Rural CHINA TRAVEL: Community Tourism & Visiting the Red Yao Tribe [Indigenous Women with LONG Hair]

We’re taking you on an epic Asian adventure to visit the Red Yao indigenous people in southern China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region! WHERE: Guangxi is known as a rural travel destination in China, and for its indigenous tours, and stunning limestone karst mountains that are unlike anything else in the world. WHAT: This tour is an excellent example of community travel in China, and how sustainable tourism can help support local people, especially in rural China, and rural areas around the world. WHO: The Red Yao women are famous for their long (floor-length!) shiny hair, which they wash with a secret recipe made of rice water. They even showed us how they style it! 💰 TRIP DISCOUNT: Save $300 per person on this rural Guangxi trip with Viori with the code TILTEDMAP ✨ https://www.tiltedmap.com/china-viori... (Use the same code for 10% off Viori’s rice water shampoo bars! ✨ Shopping link: https://www.tiltedmap.com/viori-bars/ ) VIDEO CHAPTERS – Rural China community tourism experience & indigenous tour: 00:00 Intro to rural China 00:57 Who are we? 01:21 Flying to Hong Kong 01:48 Journey to the village of Langshi 03:25 Hike with an "Auntie" Goat Herder 06:54 Li River "Bamboo Raft" Cruise 09:27 XingPing & Food 09:50 Journey to LongSheng 11:09 Meeting the Red Yao women 11:29 Life in Rural China (Tientouzhai) 13:42 Community-based tourism insights & lunch 15:17 Hike to the "Hidden Waterfall" 16:13 Organic Tea Forest 17:13 Chinese Tea Ritual 18:02 The reality of rural schools in the Red Yao community 19:52 Community gathering with the Red Yao tribe 20:14 Final thoughts & how to have an adventure like this one! DISCLOSURE & INFO: This video was sponsored by Viori – a small company that works with members of the Red Yao tribe to make shampoo bars out of the organic rice that farmers in the tribe grow. Viori also supports the tribe in many ways, helping to create sustainable jobs in rural China by converting rice and tea farming to organic, and helping them launch this community-based tourism project, among other programs. SHOPPING LINKS: **These are affiliate links - ordering through them helps support Tilted Map at NO extra cost to you. Thank you! 🫧 Viori shampoo bars – the product that made this trip possible! https://www.tiltedmap.com/viori-bars/ ✨DISCOUNT CODE: TILTEDMAP for 10% off your first Viori order (REVIEW linked below👇) 👚 Lightweight, sweat-wicking, never-smelly clothes we wore on this trip & recommend: https://www.tiltedmap.com/unbound-mer... ✨DISCOUNT CODE: TILTEDMAP for 10% off your first Unbound Merino order (clothing REVIEW linked below👇) 🥾 The shoes we wish we’d packed: https://www.tiltedmap.com/salomon-spe... RELATED BLOG POSTS: 🇨🇳 Behind-the-scenes travel guide & PHOTOS from this trip: https://www.tiltedmap.com/china-viori... 🫧 Detailed Viori shampoo bar review: https://www.tiltedmap.com/viori-shamp... 🇨🇳 PHOTO STORY about Lao Jia Guest House and hiking with Auntie Su: XXX Coming soon! 👕 Unbound Merino clothing review: https://www.tiltedmap.com/unbound-mer... 🧳 The BEST Guide to Packing Light: https://www.tiltedmap.com/how-to-pack... 💰 What are affiliate links & how do blogs make money? https://www.tiltedmap.com/how-do-blog... 🚴‍♀️ 🇮🇹 Biking in Italy: (JOIN US IN SEPTEMBER!) https://www.tiltedmap.com/italy-ebike... KEEP IN TOUCH: Subscribe to this channel:  ‪@tiltedmap‬ Get our FREE emails with realistic sustainable travel tips & plastic-free product reviews: https://www.tiltedmap.com/email-signu... ABOUT US: Hi, we're Ketti and Emanuele! We're from the US and Italy, but we met when we both lived in China! We’re just getting this channel started, but Ketti has been blogging for years about sustainable travel, community tourism, and sustainable products. Check out https://www.tiltedmap.com/ for lots more! If you want to see more VIDEOS, hit subscribe to tell us so! Thanks for being here! 😃 #chinatravel #ruralchina #redyaotribe #redyaowomen #shampoobars #sustainabletravel