Day 1 Start with a pick-up from your hotel in downtown Guilin. Then, you will be transferred to Longsheng by hotel shuttle bus. After a 3-hour drive, you will arrive at Jinkeng and start a 3-hour hiking tour escorted by hotel staff from Hotel Quanjinglou, a hotel located on the highest point of Longsheng Rice Terraces, and is the best available hotel in the area of Jinkeng. This area is filled with hills known for its amazing rice terraces with a history going back more than 700 years. The best time to visit Longsheng Rice Terraces is during spring, when the rice paddies are watering for the planting season. Alternatively, October is another good time to visit during the harvest.  Day 2 After breakfast, you will walk for 2-hours, from the hotel to the bus terminal, through large areas of rice terraces and 2 villages: Dazhai and Tiantou village. Most often, you will be walking on stone roads but sometimes also on trails built on rice paddies. You will have plenty of photo opportunities along the way. Please leave enough time for walking and photography. The hotel shuttle bus will drop you off at Xiangjiang Hotel, which is near Guilin Railway Station.

Guilin’s karst landscape and idyllic countryside are a picture of timeless beauty.Relax on a boat cruise down the Li River, meandering among jutting karst peaks. Cycle on an off-the-beaten-path country road, which most travelers don't know. See the rural scenery of grazing water buffalos, farmers working in their fields, and small villages with old buildings set among green karst hills. Itinerary: D-1: Guilin Reed Flute Cave & Longji Rice Terraces day tour. Stay at Guilin. Tour duration: 8:30--18:00 D-2: Elephant hill park & Yangshuo Xianggong hill & Short Li-River cruise from Xingping with the small boat( one hour boat ride) or Yangshuo Yulong bamboo boat & Yangshuo Countryside cycling for one hour & Liusanjie show. Stay at Guilin or Yangshuo. The tour end. Tour duration: 8:30--22:10

With typical limestone famations, Yangshuo is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southeast of Guilin City. The 63 km of the Li River that run through it exhibits the essence of the river's scenery. The local private boat tour is the highlight tour of Li River. In this way, you can be very close to the water, the hills and the nature. You can enjoy the picturesque landscape: feel the crystal clear water, see the buffalos swimming or eating water weed in the river, the fisherman drawing the nets. Along the two banks of the river there are beautiful peaks, pretty bamboos, nice rice fields, quiet villages. Located in Longsheng County, the Longji Rice Terraces are about 100 km (2 hours drive) from Guilin. The most popular are Ping An Rice Terrace and Jinkeng Rice Terrace. History of Longji Rice Terrace can be dating back to Yuan Dynasty, but most of the Rice Terrace were built during the Ming Dynasty, about 500 years ago. Itinerary: Day 1 Pick-up from Guilin airport/train station and transfer to Guilin. Stay in Guilin. (driver only). Day 2 Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 8:30. You firstly will visit Guilin Reed flute cave then heading to Longji rice terraces. Stay at Guilin. Tour duration: 8:30--18:00 Day 3 Guilin Elephant Hill Park & Transfer to Yangshuo & Xianggong hill & Short Li-River cruise with the small boat from Xingping & Liusanjie show. Stay at Yangshuo. Tour duration: 9:00--21:00 Day 4 Yulong river bamboo boat & Countryside scooter ride & Ruyi peak cable car & West street. Stay at Yangshuo. Tour duration: 9:00--17:00 Day 5 Rest & Drop off at Guilin airport/train station(Driver only, no guide).

Day 1 At 07:45, your English-speaking tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel lobby in Guilin and transfer you to Zhujiang Pier for the Li River Cruise. Li River valley is around 47 miles (75 kilometers) away from the city of Guilin and the drive takes about 4 hours. You will join a small group for the Li River cruise and a enjoy delicious lunch on board. After soaking up the spectacular landscape of the Li River valley, you will disembark at Yangshuo and have the opportunity to stroll over the West Street, a 1,470-year-old street with Chinese-style architectures. If you wish to experience more in the area, there are optional Yangshuo local tours, such as bamboo rafting on the Yulong River or a tour to the Silver Cave, available at an additional expense. You will be dropped off at your hotel in Yangshuo which is not covered by this tour. Day 2 You will be collected from your Yangshuo hotel lobby at 08:00 and taken on a 2 hour drive back to Guilin. You will then visit the biggest and most beautiful park in Guilin: the Seven Star Park located at the eastern bank of Li River. Afterwards, you will continue on to the Reed Flute Cave which is over a quarter of mile (600 meters) long and takes about 50 minutes to explore. The cave is the most visited karst cave in Guilin and as you travel through it, you will see fantastic stalagmites, stalactites, stone curtains, stone pillars, and stone flowers. There are also 80 stone inscriptions in the cave covering many years of glorious history of China. Lunch will be provided at a local Chinese restaurant. After lunch, explore the Elephant Trunk, one of the most impressive attractions in Guilin, a huge elephant shaped formation mimicking an elephant drinking water by the river. At the end of the tour you will be transferred back to your hotel in Guilin.

Guilin and Zhangjiajie are two of the most beautiful places in China, both featuring natural beauty. For those who love nature, it is a good idea to combine the two If you have 5 to 6 days to spend in China. They are both in South China, around 600 km (400 miles) apart. Itinerary: Day 01: Guilin & Xianggong Mountain & Xingping Li-river short cruise & Impression Sanjie Liu show. Stay at Guilin. Tour duration: 9:00--22:30 Day 02: Reed Flute Cave & Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces. Stay at Ping'an village. Tour duration: 9:00--17:30 Day 03: Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge & Phoenix Ancient Town. Stay at Fenghuang. Tour duration: 9:00--17:30 Day 04: Xiangxi Hibiscus Town & Zhangjiajie. Stay at Wulingyan. Tour duration: 9:00--17:30 Day 05: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park & Tianzi Mountain & Yuanjiajie & BaiLong Elevator & Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge. Stay at Wulingyan. Tour duration: 9:00--17:30 Day 06: Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park & drop off at the Zhangjiajie airport/train station. The tour ends. Tour duration: 9:00--16:00