Top Guilin Culture

Avoid the disappointment of sold-out tickets, and enjoy a seamless sightseeing experience, by prebooking your Li River cruise tickets from Guilin to Yangshuo with pickup. Enjoy convenient hotel pickup and transfer to the pier to board your cruise. Then soak up the scenery along the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo. Lunch is also included in this tour.

Amidst your busy schedule, enjoy the scenery of Guilin China, We will customize a perfect itinerary for you, English speaking guide & driver will take you to multiple Guilin sites in a day. Highlights include Reed Flute Cave, Daxu ancient town, Li River bamboo rafting , xianggong hill mountain and the much-loved Impression Sanjie liu spectacular Light Show. English speaking guide help you to get rid of the troubles of Chinese language. Save time and visit many Guilin,Yangshuo highlights in a day,such as, Li river excursion, Reed flute cave ect. Super choice for visiters with limited time in Guilin,Yangshuo. IF YOU THINK THERE ARE TOO MANY ITINERARIES LISTED ABOVE.　YOU CAN ALSO REDUCE SOME OF THEM.

When in Guilin, it’s worth a day trip to get out of the city and into the terraced countryside of Longji. This private tour gets you out to the rice terraces, without the hassle of planning or logistics. Transport, admission fees, and your guide are all included. Plus this is a private tour, so you can go at your own pace the entire day.

Immerse yourself in the minority cultures and natural landscapes on a full-day private tour to the Longji Rice Terraces from Guilin. Visit Huangluo village and learn about the lifestyle of the local people. Experience a different culture in Ping'an Village and explore the traditional wooden houses, with optional upgrades to add a cable car ride, shuttle bus, or other hikes.

Experience Longji’s amazing rice terraces on this guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, learn about these ancient terraced fields—known by locals as “Dragon’s Backbone”—that were first developed nearly a millennia ago, during the Yuan Dynasty. Admire their surreal scenery from a lookout point after a quick cable car ride, then enjoy an optional hike down and lunch before returning to Guilin.

Not sure where to go in Guilin with limited time? Our private half-day Guilin custom tour has you covered! Enjoy a 4-5 hour personalized trip with an English-speaking guide and private air-conditioned car—you’ll discuss and decide on Guilin’s downtown highlights to visit together with your guide. Entrance fees are at your own expense, and the tour boasts unbeatable flexibility: tailor the itinerary to your interests, with door-to-door transfers included for a hassle-free experience.

The Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Rice Terraces are a highlight of any visit to Guilin, but public transit options are limited. Say no to the group tour route march and explore independently on this private transport-only tour, with a bilingual driver direct from your Guilin or Yangshuo hotel. You'll stop at the entrance to buy tickets, then again in Ping'an Village, and be free to hike, take photos, and mingle with locals.

Visit highlights of Guilin including Reed Flute Cave and enjoy Tea Performance at Tea Plantation near Yao Mountain with this private half day tour. You will be picked up and dropped off from your Guilin or Yangshuo hotel.

Experience the best of Guilin's breathtaking landscapes with 2 days tour. The itinerary combines the magnificent mountain artistry of the Longji rice Terraces with the serene, picture-perfect beauty of the Li River cruise(bamboo rafting from Yangdi pier to nine horses pier) Note: The tour start from Guilin city

Motorised Bamboo boat from Yangdi to Xingping. This is the highlight tour of the Li River. Like this you are very close to the water, the hills and the nature. Highlights: 1. Short Li-River cruise from Yangdi to Xingping around 1.5hrs on the boat. 2. Avoid the crowded & Long ride big boat from Guilin to Yangshuo。 3. Can be the private boat or shared with other people for the small boat, each boat for four people only. 4. Cover the hightlights of the Li-River. 5. Explore the Xingping old town. Note: The child less than 7 years old or 1.2M can NOT take this small boat.           The Senior people more than 70 years old can NOT take this small boat.

First, head to Huangluo Yao Village, the only Yao village in Longji’s Thirteen Villages. Surrounded by green mountains and stilted houses, this village is famous for its Red Yao culture. Discover the thousand-year-old long hair tradition, where Red Yao women only cut their hair once at 18, coiling it on their heads for good luck. Then, explore Jinkeng Dazhai, the grandest part of the Longji Terraces. Known for its dragon-like golden terraces, this area offers three unique viewing platforms. Hike to Xishan Shaole for sunrise and a sea of clouds, walk the gentle road to Qianceng Tianti, or take a cable car to Jinfoding for a stunning sunset. Along the way, taste Yao delicacies, stay in terraced-view homestays, and immerse yourself in the peaceful pastoral life.

Discover the beauty of Guilin on a 2-day tour accompanied by a private guide. In the city, visit the colorfully lit caverns of Reed Flute Cave, walk through scenic Seven Star Park, which boasts lakes, caves and temples. Ascend Fubo Hill for panoramic views of the city, then marvel at picturesque Elephant Trunk Hill. The next day, you’ll glide down the Li River on a scenic 4-hour cruise that ends in Yangshuo. Tour the Yangshuo environs before transferring back to Guilin to end your tour.

