Rice Field Ideal Homestay

We had a fantastic 4 night stay at Rice Field Ideal Homestay. The room was very comfortable, with a great bed, and every time we looked out the window, we had to pinch ourselves because the view was absolutely stunning. The guesthouse is located just above the Blue Terrace, not far from Azheke Village (mushroom houses) and a few minutes drive from the Duoyishu Terrace. Xiao Gao, the owner, is a local. He took amazing care of us, upgraded us and made sure we had the best stay. When he realized we had no means of transportation, he drove us himself to various terraces and viewing points in his car. Reaching Yuanyang can be a little tricky, so here is how we got there: we took a train from Kunming to Jianshui, and contacted Rice Field Ideal Homestay on WeChat to ask for a transfer by car. It cost 120 yuan/person, and the drive from Jianshui to the Blue Terrace took about 2.5 hours. Easy peasy.  We highly recommend staying there and hope to be back one day. Xiao Gao and all his family are amazing people.

The view from the room and restaurant was just astonishing. You can walk down to the rice terraces directly next to the restaurant. Food was also very good. The room had all we needed and was brand new and very clean. Unfortunately the GPS location of the place was wrongly entered in trip.com so our taxi dropped us off at the wrong location, but the hosts came to pick us up right away, which made up for it. As we do not speak Chinese and the staff do not speak English we always communicated through translated WeChat texts and the staff were so kind and patient with us. They even drove us to and from Azheke ancient village and helped us arrange a taxi. Lovely people. We recommend this homestay to everyone, but also recommend to rent a car for your trip to the rice terraces, as getting around is not easy and fairly expensive if you need to rely on taxis.

This guesthouse is ideal for viewing and exploring the blue terrace. One can even view it from the comfort of the bedroom. The icing on the cake is that XiaoGao, the owner of the guesthouse, is an extremely helpful and warm host. He would recommend scenic spots for viewing nearby rice terraces which are off the beaten track and it’s been an an enjoyable eye-opening experience. Highly recommended if you want an authentic experience in Yuanyang.

Boss, the owner, help us every time and every thing.

自駕去往元陽藍色梯田的路彎彎曲曲，比較難開。老闆娘提前聯繫我們，並預留了車位。民宿位於愛春藍色梯田，房間窗外就看得見梯田。風景很好。預訂的1號樓，衞生間有點簡陋，但還算乾淨。樓下有餐廳。可以這不用出門找吃的。

房間大，環境乾淨，乾濕分離，還有露台落地玻璃窗能看景，他家還有餐廳吃飯方便，早餐米線也好吃，酒店還能提供穿民族服裝拍照，入住體驗感好性價比高。這次由於大霧沒有看到梯田，以後還會來入住這家酒店。