Cultural landscapes 人文风光Hiking and trails 徒步越野
This is a cultural landscape that people still farm, and a hike. Stay on the stone paths. Walking through a planted terrace to improve a photograph is how you ruin someone’s crop.
Ping’an is the shorter walk. Jinkeng and Dazhai are more of a hike. Pick one valley and do it properly.
Getting there
A bus from Guilin toward Longsheng, then a local ride to the trailhead you chose. It is too far to add to a Li River morning. The walk from the road to the upper village is the visit, with luggage if you are sleeping there.
Staying nearby
A wooden guesthouse in Ping’an or Dazhai is the reason to stay, because sunrise is the point and the road back is long. Otherwise treat it as a long day from Guilin, not from Yangshuo.