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Qingyan old town and Tianhetan by private car

Pair stone lanes, town walls and local food with Tianhetan's natural scenery in one varied day.

Getting there and back: Private pickup/return and inter-sight transfers within Guiyang's Guanshanhu, Nanming and Yunyan districts. This product starts at 09:00. Return to an agreed point within Guanshanhu, Nanming or Yunyan. Indicative return is 17:00.

Time and walking: 09:00–17:00, about 8 hours of service within the listed areas. Qingyan: 2.5 hours; Tianhetan: 3 hours; lunch: 40 minutes; between-stop drive: 30 minutes. Stone streets and walls involve walking; a 2025 visitor notes substantial walking overall. Qingyan walls have steep stairs; being able to stroll the town does not make the wall climb easy. Return Tianhetan scenic transport is listed as included; it replaces transfers, not all sightseeing on foot.

Tickets and timing: Admission to both sites and Tianhetan return internal transport are included; guide excluded. A final selected-date quote is not established.

Who it suits: Suits stone old-town streets, local food and water scenery in a two-stop day. A two-stop version may suit poorly if you want one slow town visit, find stairs difficult or dislike commercial-street solicitation. English reception is not an English guide. Visitors report some Qingyan sights closing earlier; a 17:00 return does not mean every facility remains open until then. Qingyan's streets, walls and food plus Tianhetan's natural scenery make a varied full day from Guiyang. Huangguoshu by private car: give the main waterfall priority: Both are roughly 8-hour outings: Huangguoshu keeps 3 hours for the main waterfall; Qingyan/Tianhetan combines stone streets, food and water scenery at two stops.

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