2-Day Extension from Yangshuo: Ancient Town, Tea, Food

In the morning, meet your guide and driver at your lodge in Yangshuo and drive toward the northeast to Zhaoping. Your first stop is Huangyao ancient town, an old village which was built like a fortress to prevent bandits nearly a thousand years ago. Inside the village, you will see well-preserved ancient houses, ancestral halls, and theaters as well as taste local snacks with unique flavors; outside it, you can explore the former site of the CPC Guangxi Province Committee to learn about some history of the Chinese Communist Party.

In the afternoon, drive about 1.5 hours to the Hometown Tea Expo Garden, en-route stop at Dongtanling for photography. After settle down, walk into the workshop to see the tea processing with machines, enjoy a tea ceremony if it is available, try the glutinous rice cake making.

Overnight: Zhaoping
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

This morning, we will pick fresh tea leaves from the tea garden and use the most traditional way to make them into green tea.
People like the bright greenness and fragrance of green tea, but in Zhaoping and the surrounding areas, oil tea with a unique flavor is much more popular. It is made from crude tea leaves with ginger, garlic, bone soup, and when drinking, will be added with puffed rice and some specially-made cookies. This morning, you will try to make the oil tea.

At noon, a multi-course tea banquet will not only satisfy your taste bud but also present you with more cuisine culture in this area. After lunch, hike down the tea mountain and enjoy the picturesque scenery along the way before heading back to Yangshuo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch