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Li River Cruise: Scenic Journey from Guilin to Yangshuo
4.9
29 Ratings
Guilin
Enjoy a tranquil voyage along the scenic Li River, from Guilin to Yangshuo. Once you reach Yangshuo in the afternoon, you’ll have the opportunity to independently explore the vibrant local market and West Street. Your full-day guided tour includes hotel pickup, drop-off, and a Chinese lunch served on board.
Enjoy a tranquil voyage along the scenic Li River, from Guilin to Yangshuo. Once you reach Yangshuo in the afternoon, you’ll have the opportunity to independently explore the vibrant local market and West Street. Your full-day guided tour includes hotel pickup, drop-off, and a Chinese lunch served on board.
Duration:
8 hours, 50 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Guilin - At about 8am, We’ll pick you up at your hotel lobby. It takes about 50 minutes drive to the Guilin Zhujiang Pier (for 4 star deluxe boat) or Mopanshan Pier (for 3 star standard boat) to start today’s highlights, amazing Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. To maximize your experience, we’d like to recommend a 4-star Deluxe Cruise (the…
- Guilin - At about 8am, We’ll pick you up at your hotel lobby. It takes about 50 minutes drive to the Guilin Zhujiang Pier (for 4 star deluxe boat) or Mopanshan Pier (for 3 star standard boat) to start today’s highlights, amazing Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. To maximize your experience, we’d like to recommend a 4-star Deluxe Cruise (the highest level boat in Lijiang), with comfortable facilities and buffet lunch to ensure you have the best experience of the river’s charm.
- Li River - The whole Li river cruise takes about 4 hours and reaches Yangshuo at 13:20pm. With the soft breeze, you will encounter the marvelous scene of the Nine-Horse Fresco, famous lively image on back of the 20 RMB note at the Yellow Cloth Shoal, idyllic sightseeing of grassland, farmland, etc., and countless strange hills and stones in diverse interesting looks, such as Chinese brush, crown, figure, goat’s hoof, and so forth. Staggering limestone formations are scattered along the riverbanks and the scenery changes from a cityscape to rural tranquility as you approach Yangshuo.
- West Street - Visiting West Street, travelers will be surrounded by an array of traditional folk and amazing international elements. Various shops, craftworks shops, painting and calligraphy stores, backpack shops, cafes, and Chinese Kung Fu academies jostle for attention; travelers will be amazed by a multitude of items, from embroidered silk cloth, wax-painted weaving, to embroidered shoes for women.
- Yangshuo County - Your guide will prepare bike for you and take you to experiece the most classical biking route with ancient village visiting. It’ll give you a close experience of the local life both in Yangshuo County and in the ancient villages along the Yulong River. You can also have a chance to admire the bucolic scenery, buffaloes, and marvelous karst hills and rivers.
If you prefer to stay in Yangshuo, simply let you guide know in advance and you will be provided with directions to your accommodation.
- Guilin - After a wonderful day in Yangshuo, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Guilin. It takes about 1.5 hours for transportation. Just take a nap and relax in your comfortable private vehicle.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Guilin
- Li River Cruise Ticket (Deluxe/Standard boat)
- Buffet Lunch on Deluxe Boat
- Bicycle rental
- Chinese-style simple set lunch on Standard Boat
- Private air conditioned vehicle & professional tour guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Guilin
- Li River Cruise Ticket (Deluxe/Standard boat)
- Buffet Lunch on Deluxe Boat
- Bicycle rental
- Chinese-style simple set lunch on Standard Boat
- Private air conditioned vehicle & professional tour guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Please bring your passport when on the tour.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
- Please bring your passport when on the tour.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
Location
Guilin
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(29 Ratings)
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Sebastiao_m
Nov 12, 2024
Great guide (Sarah), very... - Great guide (Sarah), very welcome a friendly. Great boat trip. The lunch on the boat wasn't great. The bycicle/scotter route after is definitely a must-do while in Guillin, one of our best trips in China and a great insight into the rural china.
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Jelmer_k
Nov 4, 2024
Recommend - great guide and overall tour - Well organised, good English speaking guide (frank) with lots of knowledge to share, helpful and funny. The private guide allowed us to tweak the itenary (skip cycling, visit some old villages by car and extend the tour so we could join the show)
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Simona_a
Aug 11, 2024
Very nice - Stephen was a great guide, professional and nice. He explained a lot of interesting things and we had such a good time!
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Teeyong_n
Jul 28, 2024
Great tour. Great tour guide. - The tour was amazing. The scenery was breathtaking. Guilin definitely lives up to its reputation as one of the most beautiful places on Earth. We took many memorable photos of mountains, rivers, villages, etc. Gary (or Wei Li) from China Highlights was a fantastic tour guide. He was fluent in both English and Chinese. He put in a lot of effort to share with us his cultural knowledge of the different places as our cruise boat travelled along Li River. He brought us to many wonderful places in Yang Shuo. In particular, he showed us many traditional buildings as he led us through the small streets of well-preserved old villages.
