky bamboo rice, bamboo chicken, smoke pork with bamboo shoots, etc. After a nice day tour in Longji Rice Terraces , you will be transferred back to your hotel in Guilin for about 2 hours and you just take a nap and relax on the way back to Guilin. You will be back to your Guilin hotel at about 6:00 pm.

What's Included

✓ Included

English-speaking private driver guide
Private Transfer.
Air-conditioned vehicle

✕ Not included

Lunch and personal expenses
Gratuities
Admission fee of Longji Rice Terraces
Highway tolls

Know Before You Go

Not wheelchair accessible
Not stroller accessible
Infants must not sit on laps
Infant seats unavailable
Not recommended for people with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for people with heart conditions
We will pick you up at the arrival hall.

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation is available on most tours up to 24 hours before the start time. The exact cancellation terms for this tour are shown during booking.

Traveler Reviews

4.9★★★★★Based on 123 reviews

Pierre N.🇦🇺 Australia★★★★★2026-01

Looking back, a small thing I appreciated: the guide let the Longji rice terraces speak for itself sometimes. Not every quiet moment needed another speech.

Liam A.🇺🇸 USA★★★★★2026-02

The unglamorous part: the private format mattered most between the main stops. No waiting for a coach to refill and no counting thirty people before moving on. I would rather keep the pause at the Longji rice terraces than add another stop.

Oscar F.🇳🇿 New Zealand★★★★★2024-07

One thing I learned: the day ran a little longer once traffic was included. I was tired at the end, but not sorry we stayed for the Longji rice terraces.

One Day Private Longji Rice Terraces with Minority Village Tour