Day Tour: Best Value Li River Cruise
Guilin, China
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Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 10 hours
This group tour offers the best value for your money. You will enjoy breathtaking scenery of Karst Mountains, fishermen with cormorants, rice fields, and local villages along Li River during this 3 to 4 hours cruise. Upon arrival in Yangshuo, you will have a chance to visit surrounding areas and explore bustling local market as well as expatriates gathered West Street in the afternoon.
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This group tour offers the best value for your money. You will enjoy breathtaking scenery of Karst Mountains, fishermen with cormorants, rice fields, and local villages along Li River during this 3 to 4 hours cruise. Upon arrival in Yangshuo, you will have a chance to visit surrounding areas and explore bustling local market as well as expatriates gathered West Street in the afternoon.At 8:00 am, you will be picked up from your downtown Guilin hotel along with fellow visitors to catch the Li River cruise. It is an approximately 45 minutes ride from downtown Guilin to Zhujiang Pier where you will board the cruise boat. Seats of the cruise are preassigned on a first-come-first-serve basis at time of your booking for this tour. The cruise boat sails downstream from Guilin at 9:30am to arrive in Yangshuo at 1:30pm.
While sitting in the comfortable cabin of your cruise boat, enjoy classic watercolor painting like scenery of lush bamboo forests, rolling karst hills, and steep cliffs along Li River banks as well as the authentic Chinese countryside filled with rice fields, farmhouses, water buffaloes, fishing boats, cormorants, mountain goats, and school children on local ferry.
A simple lunch will be served on-board. You may choose to try some fresh catches from the river at your own expense.
Upon arriving in Yangshuo in the afternoon, you will have free time to explore the West Street and local market, a good opportunity to shop for souvenirs. There are also optional tours in Yangshuo such as a countryside tour to have a closer look at rice fields, farmhouses, and bamboo rafts on Yulong River, or visit the magnificent Silver Cave, and last but not least to tour Shangri-La Theme Park for a taste of daily lives of local minority groups. Cost for optional tours is not included and will be paid on spot to your guide.
At around 6:00pm, you will be transferred back to your hotel in downtown Guilin via coach service. This 1.5 hours ride will take you through more beautiful scenery before returning to the city. If you stay in Yangshuo City, your guide will show you how to get there on-foot or by local shuttle service.
While sitting in the comfortable cabin of your cruise boat, enjoy classic watercolor painting like scenery of lush bamboo forests, rolling karst hills, and steep cliffs along Li River banks as well as the authentic Chinese countryside filled with rice fields, farmhouses, water buffaloes, fishing boats, cormorants, mountain goats, and school children on local ferry.
A simple lunch will be served on-board. You may choose to try some fresh catches from the river at your own expense.
Upon arriving in Yangshuo in the afternoon, you will have free time to explore the West Street and local market, a good opportunity to shop for souvenirs. There are also optional tours in Yangshuo such as a countryside tour to have a closer look at rice fields, farmhouses, and bamboo rafts on Yulong River, or visit the magnificent Silver Cave, and last but not least to tour Shangri-La Theme Park for a taste of daily lives of local minority groups. Cost for optional tours is not included and will be paid on spot to your guide.
At around 6:00pm, you will be transferred back to your hotel in downtown Guilin via coach service. This 1.5 hours ride will take you through more beautiful scenery before returning to the city. If you stay in Yangshuo City, your guide will show you how to get there on-foot or by local shuttle service.
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