5-Days Guilin Tour: Visit Yangshuo Xianggong Hill, Longji Rice Terraces and More

Experience the best of Guilin in just 5 days! Explore Yangshuo Xianggong Hill, Longji Rice Terraces, and more on this private tour. Book now!

Duration: 5 days
Cancellation: 3 days learn more
Highlights

Arrival to Guilin–Airport/train station pick up & Hotel transfer. Stay at Yangshuo.

Guilin - Upon your flight landing, our local driver will wait you by holding a welcome board with your name and transfer to your Yangshuo hotel(Driver only, no guide). The rest day is free for you.

Yangshuo Yulong bamboo boat & Xianggong hill & West street & Liusanjie show. Stay at Yangshuo

Yangshuo County - Our driver/guide will sign your name and meet you at your Yangshuo hotel at 9:00am then transfer to Yangshuo Yulong river for the Yulong bamboo boat.

Yulong River - The Yulong river need 30 minutes driving from Yangshuo. The bamboo boat lasts for 60 minutes and will be 2 persons for each boat.
The Yulong River, known as ‘the Little Li River’, is a tributary of the Li River. It starts in Northern Yangshuo County. Featuring the dramatic karst landscape, silky water, and ancient bridges, the river is a great place for bamboo rafting.

Xianggong Mountain - After the Yulong river bamboo boat, we will transfer to Xianggong hill and need 40 minutes driving.
The Xianggong hill is the most beautiful mountain along the Li River, walk to the top of the mountain( 400 steps, 15 minutes), you can enjoy a bird-view of whole Li River.

West Street - Afterwards, take the private car to West street and can have a lunch there, you will enjoy a stroll through downtown Yangshuo with a roam down to the famous West Street.It is very famous at Yangshuo which is Hundreds of shops with many amazing variety of local crafts, antiques and souvenirs make this a shoppers’ paradise. Or you can just wander through the many alleyways or along the river, people-watching.

Impression Sanjie Liu - Our guide will meet you at 18:30pm of the Yangshuo west street area then head to the show. The light show lasts for 70 mins(19:30–20:40pm) and we back to the Guilin hotel around 22:30pm(21:00–22:30).
Here is the info of the show:
The show of Impression Liu Sanjie can be regarded as one highlight of Yangshuo It is a night show which you’ve never seen. This is a virtual scenery performance. The largest difference from other shows is the water & hill scenery theater. It uses the waters of Li River as the stage, 12 hills as background. With the vast sky, it consists of the largest virtual scenery theatre in the world. As it is an outdoor theater and the scenes of show are combined with the natural sightseeing, tourist will find the show different season from season and day from day depending on changeable weather condition.

Yangshuo Silver cave & Fuli old town & Xingping old town. Stay at Yangshuo

Yangshuo County - Our driver/guide will sign your name and meet you at your Yangshuo hotel at 9:00am then transfer to Yangshuo Silver cave

Silver Cave - The cave need 40 minutes driving from Yangshuo and they offer the headset in English for you for the whole cave trip.
The Silver Cave is located in Maling Town of Lipu County, about 85 kilometers (53 miles) south to the city center of Guilin and 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Yangshuo. It is the largest karst cave in Guilin and fully shows the charm of the typical karst landform in south China. Numerous crystal stalactites extend from the roof of the cave like stars in a falling Milky Way. They glitter like silver and diamonds under the colorful lights, giving the cave its name: Silver Cave. Because of the image attached to the name, there is a saying: “One will never be down and out as long as one reaches the Silver Cave”. The majestic, other-worldly features make the cave an outstanding example in the world of karst landscape.

Moon Hill - To the south of the Big Banyan Tree in Gaotian Town, about 8km (five miles) away from Yangshuo County of Guilin, there is a natural masterpiece called the Moon Hill. On the hilltop is a round hole penetrating the hill from north to south, which resembles a bright moon, therefore, the hill is named Moon Hill. How was Moon Hill formed? Once as a limestone cave, it’s actually one of the karst formations in this area. It is the last stop when you travelling along the picturesque ‘Ten-Mile Gallery’, the superb tourism section in Yangshuo County. In 1972, the former U.S. president Richard Nixon and his wife climbed the hill. Now, Moon Hill hike and rock climbing are popular among visitors.

Xingping Town - At Xingping town, you can have a lunch there and also visit the old street and 20RMB view point, of course, you can have take the small boat visit the Li-River as well, but pay locally by cash.
Once, in ancient times, Xingping Town was the largest town along the Li River, and is 63 km (39 miles) from Guilin and 25 km (15.5 miles) from Yangshuo, on the east bank of the river. The town is really a beautiful place, surrounded by enthralling scenery. Both Mural Hill and Yellow Cloth Shoal belong to this scenic area.

