RICE TERRACES AND MINORITY EXPLORATION
Longsheng
Longsheng is a mountainous region in northern Guangxi. The varied terrain includes bamboo covered hillsides next to rice terraces climbing to the sides of 800 meter peaks. It was one of the first areas to be settled in in souther China, and still boasts a rich variety of minority cultures living traditionally today. The Longsheng area today has a population of less than 200,000 people, comprising mainly minority tribes including Zhuang and Red Yao. Longsheng is great for those looking to see rural China by embarking on a scenic hike through the mountainous rice terraces.
| D1 | Course start, welcome and introductions, course overview |
| Culture awareness | |
| Environment care lesson-Leave No Trace workshop | |
| Hotel | |
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| D2 | Team hike (team care, hike skills and rice terrace view photography project) |
| Minority culture experience | |
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| D3 | Farming skills development ( Eco farm with local farmer masters) |
| Rope skills (zip-line and team achievement) | |
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| D4 | Traditional food workshop (bamboo rice, sticky rice cake) |
| Traditional handicraft workshop ( straw shoes making) | |
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| D5 | Team interpretive hike from village to village |
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| D6 | Hike out and say goodbye to the local minority family |
| Course end. Departure home | |
