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5 Days Guizhou Miao Village New Year's Tour (CTM-GZ-05B)

Day 1

When you arrive at the Guiyang Airport, your tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. After dinner you will visit the Hequn Night Market, which will introduce you to the most popular and spicy snacks in Guiyang City.

Day 2

On this day, you will be driven from Guiyang to Kaili (220 kilometers, 2.5 hours drive). Here you will visit the local market which will give you an idea of how the locals live, and give you plenty of photo ops. Later you will visit the Kaili Folk Museum, which will give you an excellent introduction to the clothing of Guizhou's ethnic minority groups.

Apperance of Kaili Folk Musuem

Cloths of Miao Ethnic Minority Groups in Kaili Folk Museum

Day 3

This day is one you will not soon forget. You will be driven to Leishan 65 kilometers (1 hour) to witness the Miao ethnic minority group's New Year's Festival. The New Year's celebrations in Leishan are very special. You will see all of the local Miao people decked out in their finest minority clothing and silver ornaments. Enjoy the Lusheng dancing, horse racing, rooster fights, and water buffalo fights. Stay overnight in the local village.

Lusheng Dancing

Water Buffalo Fights

Day 4

Today you will continue to explore the local's lives. You can learn how to make the Miao ethnic minority group's most important traditional musical instrument, the Lusheng, or try your hand at doing some farm work the way the locals have for centuries (not heavy work). In the afternoon you will be driven back to your hotel in Kaili City

little girls of Miao ethnic minority groups 

Little Miao Boys playing Lusheng

Day 5

In the morning you will be driven back to Guiyang (220 kilometers, 2.5 hours drive). In the afternoon you will be free to explore the beautiful city on your own until your guide meet and escort you to the airport for your flight to your next destination.