Keith Jones Adventures with Wild Animals
Close Animal Encounters
Rub noses with a gray whale,  Pet a Giant Panda BearSnorkel with a shark, Walk a Tiger on a leash!

                               Guilin Tour, Li River Cruise & Longsheng Rice Terraces

 

 

While on the Guilin Tour, one day we visit the Longsheng Rice Terraces. These terraced hillsides are an amazing feat.  

Construction of the terraces was begun during the >>>> Dynasty. Almost 800 years of work to complete this hillside wonder.

 


You'll marvel at how water is delivered by gravity to hilltop rice ponds.

 

To reach the upper levels of the rice terraces you will walk up about 400 meters in elevation. The local saying is "1000 steps to the top". I have never tried to count the steps. For those weighing less than 75 kilos, porters will gladly provide the manpower to carry you in this cushioned sedan. For those who don't want to walk up 1000 steps, nor desire the experience of being carried like the emporer or empress of olden times, you will get most of the view with a less strenuous 30 minute stroll up the path.

 

 

 

   
   
 

 

 
Links to all of our China trip website pages:
Main China entry page
photos taken at Bifengxia Panda Preserve

photos of volunteers working at Panda Preserve
11 day China & Pandas trip itinerary

7 day Pandas no sightseeing trip itinerary
Taishan & Meisheng photos & information
Photos from a trip when Keith's granddaughter Chelsea was along.
trip diary from Keith's first ever tour to the Panda Preserve in 2005
Bifengxia Panda Preserve - photos & notes
Great Wall photos & information from our tours
Chinese food and what you might expect to eat
Chengdu information page and what you might expect
Beijing information page and what you might expect
Xian information page and what you might expect
Guilin info. & pics about the prettiest place in china
Various side trips we can help you add to your tour
Gray whales, Tigers, Elephants, Giant Panda Bears, Blue whales, Whale sharks, Narwhals
China, Canada, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Philippine Islands, Mexico, Arctic Circle
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