Hi, I would like to ask your advice. I plan to be based in Guilin, and plan to spend 3 days / 2 nights visiting a combination of Longsheng, Sanjiang, and Chengyang using public buses (leaving Guiling on the morning of day 1 and returning to Guilin in the evening of day 3). How to you suggest to split my time, and in what cities/villages to sleep? Thanks a lot for your help! Carlo

Hi Carlo,

Thank you very much for your attention and interests at our website. Well noted that you are planning to visit Longsheng and Sanjiang for 3 days and 2 nights by using the public buses.

I suggest you below itinerary:

Day01 Take bus from Guilin Bus Station to Longsheng, to visit Ping An Zhuang Village and Longji Terraces. Overnight in Ping An Zhuang Village
Day02 Ancient Zhuang Village, then Take bus from Longsheng to Sanjiang, visit Sanjiang Drum Tower in the downtown of Sanjiang. Overnight in the downtown.
Day03 In the morning, Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge and the ethnic villages nearby. Take afternoon high speed train back to Guilin for about half an hour.

Besides, I am delighted to recommend some transportation tips for this tour as below for reference,
How to Get to Longsheng Longji Rice Terraces from Guilin Downtown
How to Get to Sanjiang from Longsheng
Hotel to Get to Longsheng from Sanjiang

Besides, you could also travel to Sanjiang first by high speed train first. Then take bus back to Guilin, enroute and overnight in Longji Terrace Fields Scenic Area.

High speed train from Guilin to Sanjing:
There are more than 15 trains from Guilin West Railway Station（桂林西站） to Sanjiang South Railway Station (三江南站）almost every half an hour from 10:28-20:00 every day.
There is a high speed train from Guilin Railway Station（桂林站） at 10:23, but it takes about 1 hour to get Sanjiang.
There is a high speed train from Guilin North Railway Station（桂林北站） at 12:52.

High speed train from Sanjiang to Guilin:
About 20 train from Sanjiang South Railway Station (三江南站）back to Guilin (most at Guilin West Railway Station 桂林西站）from 10:00 to 19:44 every day.

The train fare is about CNY30 per person per way.