4-Day Guilin and Longji Ancient Zhuang Village
Overview
Natural beauty and minority customs and ancient traditions are perfectly intertwined. See for yourself.
Highlights
- Reed Flute Cave
- Folded Brocade Hill
- Elephant Trunk Hill
- Longji Ancient Zhuang Village
Tour Details
Upon your arrival, our guide and driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to your hotel by our air-conditioned private car/van. The rest of the day is free for you to rest and explore.
- Meals: No Meals
- Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin
| Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel 
| Guilin Park Hotel 
| Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel 
| Guilin Park Hotel 
Reed Flute Cave
Today you will visit the highlights of Guilin and the first stop is the Reed Flute Cave which is a most notable formation krast caves. Stalagmites, stalactites, stone columns, stone curtains and stone flowers with interesting names decorate the huge cave. Enhanced by colored lights, the cave is like a splendid palace. Lunch is at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, we will visit two of the most famous hills in Guilin - Folded Brocade Hill and Elephant Trunk Hill. The stairways of Folded Brocade Hill are easy to climb and you can get a beautiful view of Li River and the city from the summit. The Elephant Trunk Hill is the symbol of Guilin City. Its appearance resembles an elephant drinking water with its long trunk.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Popular local restaurants with authentic Guilin food
- Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin | Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel | Guilin Park Hotel
Longji Ancient Zhuang Village
After breakfast, we will head to Longsheng to visit – Longji Ancient Zhuang Village. The village has a history of more than 700 years. The terraced fields here are larger in scale and than other villages. Residents grow rice and potatoes in the fields and they still use the traditional way of farming. The ancient Zhuang village is well preserved and its simple and authentic ethnic looks and culture remain. The people live unique wooden houses and they and wear their minority dress and lived in a traditional way. A visit to their home visit will help you appreciate more of their lifestyle. There is a Zhuang Culture Museum in the village which is a good place to learn the history of Zhuang and the locals. Today’s lunch is at a local restaurant.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Popular local restaurants with authentic Guilin food
- Hotels: Shangri La Hotel Guilin | Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel | Guilin Park Hotel
Our guide will transfer you to the airport to board on your onward flight.
- Meals: Breakfast
What's Included & Excluded
What's Included
- Entrance Fees to the Scenic Spots as Listed in the Itinerary
- Centrally Located Hotels with Daily Western & Chinese Buffet Breakfasts
- Meals in Local Restaurant as Mentioned in the Itinerary
- Private Cars and Drivers
- Private Guides
- Service Charge & Government Taxes
- Insurance
- Luggage Transfers
What's Not Included
- International Airfare or Train Tickets Toenter or Leave China
- Domestic transportation
- China Entry Visa Fees
- Excess Baggage Charges
- Personal Expenses
- Single Room Supplement
Good to Know
- This is a private tour. The local private English-speaking guide and the private car will serve your own group only.
- When on the tour, your tour guide and the driver can shorten or lengthen your time as your energy levels permitted.
- Once you make an inquiry, you will get the specific reply from one of our travel advisors within 24 hours without service fee.
- You can ask the travel advisor to tailor-make your own Guilin or even China trip based on this itinerary.
- We can also arrange tours in other Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an and add them to this itinerary.
- You will stop at a shop but absolutely no forced shopping.
Itinerary Plus
Xianggong Mountain
Located at the bend of Li River, famed as the best place to frame with the Karsts mountain scene, the 20 minutes’ walk up to the highest point by stone steps, a picture of mesmerizing landscape will be vivid appear in front of you. This off-the beaten trial is highly recommended by local professional photographer, if your physical permit, why not go up to capture the best moments.
A Local Yao Lady’s Family Visit
Oil tea, Chinese name it Youcha, is a feature food of Yao Minority in Guilin, and now popular among locals, it can remove the body moisture and good for prevent rheumatism in the humid mountain area, on the way up to the terrace field, our guide will take you to visit a local Yao lady’s family, she will show us how to make oil tea and treat us lunch there.
Yangshuo Chinese Cookery Class
This class begins at the local market where ingredients for the dishes are chosen by students. Back at a covered, rooftop patio-classroom, you have an opportunity to learn three dishes and enjoy the fruits of your labor. You can choose other favorite dishes at the lunch.
Explore Daxu Ancient Town with Local Scholar
Daxu ancient town, which has been a glory trade market in the past decade, it owns the biggest water transportation hub in Guilin. We invited a local scholar to show you around, give a brief lecture of the interesting story behind the town, visit the last and the only Chinese traditional pharmacy in town that still using traditional way for treatment! Also you get a chance to visit one of the local families and talk to the locals.
Helicopter Flight on Li River
You will catch a bird’s eye view of karsts formation scenery along Li River by taking a helicopter flight; you have 4 flight route options base on your interest, just ask your travel consultants.
Photography on Li River Sunset and Local Fisherman
This tour deserve to the photographer, for sunset on Li River with karsts mountain as background, a local fisherman seating on his bamboo boat with his cormorant birds, which are the fisherman’s pet and good at catching fish in the river. The fisherman will show naturally pose with different postures. Your guide will help you to get the best composition of photos as possible.
