Tourfeatures: This is an excellent short tour covering the most famous attractions of Guilin, Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Li River and Yangshuo. You will enjoy the enchanting Li River Cruise and really marvel at the magnificent scenes you visit that are renowned as "the most beautiful under heaven".
Day by Day Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival in Guilin (-, L, -)
Upon arrival Guilin, you will be met at Guilin Airport or Guilin Train Station by your tour guide and transferred to your hotel by the private car. Later start from the hotel to the Reed Flute Cave, which got its name by the reeds used for making flutes growing at its entrance. The cave is known as "the Palace of the Nature Arts" and regarded as the most impressive cave in Guilin city for the remarkable limestone formation with imaginative lighting. Then move on to the Elephant Trunk Hill, 50 meters' high, which is regarded as the symbol of Guilin city because of its natural beauty. Everyone can see easily that the whole rock looks like a giant elephant leisurely sipping water from the river with its long trunk.
Day 2: Li River Cruise (B, L, D)
Pick up from your hotel early in the morning. Then drive about half an hour to get to the Zhujiang Pier for a 4-hour' cruise on Li River, the highlight of sightseeing tour in Guilin with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the beautiful mountains, verdant fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Disembark in the old town Yangshuo, a county of Guilin, famous for its spectacular views of hills and rivers with famous bar streets. Drive back to the airport via Guilin.
Itinerary: B: Breakfast AB: American Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner SD: Special Dinner
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