4-Day Essence of Guilin City Walking Tour
Overview
There is more to Guilin than the Li River although that is a "not to be missed" experience. Explore its heart, Fir Lake and Banyan Lake before seeing Chinese rural life as you hike along the river. You will get more than you expect.
Highlights
- Walking along the Banyan Lake and Cedar Lake
- Elephant Trunk Hill
- Reed Flute Cave
- Hiking from Yangdi to Xingping Town
Tour Details
Meet your guide at Guilin Liangjiang International Airport and drive to your hotel. You will receive our welcome kit and CH cell phone with at least 30 mins international call time. Check in the hotel and the rest day of the day is free to relax or explore the city.
- Meals: No Meals
- Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin
| Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel 
| Guilin Park Hotel 
Two Rivers And Four Lakes
After breakfast, walk around Fir Lake and Banyan Lake when you will discover the ancient waterways. The morning and evening is the time to see local retired people practicing Tai chi and folk dancing on the banks of the lakes. The Elephant Trunk Hill is located near Fir Lake on the Li River. The hill looks like an elephant sucking water and is the symbol of Guilin. Reed Flute Cave is a magic land of stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars and stone curtains. Lunch is at a local restaurant.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Popular local restaurants with authentic Guilin food
- Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin | Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel | Guilin Park Hotel
Hiking from Yangdi to Xingping
Li River Hiking is a popular way get up close to the real beauty of the Li River. Starting from Yangdi and hiking along the river bank to Xingping Town is 22 km and takes 6-7 hours. On the way pass small villages; graceful bamboo groves, and farmers tending rice paddies. Lumbering water buffaloes pulling carts or cooling off in the river are fascinating. During the trip you will cross the river at three times by ferry boat. Our driver will pick you up at Xingping Town and drive 40 minutes to Yangshuo. Stay overnight in Yangshuo. Lunch will be in a local famer's restaurant but it is clean and offers fresh food. Tips: 1.Take some snacks. 2.The countryside path may a little rough and muddy; wear a good waterproof hiking shoes.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Popular local restaurants with authentic Guilin food
- Hotels: Yangshuo Ancient Garden Boutique Hotel | Yangshuo Mountain Retreat | Yangshuo Village Inn
Yangshuo Countryside
Today will get an opportunity to more of the Chinese rural life. Your guide will arrange on an open-air electric cart to the rural area. The trip goes from Yangshuo to Yima/Aishan village (two options) about 20 minutes' drive from Yangshuo. The scenery is a treat. At Yima/Aishan Village spend about 10 minutes with a local family. The trip takes about 1 1/2 hours. Lunch is at local restaurant. Transfer to the airport after lunch and your guide will help you check in your flight. Finish your Guilin tour.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Popular local restaurants with authentic Guilin food
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