Start your morning in the Guangxi province on a private sunrise photography tour on the Li River. Be transported from your Guilin or Yangshuo hotel to the dock in Xingping on the Li River where you can see local fishermen starting their day. Capture these beautiful moments on camera just as the sun is beginning to rise behind the karst mountains.

Spend the day exploring the Longji Rice Terraces, without the hassle of renting a car, during this full-day trip from Guilin or Yangshuo. Learn about the local way of life as you explore the Yao village and its traditions. Continue to the Ping’an Rice Terraces for a short hike, offering stunning views of the landscapes that you won't find anywhere else. A great way to combine culture and nature in one tour.

Immerse yourself in Guilin’s iconic ethnic culture and natural beauty on this exclusive private day tour! Uncover the age-old hair-care secrets of Huangluo Yao Village and watch the locals’ traditional folk performance, then explore the breathtaking Longji Rice Terraces with a customizable experience. An English-speaking guide accompanies you for in-depth cultural commentary, and the tour is fully inclusive for a hassle-free journey. You can explore Longji Rice Terraces in your preferred way: take the cable car to discover Dazhai/Jinkeng Terraces, or go on a leisurely 2-hour hike around Ping’an Terraces. Wander scenic paths to unique photo spots and capture stunning shots of the terraced landscapes. All-Inclusive Highlights with professional English-speaking guide, all entrance fees, local lunch and round-trip private vehicle transfer.

This convenient day trip delivers you by plane from Guilin to Xi'an for a guided tour of the UNESCO-listed Terracotta Warriors and climb Xi’an’s remarkably preserved ancient city walls. If you have extra time, stroll around the Muslim Street to experience the local life and try their tasty snacks. Accompanied by your personal tour guide, learn the histories and stories about the sites and travel at your own pace. Round-trip hotel transfers, plane tickets, entrance fee and local lunch are included. You can choose to finish your tour in Xi'an or return Guilin.

Delve into Guilin’s cultural and natural treasure chest during a private tour of the Yao Mountain and a verdant tea plantation. Ascend to the summit of Yao Mountain on a smooth cable car ride and absorb panoramic vistas of the scenery from the top. Gain fascinating insight into Chinese tea production during a tour of a plantation and sample freshly brewed green tea during an indigenous tea ceremony. Enjoy the convenience of private round-trip transportation and experience the undivided attention of your guide on this private tour.

Discover the special cultural beauty of Guilin on this all inclusive 1-day highlights tour with private guide and driver service. You will visit the top attractions from Guilin to Longsheng county: Longji Rice Terraces(Dragon backbone Terraces) and Minority Nationality Villages from Yao and Zhuang manorities. All entrance tickets, private guide and driver, lunch, hotel pickup and drop off, all transfer are all inclusive except for your dinner and accommodation. Note 1: Please make sure your arrival day hotel location is in Guilin Not Longji. (Longji has transportation control because of the road.) Note 2: We provide Spanish/ French/German/Italian language guide option for your tour, please note your language request on booking page.

Explore the Guilin's surroundings on this full-day private tour. Explore the Reed Flute Cave to see unique, illuminated rock formations. Then head to Huangluo, also known as the “Long Hair Village,” to learn about the Yao lifestyles and why women grow their hair to lengths of 6.5 feet. The final stop is the beautiful Longji Rice Terraces, some of the largest in the world, carved into the lush scenery.

This package tour is for people who want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and experience an extraordinary adventure into the countryside. If you are interesting in the splendid ethnic culture, and want to find a place where can experience them. The Longji and Ziyuan Baijiao mountain should be the best places for your choice to explore the ethnic culture and Nation in Guilin area . The Longji is a place where you can see the laerge scale rice terraces which founded by the Zhuang and Yao minority people, while the Bajiaozhai Geography Park where you can find one of the seven most beautiful Danxia landform sites by Chinese National Geography Magazine.

Xingping Town on the Li River is famed for its cormorant fishermen, who hunt their prey with trained birds from bamboo rafts. Capture photos during sunset light on this private tour with hotel transfers from Guilin or Yangshuo. Choose a sunset tour only, experience both sunrise and sunset, or add a Li River cruise, Guilin city tour, or Longji Rice Terraces tour.

Skip the crowded tourist trails with CITS × ZANBUS’s exclusive Longji Rice Terraces adventure! Journey through two idyllic villages—unspoiled Ancient Zhuang Village and scenic Ping’an Village—for an intimate dive into ethnic minority life. Hike past cascading terraces, watch the mesmerizing Yao women’s long hair show, savor authentic Zhuang bamboo rice, and explore local homes—all with zero shopping stops to slow you down.

Visit highlights of Guilin including the Yangshuo, Longji Rice Terraces and Guilin with this private 6 days tour with the hotels from Guilin. You will be picked up from your Guilin hotel/airport/train station and dropped off at Guilin airport/train station. Important notice: You may pay some EXTRA charges of the hotel fees if you book the tour during the Chinese National Day Holiday(Octoter 1-7) and Chinese New Year Holiday(around January 22- February 17).