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Hiking in Southern China
Paradise beaches, rice terraces, sugarloaf peaks and an unforgettable travel experience
10 dagar
Vandring Guided trips
22/10/2026 - 31/03/2028
Level 4
9 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 4 Dinners
From 26 900 SEK
Napoleon is said to have called China the sleeping giant. In our time, the giant has woken up, and for us travelers it is as if a new world has opened up in the middle of the old one. The Middle Kingdom carries 5,000 years of history and an incomparable variety of landscapes, people and flavors. The best time to travel to China is now: it is smooth, safe and still exotic. This is a trip for you with open eyes, created exclusively for Epic Trails based on our own travels in the area.
The best introduction to China is Hong Kong, which stands with one foot in the West and one in the East. Three-quarters of the area is protected subtropical forest, white sandy beaches and turquoise sea, while slender skyscrapers rise up out of the greenery. You hike the finest stages of Hong Kong's four long-distance trails, with Dragon's Back and MacLehose Trail as the most famous.
Warmed up, you take the high-speed train into the heart of southern China, to Guangxi province. Here the landscape looks like a thousand-year-old ink wash painting. You hike among Longji's shimmering rice terraces and follow the Li River between almost surreal karst peaks. This is the postcard China for real, with minority peoples, beautiful old villages and paths trodden for centuries. The journey of course continues at the dinner table with both familiar and unexpected dishes.
The trip must be booked by at least two people and is led by a private English-speaking local guide. Contact us for pricing with more travelers.
Tour Highlights
MacLehose Trail, one of Asia's most beautiful coastal trails
Dragon's Back, Asia's most acclaimed urban hiking trail
The Yao villages among Longji's breathtaking rice terraces
The lush sugarloaf mountains of the Li River
Private English-speaking local guide makes it easy and safe
Program
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9 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches and 4 Dinners included
Dinner
You will be met at Hong Kong International Airport and driven to your hotel in Sha Tin in the New Territories, where you can settle in for the coming five nights. Sha Tin lies between the Shing Mun River and the mountains – a calmer and greener base than central Hong Kong, yet with the metro just around the corner. In the evening you'll enjoy a welcome dinner with local specialities, a first taste of the Cantonese cuisine that has made the city one of the world's food capitals.
Level and accommodation
Varied hiking on well-marked trails with a local guide. In Hong Kong the days are longer and steeper. In Guilin it is calmer, on paths between villages, terraces and along river banks. On average you hike 13 km with 520 m of ascent per day. The trip suits you if you have good fitness and are used to climbs and heat (depending on the season).
In Hong Kong you stay five nights at a large, modern hotel by the river in Sha Tin, with good connections and a breakfast buffet that lives up to its name. In Guangxi you move to a simple, family-run guesthouse among the rice terraces in Dazhai, then to a hotel by the Li River in the old town of Daxu, and finally to another riverside hotel in Xingping with the karst peaks outside the window and home-cooked food in the kitchen.
10 dagar / 9 nätter
Accommodation: Comfort
Price per person
The specified prices are per person and include
- Accommodation in chosen room option
- Breakfast
- 2 lunches
- 4 dinners
- Local guide
- Airport transfer upon arrival in Hong Kong
- Transfer to airport or train station in Guilin upon departure
- Transport to and from the hikes according to the itinerary
- High-speed train from Hong Kong to Guilin
- Boat tour in Victoria Harbour
- Bamboo raft on the Li River
- Travel insurance for Hong Kong and Mainland China
- Luggage transport when changing hotels
- NOTE: Surcharges apply during Chinese New Year, Christmas/New Year, National Day and May 1st, approx. 2-4000 SEK per person
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