5-Day Yangshuo Ancient Village Explorer Tours

Overview

Built in Jin Dynasty (265 – 420 A.D.), Yangshuo is famous for its natural landscape scenery. Visit ancient villages in the Yangshuo area to experience the rural life and the profusion of scenic hills and rivers.

Highlights

  • Reed Flute Cave
  • Elephant Trunk Hill
  • Seven Star Park (including the panda house)
  • Li River Cruise
  • Yangshuo Countryside Cycling
  • Fuli Village
  • liugong Village
  • Banboo boat ride from Fuli to Liugong Village

Tour Details

Day 1Guilin Arrival

Our guide and drive will meet you at airport and take you to the hotel. Rest or explore the downtown area by yourself for the rest of the day.

  • Meals: No Meals
  • Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin   |  Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel   |  Guilin Park Hotel 
Day 2Guilin
Elephant Trunk Hill

Elephant Trunk Hill

We will spend the day in Guilin. First we will visit Seven Star Park which takes its name from Seven Star Hill which consists of seven peaks which are said to resemble the star pattern of the Big Dipper constellation. Then we go to Elephant Trunk Hill which is a symbol of Guilin City. It looks like a huge elephant drinking water from the Li River with its trunk. Lunch at a local Restaurant. Followed by a visit to Reed Flute Cave. It gets the name from the reeds used for making flutes and pipes that grow at its entrance. Then we move on to Folded Brocade Hill. The 223 mt high Bright Moon Peak of the hill is not highest peak in Guilin but visitors get a bird views of Li River winding its way into the distance and the city.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Popular local restaurants with authentic Guilin food
  • Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin   |  Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel   |  Guilin Park Hotel 
Day 3Yangshuo

Today we will take a cruise along Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo. There's something interesting to see at almost every bend in the river. Paint Brush Peak has a pointed tip like a giant Chinese writing brush. Nine Horses Mural Hill is right on the bank of the river. People say that the more horse people can see, the smarter you are.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Hotels: Yangshuo Ancient Garden Boutique Hotel    |  Yangshuo Mountain Retreat   |  Yangshuo Village Inn 
Day 4Yangshuo
Liugong Village

Liugong Village

Today we will visit some villages in Yangshuo County. First we are driving to Fuli Town, which has a 800 year history. The town has many old houses which people can walk into and see the simple lives of the local people that live there. And then we will go to Liugong Village by bamboo boat from Fuli Village. Liugong Village was a market center during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are well-preserved houses from that time. Wonder around cobbled streets in the village. After the visit, we head back to Fuli village on the same boat. After have a lunch at local restaurant, we go biking in countryside alongside the paddy field and orchards that surround the famous mountains. It gives a fascinating insight into life in rural China. You will a family during the ride. It is an opportunity to see a real country life and talk to the local famers.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Popular local restaurants with authentic Yangshuo food
  • Hotels: Yangshuo Ancient Garden Boutique Hotel    |  Yangshuo Mountain Retreat   |  Yangshuo Village Inn 
Day 5Guilin Departure

Our guide and driver will take you to airport for the flight to your next destination.

  • Meals: Breakfast

What's Included & Excluded

What's Included

  • Entrance Fees to the Scenic Spots as Listed in the Itinerary
  • Centrally Located Hotels with Daily Western & Chinese Buffet Breakfasts
  • Meals in Local Restaurant as Mentioned in the Itinerary
  • Private Cars and Drivers
  • Private Guides
  • Service Charge & Government Taxes
  • Insurance
  • Luggage Transfers

What's Not Included

  • International Airfare or Train Tickets Toenter or Leave China
  • Domestic transportation
  • China Entry Visa Fees
  • Excess Baggage Charges
  • Personal Expenses
  • Single Room Supplement

Good to Know

  • This is a private tour. The local private English-speaking guide and the private car will serve your own group only.
  • When on the tour, your tour guide and the driver can shorten or lengthen your time as your energy levels permitted.
  • Once you make an inquiry, you will get the specific reply from one of our travel advisors within 24 hours without service fee.
  • You can ask the travel advisor to tailor-make your own Guilin or even China trip based on this itinerary.
  • We can also arrange tours in other Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an and add them to this itinerary.
  • You will stop at a shop but absolutely no forced shopping.

Itinerary Plus

Xianggong Mountain

Xianggong Mountain

Located at the bend of Li River, famed as the best place to frame with the Karsts mountain scene, the 20 minutes’ walk up to the highest point by stone steps, a picture of mesmerizing landscape will be vivid appear in front of you. This off-the beaten trial is highly recommended by local professional photographer, if your physical permit, why not go up to capture the best moments.

Yao Lady’s Family

A Local Yao Lady’s Family Visit

Oil tea, Chinese name it Youcha, is a feature food of Yao Minority in Guilin, and now popular among locals, it can remove the body moisture and good for prevent rheumatism in the humid mountain area, on the way up to the terrace field, our guide will take you to visit a local Yao lady’s family, she will show us how to make oil tea and treat us lunch there.

Yangshuo Chinese Cookery Class

Yangshuo Chinese Cookery Class

This class begins at the local market where ingredients for the dishes are chosen by students. Back at a covered, rooftop patio-classroom, you have an opportunity to learn three dishes and enjoy the fruits of your labor. You can choose other favorite dishes at the lunch.

Daxu Ancient Town

Explore Daxu Ancient Town with Local Scholar

Daxu ancient town, which has been a glory trade market in the past decade, it owns the biggest water transportation hub in Guilin. We invited a local scholar to show you around, give a brief lecture of the interesting story behind the town, visit the last and the only Chinese traditional pharmacy in town that still using traditional way for treatment! Also you get a chance to visit one of the local families and talk to the locals.

Helicopter Flight on Li River

Helicopter Flight on Li River

You will catch a bird’s eye view of karsts formation scenery along Li River by taking a helicopter flight; you have 4 flight route options base on your interest, just ask your travel consultants.

Yangshuo Biking

Photography on Li River Sunset and Local Fisherman

This tour deserve to the photographer, for sunset on Li River with karsts mountain as background, a local fisherman seating on his bamboo boat with his cormorant birds, which are the fisherman’s pet and good at catching fish in the river. The fisherman will show naturally pose with different postures. Your guide will help you to get the best composition of photos as possible.

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