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Amber_l
May 2, 2024
Great tour - We really loved the whole tour. But to scooter around the countryside was truely memorable! Our guide was very fun too
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Davidy2735
Jul 27, 2018
2 day visit to Guilin and Yangshuo with Frank - One of the highlights of our 5 sites visit in China was definitely Guilin/Yangshuo. The Li river cruise is unique and relaxing, and the bike visit through Yangshuo farmland and a >400 year old farm home is such a peaceful, tranquil and educational experience. And we couldn't have asked for a more knowledgeable, thoughtful and helpful guide than Frank. And his English was excellent! Our tour advisor Robert Hui of China Highlights has made our 11 day, 5 sites China tour completely worry free and totally enjoyable. Only if China Highlights could have lowered the 100 plus daily temperature in Beijing, ours would have been a perfect tour!
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Kaitlyn
Jul 25, 2018
Li River, Yangshuo, and Longii Terraces with Guide Frank - We had the most AMAZING time in Guilin.The Li River cruise was unforgettable and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But what really made our trip exceptional was our guide, Frank. He was knowledgeable about everything and gave a great tour. At the same time, he knew when we wanted to just wander around and spend times on our own and didn't hover. Frank also was proactive about taking pictures of us and sending them to us later, which we are very grateful for! When we wanted authentic souvenirs - beautiful landscape paintings and embroidered art - he took us to local shops where we were able to purchase unique pieces.
Lastly, Frank saved us in Guilin when we accidentally boarded our flight without our bag. Frank went above and beyond to contact security, lost and found, and the airport police to track down our bag. He then was able to ship it to us at our next hotel in Beijing. We could not have gotten our bag back without him and are SO GRATEFUL for everything he did for us. He is truly an exceptional guide.
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Ksoriley
Jul 13, 2018
Guilin, Yangshuo Paradise on Earth - I recently spent 3 1/2 days (June 25-June 28, 2018) exploring Guilin and Yangshuo with my son (21), daughter (25), daughter's boyfriend (25). Our trip was planned with Lily from China Highlights and our guide for our stay in Guilin was Lele. Lele started as our guide but quickly became our friend; he is professional, attentive, patient and funny. He went above and beyond to make sure our adventures were enjoyable; he helped us order food, gave us tips on how to bargain and when not to bargain, shared his vast knowledge of history, and was truly a joy to be around.
On our first day in Guilin we visited Reed Flute Cave and Elephant Trunk Hill, we found both enjoyable. We visited Daxu town and it was like a walk back in time. Lele has friends everywhere and he introduced us to a lovely man who welcomed us into his home, showed us how to grind soy, and told us a story about how the Americans were kind and dropped food during the War. It was an experience that I will always treasure and be grateful for.
On our second day we were escorted by Lele to Longsheng Rice Terraced Field and hiked up to the top of the terraces through the villages and had a delicious lunch at Longji Ping'an Restaurant. This experience was surely one of the highlights of our entire China trip and should not be missed.
Day three found us on the Li River Cruise to Yangshuo with Lele as our guide. The boat was lovely, lunch was good, and the scenery is breathtaking. This was a relaxing, enjoyable cruise. West Street is Yangshuo is fun and after a quick walk through we headed to rent bikes to take a tour through the country. My children absolutely loved this bike ride and Lele made sure I was able to enjoy it with them - many thanks.
On day four we spent the morning shopping on West Street and enjoyed our final lunch with Lele.
While we were in Guilin we stayed at the Shangri La Hotel and in Yangshuo we stayed at the Banyan Tree. Both were lovely, but the Banyon Tree was possibly our favorite hotel in China due to its location, pool, amenities. Our only regret is that is we did not have one more day to enjoy all the BT had to offer.
We are grateful to Lele for his impeccable service, his attention to detail, his patience, and most of all for making us feel at home in his beautiful country.
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Jethroa780
Jan 7, 2020
Awesome guide - Very interesting tour and one you cannot miss when in Guillin. Our tour guide Yang and the driver picked us up from the hotel and after a one hour ride we arrived to the river where you'll find the boats ready for departure. weather was not ideal so we had to stay inside the boat a lot of the time. nonetheless our guide was very keen to converse with us and keep us entertained all the way through. She advised us every time to get on the upper deck of the boat when an interesting area was coming up. Food on the boat was good (not great). Yangshuo is also worth visiting although I would have loved to spend at least 3 hours there. We only had about an hour or so. Thumbs up for boat Yang and the driver. We booked tour from here. I suggest checking other sites cause I believe we could have gotten a better deal.
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Tonyc104
Oct 3, 2019
A lovely way to get to Yangshuo - If you are visiting Guilin part of your trip will no doubt include a visit to Yangshuo with a Li river cruise the best way to get one way ( with a coach back; I wouldn’t recommend both ways by boat). I believe this goes daily with plenty of boats undertaking the journey. It takes about 4 hours and is a pleasant leisurely way to take the trip, see the views and enjoy the Chinese countryside.
The boat provides commentary at the key points ( in Chinese and English) to make sure you don’t miss the main views. I would suggest you take a packed lunch to enjoy as your boat winds it’s way down the Li.
Seating is very comfortable which allows good views from your seat although you can also enjoy the river from the top deck which gives you a 360 degree vista.
Enjoy
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