2-Day Private Tour: Guilin City Highlights and Li River Cruise to Yangshuo

2-Day Private Tour: Guilin City Highlights and Li River Cruise to Yangshuo

By Unique Beijing Tours

Free cancellation available

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Features

Free cancellation available
2d
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

Discover the beauty of Guilin by designing your own itinerary on this 2 day private tour. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, customise your tour according to your interests. Choose to visit some of the city’s highlights: Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Fubo Hill, and finish in the lovely Seven Star Parks. Next day, cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo to experience the timeless landscapes on a leisurely boat ride. With commentary from your private tour guide, admiring the stunning karst peaks, have lunch on board the boat, stroll around the West Street, experience the Ten-Mile Gallery which is a fairyland on earth. Choose to visit Butterfly Spring Park, Big Banyan Tree, Assembling Dragon Cave or Moon Hill along the way. Tour including English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, lunch, cruise ticket and travel by private vehicle with door to door transfer. You can choose to end your tour in Yangshuo or return Guilin.

Activity location

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
- Within Xiangbishan Park, Xiangshan District
- 541004, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
- Within Xiangbishan Park, Xiangshan District
- 541004, Guilin, Guangxi, China

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3 Star Cruise-End Yangshuo

2d
English

Day 1:Customised Guilin City Tour
Day 2: Pick up time:8:00am, 3 star cruise down to Yangshuo, ends in Yangshuo
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

CA $791.14 x 1 AdultCA $791.14

Total

Until Sat, 4 May

3 Star Cruise-End Guilin

2d
English

Day 1:Customised Guilin City Tour
Day 2: Pick up time:8:00am, 3 star cruise down to Yangshuo, ends in Guilin
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

CA $828.00 x 1 AdultCA $828.00

Total

Until Sat, 4 May

4 Star Cruise+End Yangshuo

2d
English

Day 1:Customised Guilin City Tour
Day 2: Pick up time:8:00am, 4 star cruise down to Yangshuo, ends in Yangshuo
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

CA $822.32 x 1 AdultCA $822.32

Total

Until Sat, 4 May

4 Star Cruise+End Guilin

2d
English

Day 1:Customised Guilin City Tour
Day 2: Pick up time:8:00am, 4 star cruise down to Yangshuo, ends in Guilin
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

CA $859.19 x 1 AdultCA $859.19

Total

Until Sat, 4 May

What's included, what's not

Cruise Ticket
Hotel pickup and drop-off
English-speaking guide
Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance Fee
Accommodation
Service charge to tour guide and driver(recommended)

Know before you book

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Guilin Customised City Highlights(L)

7 stops
Meals: lunch
Accommodation: Not included

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)

2h
Admission ticket included

Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Guilin hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, embark upon your customised tour of the city's sights. Discuss the historical highlights and attractions you wish to see with your knowledgeable guide who will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Then, set off and explore. Typically, you will start with the Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk Hill is the landmark of Guilin. It has been a famous tourism destination since the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). The hill looks like a giant elephant drinking water from the river.

Xiangbi Moutain Puxian Tower

30m
Admission ticket included

Enjoy a vigorous walk to the top, visit the the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) Puxian Tower which was built to worship Samantabahdra. Get to learn its history from your tour guide, then enjoy the panoramic views of the city, Li River and surrounding scenery.

Yunfeng Temple

30m
Admission ticket included

Continue to Yunfeng Temple-one of the famous ancient temples of Guilin. Which was the dwelling place of Monk Jianzhen, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, crossing over to Japan six times to spread Buddhist doctrines and help regularize monks' behaviour. Stroll around the temple and the exhibition gallery on the second floor.

Fubo Hill

1h
Admission ticket included

Continue to Guilin Fubo hill. Fubo Hill stands next to the Li River and rises abruptly out of the surrounding landscape, it is famous for both natural beauty and historic art. Follow your tour guide to explore etchings of Buddha dating back to the Song and Tang Dynasties (618 - 1279) at Thousand-Buddha Cave and Pearl-Returning Cave. Admire the Sword-Testing Rock and get to know the legendary stories behind it.

Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)

2h
Admission ticket included

Afterwards, heading to Reed Flute Cave. Over millions of years, dripping water has eroded the cave to create a special world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations. Explore important spots in the attraction such as :Tower-shaped Pine,Crystal Palace etc. Despite the fantastic natural scenery inside Reed Flute Cave, there are many writings on the wall. There are 77 travelogues and poems left, which are derived from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Then, enjoy lunch in the local restaurant.

Seven Star Park (Qixing Gongyuan)

1h
Admission ticket included

In the afternoon, you will stroll around the Seven Stars Park. The Seven Stars Park is endowed with elegant mountains, clear water, miraculous stone forest, deep and serene valleys, plentiful animals and plants and valued cultural relics. It has been popular since the Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) Dynasties. Crosse the Flower Bridge which was built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), and it is the oldest bridge in Guilin.

Putuo Mountain

1h
Admission ticket included

Explore the Putuo Mountain, where Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is worshiped, it abounds with caves and pavilions. On the top of the mountain, there are Putuo Stone Forest, Xuanwu Pavilion and Zhaixing Pavilion. In addition, there are numerous valuable tablets on the mountain. You can choose how far you want to go. After the tour finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Guilin.

Day 2: Guilin-Yangshuo (L)

8 stops
Meals: lunch
Accommodation: Not included

Li River

1h
Admission ticket included

Your private English-speaking guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel's lobby at 8:00am and you will be transferred to Zhujiang Pier, where you will embark and start the boat cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo County. The Li River Cruise is considered as the highlight of any visit to Guilin.

Gui Lin Zhujiang pier

1h

Along the river, enjoy breathtaking views of peaks and pinnacles, crystal-clear water and picturesque pastoral countryside scenery. The river generally has three sections. Various attractions like peaks and villages along the river have interesting descriptive names, which calls for much of your imagination to see what it is like. Listening to tour guide's legendary stories about the attractions is a delightful experience when you are appreciating the landscapes. Most are mystical fairy and love stories. The cruise usually takes around 3.5 to 4 hours, depends on water condition.

Xingping Fishing Village

1h

Li River takes a big turn at Xingping and endowed with beautiful and poetic scenery. It has been reproduced in many Chinese landscape paintings. Even the newly-issued 20 RMB note has the scenery on its back. A photographer once said: 'Shots from any perspective for this place turn to be impressive and stunning'. You will enjoy a simple lunch on the boat.

West Street

1h

Arrive Yangshuo at 1:30 pm, stroll around West Street with your tour guide, explore various shops, craft-works shops, painting and calligraphy stores, backpack shops, cafes, your tour guide will help you to negotiate price if you want to purchase any souvenir.

Shili hualang

2h

In the afternoon, you will explore the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo. Sauntering down a country road makes you feel like you are travelling in a painting. This is true of the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo County, a fairyland on earth. As the name implies, Ten-Mile Gallery is a picturesque road stretching from the Yangshuo town area to Moon Hill, endowed with rolling hills, endless fields, idyllic villages and clear rivers on both sides.

Butterfly Spring Park

1h
Admission ticket included

Along Ten-Mile Gallery, there are few famous sites you should no miss, such as Butterfly Spring Park. In the park, peculiar peaks, grotesque rocks, magnificent waterfalls, and bubbling springs can be found everywhere. A winding path meanders to the sightseeing terrace where you can enjoy a bird’s eye view of Ten-Mile Gallery.

Big Banyan Tree

1h
Admission ticket included

As the journey of Ten-Mile Gallery goes on, you will encounter a Big Banyan Tree, which is more than 1,400 years old. Follow your tour guide to stroll around, get to know the love storey about Liusanjie, and see how new lovers come here to make wishes for their future.

Moon Hill

Your last stop is Moon Hill, let your tour guide know if you want to stop to take photos. After the tour, you can choose to end your tour in Yangshuo or return Guilin.

Location

Activity location

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
- Within Xiangbishan Park, Xiangshan District
- 541004, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
- Within Xiangbishan Park, Xiangshan District
- 541004, Guilin, Guangxi, China

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