Trail:
Putao
- Zhouzhai - Shikou - Shangri-La
Walking time: 41/2
hours.
Difficulty:
easy.
Food/water:
Neither restaurant nor shop is found along the trail.
Access:
From Yangshuo bus station, take any bus heading
for Guilin or Yangdi (Y5), tell the driver to drop
you off at Putao.
To
quit Shangri-la, stop any bus on the Guilin-Yangshuo
highway, with direction to Yangshuo.
Route
mark:
No
mark at all. Ask locals for the direction.
Description:
From Putao, it's about 11/2
hours to Zhouzhai. Follow the main road, pass
Putao village, take the road turning to the right.
Houses gradually give way to rice fields. (see left
photo no.1). Later, you will see a waterwheel whirling
water from a pond to the land for irrigation.
Alternative: take a
tractor or moto taxi from Putao to Zhouzhai (around
Y5).and start to walk from Zhouzhai.
 Arriving
at Zhouzhai, cross the Wangfu bridge(see photo no.
2), turn to the right, and follow the narrow path
along the right hand of the bank for 200 meters,
you will discover a beautiful landscape (see photo
no. 3). Continue with the path along the river,
you will discover this beautiful house (see photo
no. 4) nestled at the foot of a limestone hill,
one of few houses painted in white. In less than
15
minutes, you will arrive the next village Shikou.(see
photo no. 5)
Cross the bridge of Shikou over Yulong river from
the village, and go strait, don't turn to the left
as it will bring you back to Putao in the north.
Head for east, this trail is used by locals to access
the Guilin-Yangshuo highway. In 45 minutes, you
will reach the first junction. The wider path turning
to the right will bring you to Shangri-La. The narrow
trail in the bush goes to the highway.
Shangri-La is a park
recently built along Yulong river for attracting
mass tourists, with ethnic minority dances and craftwork.
Expensive entrance fee (Y40). In front of the park,
you can easily find a bus back to Yangshuo.
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1.
On the way to Zhouzhai.
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2.
Wangfu village in Zhouzhai
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3.
Yulong river
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4.
Farmer house
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5.
The entrance of Shikou village
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