4-Day Cycling beside the Li river and Yangshuo Countryside Tour

Overview

Guilin's attractions and cycling beside the "must-see" Li river are highlights of this tour. See the landscape in an environmentally friendly way.

Highlights

  • Cycling the eastern side of the Li River near Guilin
  • Daxu Ancient Town
  • Crown Cave
  • Li River Cruise
  • Yangshuo Countryside Cycling

Tour Details

Day 1Guilin Arrival

Our guide will pick you up at the airport when you arrive in Guilin and take you to your hotel.Dinner is not included. Our guide can give you some suggestions.

  • Meals: No Meals
  • Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin   |  Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel   |  Guilin Park Hotel 
Day 2Guilin
We are forward to the final destination

We are forward to the final destination

Today we have full day cycling along the Li River. This popular cycling route is about 30 km and takes about 4 hours. Our guide will pick you up at your hotel and leave the bustling city center. We ride along Mopan Hill Road which is near Li river and through the landscape for which Guilin is famous. The first stop is Daxu Ancient Town which has hundreds of years history. Lunch is at in a local restaurant near Daxu. After lunch, continue to Crown Cave. An elevator and small train and boats and a sightseeing roller coaster provide the transport through the cave. When finished at the cave, you will be taken back to your hotel by a private car/ van. Tip: 1. Wear suitable shoes and clothes. 2. Remember to bring water, sunscreen, sun-glasses, cap, etc. 3. May and Sep are the best times. May is the time when the crop are irrigated and September is harvest time. Spring and autumn provide the most pleasant the temperatures and the humidity is lower. 4. Our driver will drive the car/ van to escort you on the ride. If you are tired, you can ride in the car/ van.

  • 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
Yangshuo Countryside Biking

Yangshuo Countryside Biking

Our guide will pick you up at your hotel for the Li river Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. During the cruise, you'll see bamboo groves, farmers tending rice paddies, lumbering water buffaloes pulling carts or cooling off in the river. You also may see fishermen gliding along on their narrow bamboo rafts or famous fishing cormorants. Our guide will arrange bikes for you country side ride. 0 minutes on the bike will find you on the country roads, watching the beautiful paddy fields and orchards go bye. You can family visit during the ride to see the real country life style and talk to the local farmers. The ride lasts 1 1/2 to 2 hours. You will return to Guilin at the end of the day. Tip: 1. Li River Cruise- Boats depart from different wharves, according to the height of the river at different times of the year. 2. The lunch provided by the boat is quite simple so you may wish to bring some snacks.

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

Our guide will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you to the airport. Service ends.

  • 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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