Festivals of Guizhou Province
A rare chance to experience rural life in China, Hidden Tribes spins us well beyond the tourist-trod paths for a close and extraordinarily colorful look at the ethnically diverse villages of Guizhou Province, a festival of limestone karsts, spiky hills, and terraced rice fields located east of Yunnan, west of Hunan, south of Sichuan, north of Guangxi, and far, far from home.
After a good look at swirling Beijing, we fly south to Guizhou’s capital, Guiyang, for 11 days of drives, hikes, and creative wanders in a series of villages set in bamboo groves by clear streams, atop misty hills, inhabited by Miaos, Gejias, and other minorities whose traditions, dances, costumes, and festivals (they hold more than a thousand a year!) are still rather mysterious to anthropologists (and probably the better for it). In the spring, at the sweet Sisters’ Meal Courtship Festival, girls in intricate silver headdresses and beautiful embroidered costumes seek out their future husbands. In the fall, we’ll be treated to the Lusheng Festival, where young men dance and play wooden reed instruments while costume-clad women sing and dance. Hidden Tribes is a case study in the soul-enriching possibilities of adventure travel.
April 12 - 25, 2008 (Sister's Meal Courtship Festival)
October 17 - 30, 2008 (Lusheng Festival)
A rare chance to experience rural life in China, Hidden Tribes spins us well beyond the tourist-trod paths for a close and extraordinarily colorful look at the ethnically diverse villages of Guizhou Province, a festival of limestone karsts, spiky hills, and terraced rice fields located east of Yunnan, west of Hunan, south of Sichuan, north of Guangxi, and far, far from home.
After a good look at swirling Beijing, we fly south to Guizhou’s capital, Guiyang, for 11 days of drives, hikes, and creative wanders in a series of villages set in bamboo groves by clear streams, atop misty hills, inhabited by Miaos, Gejias, and other minorities whose traditions, dances, costumes, and festivals (they hold more than a thousand a year!) are still rather mysterious to anthropologists (and probably the better for it). In the spring, at the sweet Sisters’ Meal Courtship Festival, girls in intricate silver headdresses and beautiful embroidered costumes seek out their future husbands. In the fall, we’ll be treated to the Lusheng Festival, where young men dance and play wooden reed instruments while costume-clad women sing and dance. Hidden Tribes is a case study in the soul-enriching possibilities of adventure travel.
April 12 - 25, 2008 (Sister's Meal Courtship Festival)
October 17 - 30, 2008 (Lusheng Festival)
Days 1 & 2: USA to Beijing • Day 3: Beijing • Day 4: Beijing to Guiyang • Day 5: old Han villages • Day 6:Guiyang to Dazhai via Xiaba • Day 7: Dazhai to Guiyang via Yandi Miao village • Day 8: Guiyang to Kaili • Day 9: Kaili to Balahe village via Taijiang (spring); Chonganjiang excursion (autumn) • Day 10: Balahe village to Kaili (spring); Huangping (autumn) • Day 11: Kaili to Leishan via Shuidian and Datang (spring); Kaili to Maomaohe village (autumn) • Day 12: Leishan to Kaili via Nanment (spring); Maomaohe village to Kaili (autumn) • Day 13: Kaili to Beijing via Guiyang • Day 14: Beijing to USA.
Hidden Tribes (2008)
Trip Details
2008 Departures:
14 days
Activity Type:
Touring
Trip Price:From $5095
- October 17 - October 30
14 daysActivity Type:
Touring
Trip Price:
From $5095
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