The golden sunlight shines on the terraced fields that are layered one after another in the early morning. The light and shadow crises - cross in the terraced fields and dyeing them a golden color, creating a spectacular scene.
Destination: Longji Rise Terraces Feilds Sunrise and Sunset, Yao Model, Yao Family Visiting with Portrait.
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The 4 Days Guilin Photography Tour covers best of Guilin photography highlights and activities:
Longji Rise Terraces Feilds Sunrise and Sunset, Yao Model, Yao Family Visiting with Portrait.
The golden sunlight shines on the terraced fields that are layered one after another in the early morning. The light and shadow crises - cross in the terraced fields and dyeing them a golden color, creating a spectacular scene.
After Sunset, the afterglow of the setting sun dyes the sky orange - red in Blue Hour. The terraced fields present a unique light and shadow in backlight. The lines of the field ridges become clearer, and the whole picture is full of a sense of layering, looks like a rich - colored oil painting.
Depart from
Guilin hotel
Welcome to Guilin!
Photography Highlights: GUILIN WETLAND SUNRISE, LONGJI RICE TERRACES SENSET & BLUE HOUR
Check out at hotel in the early morning.
Drive about 1 hour to Tianxin Village to shoot sunrise with ancient stone bridge + farmer + buffalo.
Guilin Wetland Sunrise
Tianxin Village is a relatively remote shooting paradise for the photographyer. It is 35 kms far away from Guilin city. In the early morning without tourists, you can shoot and create freely, but occasionally there are some local photographers. The Local farmer ware the old Palm leaves raincoat with the buffalo will be waiting for you even in the early morning.
Pano Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Pano Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Zhuangyuan Bridge
With a long cultural history and beautiful idyllic scenery, it has been greatly appreciated by many photographers. but more and more photographers and tourists come to Zhuangyuan Bridge for photo and making the unknown Tianxin Village more famous. There are two stone bridges in the Zhuangyuan Bridge, which has been discovered by photographers in recent years and has become one of the photography highlights in Guilin.
Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Drive to Longji rice terraces
According to the road and weather conditions, expect to arrive at the ticket office of Longji Terrace Scenic Spot in 2-3 hours, and then continue to drive for 50 minutes to Longji Terrace Ping'an Village.
Check in at hotel
Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Terraced Rice Fields
Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Terraced Rice Fields received their name because the rice terraces resemble a dragon's scales, while the summit of the mountain range looks like the backbone of the dragon.
Rise Terraces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Longji
We continue hiking for about 30 minutes and we will arrive at the Nine Dragons & Five Tigers Viewing Point, which provides the most magnificent view of the Longji Terraces Scenic Area. There you can see nine ridges like nine dragons stretching out to the horizon alongside five hillocks resembling five tigers guarding this place. The terraces are like ribbons coiling around the hills from the bottom to the top.
Rise Terraces Blue Hour, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Longji
Rise Terraces Milky Way, Connan 5D IV, 16-35III mm F2.8
Longji
Half hour back to the hotel
Photography Highlights: SEVEN STAR WITH MOON SUNRISE, FAMILY VISITING, RICE TERRACE SUNSET
Climb about 15mins with well stone steps for the sunrise place (Seven star with moon view piont ) to capture the sidelight of the rice terraces until 08:00 am and back to the hotel for breakfast.
Longji Rice Terrces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji
Longji Rice Terrces, DJI Air2s, F2.8
Longji
Check out Pingan Hotel
Downhill for 20-30 mins to drive to Dazhai Village for the Yao minority family visiting.
Visit a local Yao Minority farmers home for portrait and to see the local house to shooting the daily life inside the house.
Longji Rice Terrces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 14 mm F1.8
Longji
Hike about 1.5 hour to the hotel or 20 mins to take the local Golf car the hilltop[ parking. and than walk through the village with the path and hillup. High mountain behind the Tiantouzhai Village, so the sun go down early and disappeared early. but the sidelight is beautful to cature, you will shoot the beautful rice terraces in the fields，or waiting the good light in the view piont platform.
Longji Rice Terrces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji
Longji Rice Terrces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji
Check in at Longji Tiantouzhai Hotel
Photography Highlights: JINKENG RICE TERRACES SUNRISE, QIANFONGDING RICE TERRACES SUNSET
Leave the hotel early and waking 15 mins in order to cature sunrise in the view No 1 platform. Waiting for the good lights in the rice terraces and the villages untill o7:30 or walk around the rice fields.
Jinkeng Terrces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji
Jinkeng Terrces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji
Back the hotel for breakfast.
Downhill for 30mis to the parking and take the cable car for 30 mins to No3 Jingfongding rice terraces view point to capture the sunset in the the mountain top.
Pano Longji Rice Terrces, DJI Air2s, F2.8
Longji
Sunset Jingfongding Rice Terraces
There is a nice shooting spot in the mountaintop with well good steps to climb, it will be 20--35 to hillup depending on how fast you are (the fastest is 10 mins). The sun lights with the fields and the two river（tortoise river）meeting together.
Jinkeng Terrces Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Longji Rice Terraces, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji Rice Terraces
Back to hotel
Photography Highlights: JINGFONGDING RICE TERRACES SUNRISE
Wake up early and leave the hotel at 05:00 am to capture the sunrise on the beartiful Rice Terraces.and then break in the hotel, after lunch transfer to Guilin railway station ro Guilin Liangjiang international airport.
Longji Rice Terraces, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji Rice Terraces
Longji Sunset, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji
Longji Rice Terraces, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji Rice Terraces
Longji Rice Terraces, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Longji Rice Terraces
Return to Hotel
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