4 Day: Yangshuo and Guilin Private Tour from Yangshuo (with Hotel Pickup)

Our driver/guide will sign your name and meet you at your Yangshuo hotel at 9:00am then transfer to Yangshuo Yulong river for the Yulong bamboo boat.

The Yulong river need 30 minutes driving from Yangshuo. The bamboo boat lasts for 60 minutes and will be 2 persons for each boat. The Yulong River, known as 'the Little Li River', is a tributary of the Li River. It starts in Northern Yangshuo County. Featuring the dramatic karst landscape, silky water, and ancient bridges, the river is a great place for bamboo rafting.

After the Yulong river bamboo boat, we will transfer to Xianggong hill and need 40 minutes driving. The Xianggong hill is the most beautiful mountain along the Li River, walk to the top of the mountain( 400 steps, 15 minutes), you can enjoy a bird-view of whole Li River.

Afterwards, take the private car to West street and can have a lunch there, you will enjoy a stroll through downtown Yangshuo with a roam down to the famous West Street.It is very famous at Yangshuo which is Hundreds of shops with many amazing variety of local crafts, antiques and souvenirs make this a shoppers’ paradise. Or you can just wander through the many alleyways or along the river, people-watching.

Our driver/guide will sign your name and meet you at your Yangshuo hotel at 9:00am then transfer to Yangshuo Silver cave

The cave need 40 minutes driving from Yangshuo and they offer the headset in English for you for the whole cave trip. The Silver Cave is located in Maling Town of Lipu County, about 85 kilometers (53 miles) south to the city center of Guilin and 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Yangshuo. It is the largest karst cave in Guilin and fully shows the charm of the typical karst landform in south China. Numerous crystal stalactites extend from the roof of the cave like stars in a falling Milky Way. They glitter like silver and diamonds under the colorful lights, giving the cave its name: Silver Cave. Because of the image attached to the name, there is a saying: “One will never be down and out as long as one reaches the Silver Cave”. The majestic, other-worldly features make the cave an outstanding example in the world of karst landscape.

To the south of the Big Banyan Tree in Gaotian Town, about 8km (five miles) away from Yangshuo County of Guilin, there is a natural masterpiece called the Moon Hill. On the hilltop is a round hole penetrating the hill from north to south, which resembles a bright moon, therefore, the hill is named Moon Hill. How was Moon Hill formed? Once as a limestone cave, it's actually one of the karst formations in this area. It is the last stop when you travelling along the picturesque 'Ten-Mile Gallery', the superb tourism section in Yangshuo County. In 1972, the former U.S. president Richard Nixon and his wife climbed the hill. Now, Moon Hill hike and rock climbing are popular among visitors.

At Xingping town, you can have a lunch there and also visit the old street and 20RMB view point, of course, you can have take the small boat visit the Li-River as well, but pay locally by cash. Once, in ancient times, Xingping Town was the largest town along the Li River, and is 63 km (39 miles) from Guilin and 25 km (15.5 miles) from Yangshuo, on the east bank of the river. The town is really a beautiful place, surrounded by enthralling scenery. Both Mural Hill and Yellow Cloth Shoal belong to this scenic area.

Our driver/guide will sign your name and meet you at your Yangshuo hotel at 9:00am then transfer to Guilin city center and need 1.5hrs driving.

First, we will stop at Daxu old town and we will stop one hour there. The Daxu town located in bank of Lijiang River, 28 Kilometers away from city, noted for its well preserved anceient buildings, worn bluestone streets and traditioanl culture. One of the most important markets in the area during the Ming Dynasty still thrives even today. Visitors can enjoy browsing stalls that sell a variety of goods of traditional handicrafts.

Next, go to the Yao mountain and can take chairlift up and toboggan down and we can spend one hour there. The Yaoshan is the highest mountain within Guilin City where you can overlooking kast landscape in Guilin City. After the visit the mountain, we can go to the Yao mountain tea plantation With a driving distance for about 3.5km from the entrance of Yao Mountain, there is a tea plantation operated by the most authoritative tea research base in Guangxi, where provides unique tea leaves picking, tea manufacturing and tasting experience. During this 1-1.5 hours' Chinese tea culture exploring journey there, the staff not only tell you the most professional skill of how to pick up and taste the tea, but also show you the detailed process of the tea making. Besides, there is also a special tea performance show prepared. Warm tip: It is not the right season for the tea leaves growing from November to March of next year, thus you cannot pick up leaves at the tea plantation during this period of time, but you can enjoy tea performance and taste tea during the whole year.

Afterwards, we will transfer to the Elephant hill which in the centra of Guilin City, is a hot attraction and landmark of Guilin. Beautiful natural views merged with valuable cultural landscape make it a fascinating place which makes tourists fascinated and longing for.