Half-day Tea Farm Visit in Guilin
During your stay in Guilin while on tour with Laurus Travel, you can take advantage of the optional half-day visit to Guilin Tea Science and Research Institute for a small fee, subject to a minimum of 6 participants. Founded in 1956, the state-owned institute has an experimental tea farm covering an area of 42 hectares and boasts 250 species of tea plants. The predecessor of the institute was said to be one of the tea suppliers to the imperial court during the Ming Dynasty. The farm sits on fertile soil ideal for tea growing. During harvesting season, the farm employs 150 workers full time to pick tea leaves. Each year the institute produces around 42 tons of organically grown tea of different flavours.
Many of our guests who have visited the tea farm recommend that we include the immersive program to the itineraries. But for fear of unannounced closing to the public from time to time, we decided it’s much safer for us to offer the tea farm visit as an option subject to availability. However, the charge would be very affordable.
