The minimum participation to depart is a group of 4 participants.
Pricing is based on our minimum departure of four participants @ USD1,250/person. More favorable pricing for larger groups: 10+ USD870/person, Group of 6 USD1,000/person for example.
This unique bike trip covers a 120km circuit over three days, touring through the "Castle Houses" villages that make up Kaiping County. This area first saw mass immigration westward and subsequent returning wealth and architecture a century ago. Pass through sky-high bamboo forests, hidden majestic mansions and towers (castle houses), bustling market day towns, and stay for two nights at the Chikan resort site.
Painstakingly researched using satellite imagery and GPS technology, allows us to exchange the frenetic freeways of new China for farm tracks, village paths, and cycling greenways of old, for a truly "off the beaten track" experience.
All tours are fully supported and inclusive of the round-trip train tickets to China*, China visa on arrival as necessary, vehicle and guide support, bikes, meals, and accommodations. Rendezvous stops with our air-conditioned support vehicle are carefully planned at 30-40 minute intervals, replenishing essentials such as water, fruit, or a quick nap on the bus. This will leave you to enjoy cycling at a pace and serenity in perfect harmony with your surroundings.
*Another option is to start with a pickup/return to the Shenzhen or Guangzhou International Airports, where 144-hour visas upon arrival are also available.
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A 2-hour high-speed train journey will bring us to Jiangmen for our entry procedures to China. You will be travelling on G6048 10:18-12:09. A 1-hour coach ride brings us to Kaiping and lunch. From here, we will cycle along the river to Chi Kan Village from Nan Lou - the Southern Defense Tower. Continuing from Chikan District to Ma Jiang Long and Jin Jiang Li, historic castle house villages. After exploration, we will ride back via Chikan to settle into our quirky, museum-style lodging, the Diaomin Tribe Boutique Hostel. Today's cycle journey will be around 17 miles ( 27 km). Dinner and Overnight
Today’s castle lane brings you to the mansions of Li Yuan and then on to Zili Village f. The cycling distance around these two stops of interest is 6 miles. Once you have finished your exploration of Zili Village, you will cycle about 4 miles to village “49” and then bus or ride 6.5 miles to your lunch spot at Sha Hu (Sandy Lake). The afternoon ride will be mostly village paths, forest trails, and roads, not very famous but beautiful. The whole cycle distance today will be around 25 miles (40 km). After a fantastic ride today, we will be back for our second night in the same lodging and dinner nearby.
After breakfast and check-out from our lodging, we will explore the castle houses and villages from Chikan south of the river in a loop. It will be around a 25-mile journey (40km) with a lunch somewhere along the way. Late afternoon, we need to make our 1-hour journey back to the Jiangmen High Speed Rail Station for our clearing of immigration and boarding our return train to Kowloon, Hong Kong. Our train will be G6046 departing at 18:11 and arriving at West Kowloon Station at 19:59.
