Essence of Guilin Tour - 3 Days
From: US$450 p/p

Your private guide will be ready to meet and greet you at the arrivals hall. A comfortable private car (no-smoking) with an experienced driver will transfer you directly to your hotel, where your guide will help you to check-in.

After breakfast your private guide and driver will transfer you to the wharf. Your guide will board the Li River cruise together with you. The scenery along the Li River is very beautiful. Among the spectacular limestone peaks you'll see green bamboo groves and lumbering water buffaloes pulling carts or cooling off in the river. You may see local fishermen gliding along on their narrow bamboo rafts, and if you're very lucky you might see one of the famous fishing cormorants.

A Chinese buffet lunch is served on board. You will take the most comfortable 4-star Li River cruise boat.

Upon your arrival in Yangshuo, we will take you by local vehicle to the countryside road to start your biking experience. Yangshuo's countryside is known for its idyllic scenery, oddly-shaped hills thrusting to the sky and leisurely local farming life. Visiting Yangshuo's countryside provides a great opportunity to get close to nature. While you enjoy your time with nature, you will also have an opportunity to learn about local life by visiting a local farmer’s old house on the way.

After your Yangshuo tour, your private car and tour guide will transfer you back to your hotel in Guilin.

For the classic sights, first see the symbol of Guilin, Elephant Trunk Hill. It’s so named because its shape resembles an elephant drinking from the Li River. The hill is pierced with many caves and topped with a charming pagoda. It has attracted visitors for over a millennia. After a visit to Elephant Trunk Hill, we will go a short distance up the Li River to visit a partially submerged hill, Fubo Hill. It's named after a revered Han Dynasty general (Ma Yuan, 14 BC – 49 AD), who shared a title with the marquis who constructed its hill temple in the Tang Dynasty (618–907). The site gives a unique insight into the history of Guilin, and the 350 steps give you a great bird's eye view of the city.

Lunch is arranged at a popular local restaurant. Your tour guide will help you order dishes.

Your final stop is Reed Flute Cave , the largest and most impressive cave in Guilin. Named after reeds growing around the cave entrance, the cave has attracted visitors for a thousand years. Inside, you will see the magnificent rock formations.

As your journey concludes, we will transport you to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport for your flight to your next destination. Your tour guide will help you check in and accompany you as far as the security check.