Liubao Tea Gardens
六堡茶园（苍梧六堡镇）
The birthplace of Liubao, a dark tea, with extensive mountain tea gardens, where you can tour tea factories, learn traditional tea-making and taste aged Liubao tea in a tea-farmers' home in a historic town along the old tea-boat route.
Liubao Town is located in the mountainous northern part of Cangwu County and is the birthplace of Liubao tea, a famous Chinese dark tea. Historically, this tea was shipped down the West River to Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and the area is known as the "Tea Boat Ancient Route." Around the town are extensive highland tea gardens. You can visit tea factories and watch traditional processing steps, and taste aged Liubao tea in a farmer's home. The spring tea season from March to May is the best time to visit. Tea garden visits are generally free, while hands-on experiences require a reservation. It takes about one hour to drive from the Wuzhou city centre, and the mountain roads are very winding.
Opening hours
Open all day (tea factory about 08:30–17:30)
Nearby sights
- Baiyun Mountain (Wuzhou)
- Wuzhou Longmu Temple
- Wuzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- Wuzhou Qilou Arcade Town
- Wuzhou Museum
- Hebin Park & Former British Consulate
- Xijiang River & Yuanjiang Night Cruise
- Canghai National Wetland Park