Best of Guizhou, China: Miao and Dong Villages, Kaili, Zhaoxing, Libo, Huangguoshu Waterfall & Southwest China Ethnic Heritage - A 2026 First-Person Guide
Browse more guides: China travel | Asia destinations Best of Guizhou, China: Miao and Dong Villages, Kaili, Zhaoxing, Libo, Huangguoshu Waterfall & Southwest China Ethnic Heritage - A 2026 First-Person Guide I have walked into a Miao village at dusk while a hundred women in silver headdresses tuned their voices for a Lusheng dance, and I have stood under the cold spray of Huangguoshu Waterfall at 7 a.m. when the rainbow arc landed almost on my chest. Guizhou, the mountain province tucked under Sichuan and west of Guangxi, was for a long time the part of China that travellers skipped because it was the poorest, the rainiest, and the hardest to reach. In 2026 it is none of those things anymore. High-speed rail now drops you into Guiyang from Shanghai in nine hours, the karst that hides Libo and Anshun is on every UNESCO short list, and the Miao and Dong villages of Qiandongnan are doing what no village should easily do, which is to grow without losing themselves. This guide is wh...