Trip Summary
China's southwest green escape at waterfall pace: Guiyang's hillside city and Qingyan's walled old town, two unhurried days at Huangguoshu's 77-m curtain of water — Asia's largest — the Longgong limestone caves by boat, and miao-and-buyi village lunches along the way.
Trip Highlights
- Huangguoshu's Great Fall thundering into the Rhinoceros pool
- Walking behind the waterfall's water curtain cave
- Longgong's boat ride through a river-lit cave system
- Qingyan's Ming walls, stone lanes and rose-candy stalls
- Sour-fish hotpot and miao village sticky rice
Day by Day
Day 1 — Arrive Guiyang
Fly into Longdongbao (KWE). Evening street-food crawl on Qingyun or Erqi roads.
Flight in · Guiyanginternational flights, destination pre-filledBook → Stay · Qingyan Ancient Townstone-walled courtyard baseBook → Car rental · Guiyangpick up at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport on arrivalBook → 
Day 2 — Qingyan ancient town
A slow wall-walk day in the stone town's lanes, back for a riverside dinner of sour fish soup.
Stay · Qingyan Ancient Townsecond stone-lane nightBook → Tickets · Qingyan Ancient Town Scenic Areaskip-the-line entryBook → Day 3 — HSR to the falls
Train to Anshun, transfer to the park; afternoon at the Doupotang and Tianxingqiao cascades.
Guiyang → Anshun trainHSR ~20 min to the fall countryBook → Stay · Huangguoshu Waterfallfall-view rooms with evening mistBook → 
Day 4 — Great Fall day
The main curtain at golden hour, the water-curtain cave, and boardwalks both banks; evening in the park's waterfall town.
Stay · Huangguoshu Waterfallsecond curtain nightBook → Tickets · Huangguoshu Waterfallskip-the-line entryBook → 
Day 5 — Longgong caves
Boat the underground river and grotto palaces; an easy Buyi-village lunch before returning.
Stay · Huangguoshu Waterfallthird fall nightBook → Tickets · Longgongskip-the-line entryBook → Day 6 — Slow Guiyang
Guiyang's hillside parks and Jiaxiu tower at dawn, a long river-walk afternoon; night snack street.
Anshun → Guiyang trainHSR back to the capitalBook → Stay · Qingyan Ancient Townfinal sour-fish nightBook → Day 7 — Out
Morning flower-and-bird market or museum option, then KWE out.
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