Fuli Ancient Town - Next, got to the Fuli town, at there we can see the old streets and paintings and fans and water buffalo.
The town located about eight kilometers east of Yangshuo County, is a quiet old town with a history of 800 years, and particularly known as the artistic town of the area with its typical colorful fans and scroll paintings. Along the cobbled alleyways that connect the center you will find plenty of small factories making painted paper fans. Watch the intricate paper fans being made and hand painted in this sleepy old town set on the banks of the Li River. It is a town with two faces. On one side is the new town which is developed rapidly along the main road, the other side is the old town center located on the bank of the Li River. The old town still has nearly all of its old houses which you can peek into and see the simple lives of the local people.

Guilin City Tour. Stay at Yangshuo

Yangshuo County - Our driver/guide will sign your name and meet you at your Yangshuo hotel at 9:00am then transfer to Guilin city center and need 1.5hrs driving.

Daxu Old Town - First, we will stop at Daxu old town and we will stop one hour there. The Daxu town located in bank of Lijiang River, 28 Kilometers away from city, noted for its well preserved anceient buildings, worn bluestone streets and traditioanl culture. One of the most important markets in the area during the Ming Dynasty still thrives even today. Visitors can enjoy browsing stalls that sell a variety of goods of traditional handicrafts.

Guilin Yaoshan Mountain Scenic Resort - Next, go to the Yao mountain and can take chairlift up and toboggan down and we can spend one hour there.
The Yaoshan is the highest mountain within Guilin City where you can overlooking kast landscape in Guilin City.
After the visit the mountain, we can go to the Yao mountain tea plantation With a driving distance for about 3.5km from the entrance of Yao Mountain, there is a tea plantation operated by the most authoritative tea research base in Guangxi, where provides unique tea leaves picking, tea manufacturing and tasting experience. During this 1-1.5 hours’ Chinese tea culture exploring journey there, the staff not only tell you the most professional skill of how to pick up and taste the tea, but also show you the detailed process of the tea making. Besides, there is also a special tea performance show prepared.

Warm tip: It is not the right season for the tea leaves growing from November to March of next year, thus you cannot pick up leaves at the tea plantation during this period of time, but you can enjoy tea performance and taste tea during the whole year.

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan) - Afterwards, we will transfer to the Elephant hill which in the centra of Guilin City, is a hot attraction and landmark of Guilin. Beautiful natural views merged with valuable cultural landscape make it a fascinating place which makes tourists fascinated and longing for.

Sun and Moon Pagodas - You can have a lunch at Zhengyang walking street and walking around the Sun and Moon pagodas and lakes area. After that, we can back to Yangshuo hotel or drop off at the hotel in Guilin or Guilin train station/airport.

Longji Rice Terraces Day Tour & Drop off at the Yangshuo/Guilin hotel/airport/train station

Yangshuo County - Your private driver and personal guide will collect you from your hotel in Yangshuo and need around 2hrs driving via the highway, 150KM.

Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces - We will arrive in Longji tickets office first and we will stop there for 15 minutes to purchse the ticket then use the car again to the Ping’an or Dazhai village.

Ping’an Village - Your first stop is the ‘Long Hair Village’, Huangluo, where the Yao women grow their hair to spectacular lengths – some as long as 6.6 feet (2 meters)! Learn about Yao lifestyles here, before you journey up to Ping’an Village, set among the dazzling rice terraces of Longji, and still home to traditional wooden houses, where Zhuang and Yao minorities tend their fields as they have for centuries.

Enjoy a traditional lunch in Ping’an (own expense) before your guide leads you through the rice terraces, telling the story of how these stunning landscapes were created over many centuries as the locals carved fields out of the vertiginous slopes of Longji. Soak up the lush scenery and relaxing atmosphere as you capture timeless shots.

If you’re returning to Guilin, you’ll generally leave around 3:30pm (if you’re staying in Yangshuo, you’ll leave at 4:30pm), arriving back at your destination around 5:30pm.

What's Included
  • The private car & private guide
  • The entrance tickets
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • The meals and hotel
Additional Information

Visit highlights of Guilin including Guilin airport/train station pick up, Yangshuo Xianggong hill, Yulong bamboo boat, Liusanjie show, Silver cave and Xingping old town,Daxu old town,Yao mountain, Elephant hill and Longji Rice Terraces with this 5 days private tour from Yangshuo hotel.
You will be picked up from your Guilin airport/Yangshuo hotel and dropped off at the Guilin/Yangshuo hotel/airport/train station.

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 4 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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