Five days in Guizhou: Huangguoshu Waterfall, a Miao long-table feast in Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Qingyan Ancient Town and Guiyang.
This five-day loop from Guiyang combines Guizhou’s karst scenery with its ethnic-minority culture. You spend a full day at the Huangguoshu Scenic Area — Huangguoshu Waterfall, Potang Waterfall and Tianxingqiao — with a Bouyi hand-grasped rice lunch, then travel east to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village for the Miao Museum and a long-table feast with toasting songs and folk dance.
On the way back to Guiyang you walk the Ming and Qing streets of Qingyan Ancient Town, visit Jiaxiu Tower and browse the evening Qingyan Market. Travel is by road, with drives of one to three and a half hours, and nights in Guiyang (Four Points by Sheraton), Anshun and Kaili, or similar.
Private tour. Just your own party with a private guide and vehicle, starting on any day you choose in 2027 (minimum two travellers). Travelling on a budget? The group version of this tour costs less and leaves on fixed dates.
How the price works: CAD $1,425–1,650 depending on the season per person sharing a twin or double room (land only — flights to Guiyang and home from Guiyang are not included). Gratuities for your guide and driver, CAD $100 per person (CAD $20 a day), are added at checkout; the estimate on this page already includes them. The single supplement is CAD $275–338 by season.
You arrive in Guiyang and are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel to check in and rest. The evening is free to enjoy the night views of this mountain city.
About two hours’ drive brings you to the Huangguoshu Scenic Area, where you spend the whole day at Huangguoshu Waterfall, Potang Waterfall and the Tianxingqiao Scenic Spot (scenic shuttle bus and one-way escalator included). Huangguoshu is one of the largest waterfalls in Asia, and you see its tiered cascades, karst rock formations and clear pools.
Lunch is a Bouyi hand-grasped rice meal, a traditional dish of the local Bouyi people: five-colour glutinous rice dyed with natural plant colours, served with farm-style stir-fries and side dishes on bamboo winnowing trays and eaten the Bouyi way. Afterwards you drive about one hour to Anshun.
About three and a half hours’ drive takes you to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village (battery car included), often described as the largest Miao village in the world, with wooden stilt houses stacked up the hillsides. You visit the Miao Museum to learn about Miao history, folk customs and intangible cultural heritage.
Lunch is a Miao long-table feast, the Miao people’s most formal gesture of hospitality, with a traditional toasting ceremony, Miao songs and folk dance. You then drive about one hour to Kaili.
You drive about three hours back towards Guiyang and visit Qingyan Ancient Town (battery car included), a town of Ming and Qing dynasty architecture with old stone streets and Tunpu culture. You also stop at Jiaxiu Tower, Guiyang’s historic landmark.
In the evening you tour Qingyan Market outside the ancient town, a traditional local market with many stalls selling farm produce and local food — a glimpse of everyday life in Guiyang.
After breakfast you are transferred to the airport in time for your departure flight.
3 hand-picked hotels over 4 nights of this itinerary. Open any property for photos, video, a full introduction and what's on site.
Four Points by Sheraton opened in 2020 in Guiyang's southern Huaxi District, a 4-minute walk from Xiaohe metro station, with a Chinese restaurant, lobby bar and gym; the old city centre is a short metro or taxi ride away.
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Upscale hotel in the Wanlvcheng International Plaza complex at the junction of Huangguoshu Avenue and Shifu Road in central Anshun, opened in 2015 and refurbished in 2026. About 1.7 km from Anshun railway station, 9 km from Anshun Huangguoshu Airport and roughly 35–40 minutes' drive from Huangguoshu Waterfall. 305 rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows, a Chinese and a Western restaurant, buffet breakfast, indoor heated pool, gym, spa and free parking; check-in 2 pm, check-out noon.
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A Kaili hotel opened in 2013 and renovated in 2020, in the National Culture Park beside the Cultural Palace of Nationalities, with Miao and Dong design touches, lake- and mountain-view rooms and a gym.
See the hotel › 9 photosWhere a day says “or similar”, a comparable property of the same standard may be used on some departures. Room photos are representative; the room category is set by your booked package.
