Upon your arrival in Guilin, your local guide will meet you and escort you to the hotel at downtown of Guilin. Free leisure on Zhengyang pedestrian street or an evening walk around Rongshan Lakes for the rest of day. (If you arrive before afternoon, a optional visit to Tea Plantation at the foot of Yao Mountain. )
After breakfast at your hotel, your local guide will meet you and you will be driven to Reed Flute Cave. The cave has many bizarre stalagmites and stalactites make visitors feel like they have stepped into another world. You will then be driven to Elephant Trunk Hill, the symbol of Guilin, which offers commanding views of Guilin City and the Li River.
In the afternoon, you continue ahead to Daxu Ancient Town, where are cobbled streets, stone bridges, and ancient buildings. Picking strawberries is the most popualr activity in spring there.
Morning drive to the pier for a wonderful cruise along the Li River down to Yangshuo (3.5-5hrs). A simple buffet lunch is served but this does not meet our service standards, therefore we advise customers to have a large breakfast at their hotel. Upon arrival in Yangshuo, you're to do some free exploration in the town and the West Street. Li River Beer Fish is recommended for your dinner. After dinner, enjoy a wonderful ethnic show on the Li River - Impression Liu Sanjie.
Free-time relax options in Yangshuo:
It is flexible and convenient to add the interesting activities to enrich your experiences, such as learning Taichi, Chinese painting, Chinese cooking and enjoy bamboo rafting, kayaking, rock climbing and so on. Just ask your travel advisor, and let us do the rest.
There are three options for morning enjoyment: Enjoy a countryside biking, a bamboo rafting on the Yulong River and a helicopter tour over Yangshuo.
An afternoon drive (about 2.5 hours) from Yanghuo to Longji Rice Terraces. And then you will enjoy the dusk/sunset view of rice terraces around Zhuang and Yao minority villages. The terraces look like ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of some hills. The villages feature traditional wooden architecture where no nails are used in construction. The different ethnic minority customs and dress are especially interesting. Stay overnight at Ping'an Zhuang Village for real ethnic exeperience.
Get up early for sunrise view of Longji Rice Terraces around Ping'an Zhuang Village. After breakfast, you will pay a visit to Huangluo Yao Village to meet long-hair Yao wowen and watch the ethnic performance. Then drive back to Guilin for departure flight in the afternoon.