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How the price is built. Per person in Canadian dollars, two travellers sharing a twin or double room. Children pay the adult price and have their own bed. Gratuities of CAD $100 per person are added at checkout. The single supplement is CAD $275–338 by season; a room cannot be shared with a stranger, so a solo traveller pays it.
Private tour. Your guide and vehicle are for your party only and you pick the start date. Every booking needs at least two travellers; if you are travelling alone, ask us.
Long drives: Day 3 includes about three and a half hours from Anshun to Xijiang plus an hour to Kaili, and Day 4 about three hours from Kaili to Guiyang.
Market stop: Day 4 includes an evening visit to Qingyan Market, a local farm-produce and food market; there is no obligation to buy.
Waterfall day: the Huangguoshu area involves a good deal of walking on steps and wet paths; wear shoes with good grip.
Dates and validity. Prices apply to departures in 2027. Dates over China’s public holidays (Spring Festival, May Day and National Day week) and major conferences are not sold at these prices — ask us for a quote. The hotels named are the usual ones; another hotel of the same standard may be used, and the order of visits can change for weather, train times or local conditions.
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Land package · plus Gratuities $100 (mandatory, per person)
CAD $1,425–$1,650 per person · double occupancy · departures 1 Jan–31 Dec 2027
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Prices shown are the land package. Gratuities $100 per person is mandatory and is added at checkout.
International flights not included — quoted from your city.
Peak dates (public holidays, summer): est. +CAD $275 per person, confirmed before you pay.
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Four Points by Sheraton Guiyang, Huaxi opened in 2020 in the Xiaohe area of Huaxi District, south of central Guiyang. It is rated 5 diamonds on Trip.com and is a straightforward, well-kept city hotel that is popular with families.
There is a Chinese restaurant, a café, a lobby bar and a snack bar, plus room service and a small convenience shop.
The hotel has a gym. A shopping mall is attached for an easy evening walk.
Xiaohe metro station is 250 m away, about 4 minutes on foot. Guiyang Railway Station is about 5 km away and Longdongbao Airport about 14 km. The Qingyun Market food street is 5.8 km away and Jiaxiu Pavilion in the old centre about 7.2 km.
Free Wi-Fi in public areas, lifts, free parking and free luggage storage.
Perenc Hotel Anshun (Wanlvcheng Perenc Hotel) is the tower hotel of the Wanlvcheng International Plaza, a landmark mixed-use complex where Huangguoshu Avenue meets Shifu Road in Anshun's Xixiu District. Anshun railway station is about 1.7 km away, Anshun Huangguoshu Airport about 9 km, the Shanghai–Kunming expressway exit a 5-minute drive, and Huangguoshu Waterfall and Longgong (Dragon Palace) scenic areas roughly 35–40 minutes by road; Guiyang's Longdongbao airport is about 90 km away. It opened in 2015 under Singapore's Perenc hotel-management brand and was renovated in 2026.
The 305 rooms all have floor-to-ceiling windows over the city and the surrounding karst hills. Baiweixuan serves Chinese food with Tunpu cultural touches, Jialan is the Western restaurant, and a buffet breakfast with Chinese, Western, halal and vegetarian choices is served 7–10 am; there is also a lobby bar. Guests have free use of the indoor heated pool and gym, a paid spa, banquet and meeting rooms including a 1,000 m² pillar-free ballroom, free Wi-Fi in public areas and free on-site parking. Check-in is from 2 pm and check-out by noon.
Longdu Jingyi International Hotel opened in 2013 and was renovated in 2020. It stands in Kaili's National Culture Park, next to the Cultural Palace of Nationalities and the Citizens' Hall, near the Kaili exit of the G60 expressway. It is rated 5 diamonds on Trip.com. The rooms mix modern design with the ethnic culture of southeast Guizhou.
Room types include deluxe queen and twin rooms, lake-view and mountain-view rooms and suites, family rooms and rooms with a mahjong table.
The restaurant is open 09:00-14:00 and 17:00-21:30. There is also a café, lobby bar, convenience store and room service.
The hotel is between the high-speed railway station and downtown, not in the old centre itself.
There is a gym, massage room and tea room. Parking is free for guests, with fast EV and Tesla charging. Laundry room and lift available.