5 Days Travel from Guilin to Liuzhou

Day 1

Arrival Guilin Arrive in Guilin, a small city with great natural beauty of south China. Be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Meals: No meals
Accommodation: In Guilin

Guilin is world-famous for its serene landscape, Karst limestone formations, mist-covered hills and bamboo groves. It is home to more than ten ethnic groups, including Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Hui and Dong. On the way from the airport to your hotel, you will see dozens of pretty hills everywhere in the city of Guilin. It is a city of hills and green trees and boasts one of the most photographed areas of China.

Day 2

Guilin    Yangshuo    Guilin
The highlight of today's sightseeing is a leisurely cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. Meandering through valleys, bamboo groves and mysterious Karst rock formations, the cruise will affords you a glimpse of a life far removed from the concrete jungle. In the afternoon, be transferred back to Guilin. The Rice Noodle Banquet will be a good choice as an optional dinner if you wanna have a try.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guilin

In the morning, be driven to Pier for your Li River Cruise. A double-decker river boat is waiting for you. The landscape from Guilin to Yangshuo is truly a masterpiece of nature. The crystal waters, straight-out-of-a-painting mountains, peaceful farm fields, hard-working-but- ever-smiling fishermen and wandering water buffaloes inspire poetic musings of Guilin’s charming life. Under the blue sky, your river boat transports you in an unending daydream.

After cruising for about four and a half hours, the one-thousand-year-old Yangshuo Town comes into sight. Yangshuo is a small oriental but Western-influenced town with a history of 1000 years. The West Street in the town earns its name since almost every one in West Street can speak fluent English and every restaurant or bar offers menus in several languages. You’ll feel no borders or distance here and will soon fall under the spell of this charismatic, welcoming small-town atmosphere.

Guilin Rice Noodle is the most popular snack in Guilin. If you want to know Guilin's culture deeply, it’s a recommended choice for you to taste the Banquet of Rice Noodle as your optional dinner. The thing that sets one dish apart from another is the soup, which is made of pork, steak, Lo Han Kuo, and other seasonings. Depending on different kinds of ingredients used in the soup, rice noodles can be divided into vegetable, three-fresh, original soup, spicy and sour, beef, and horse meat ones.

Day 3

Guilin    Liuzhou
After breakfast, you will spend 2-2.5 hours driving to reach Liuzhou. Arrival Liuzhou around noon, you will first enjoy a traditional Chinese table lunch, then start your exploration in this city by touring Liuhou Park and Liuzhou Museum. In the evening, if you are interested, you can take a night cruise along the Liu River to appreciate the city in Nero light.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Liuzhou

Located in the north bank of Liujiang River, Liuhou Park is a site to memory the famous littérateur Liu Zongyuan. People prefer to call him Liu Hou (a word to show respects to great figures). Built in Qing Dynasty, this attraction has become one of the most popular tourist spots in Liuzhou.

Liuzhou Museum is located in the east of Liuzhou People Square. It is a national museum equipped with the modern facilities. This architecture is a landmark of Liuzhou City, which displays ancient city watchtowers.

The total number of cultural relics stocked in the museum ranks first in Guangxi Zhuang Minority Autonomous Region, many collections have considerable local characteristics and become national treasures for its exquisiteness and rareness. Liuzhou Historical Culture, Liuzhou Minority Customs, Ancient Bronze wares and Ancient Painting & Calligraphy Fan Painting etc. are display in the museum

Day 4

Liuzhou    Guilin
Today, you will have a city tour to Longtan Park and Qishi City. In the afternoon, be driven back to Guilin.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guilin

Longtan Park in southern Liuzhou City is a park formed by karst natural scenery. Adding southern minority culture and style in the park construction, Longtan Park is a large-scale sightseeing site to welcome travelers from all over the world.

There are three main attractions in the park one can appreciate. The Great Dragon Pool which consists of Long Tan pool and Lei Tan Pool, covers about 9,500 square meters, and its water temperature ranges from 18℃ to 20℃ all the year around..

The mirror lake in the side of the mountain is a man-made lake taking big dragon’s pool as source, because the lake surface is calm like the mirror, the mountain appearance sets up the shadow and reflects clearly, so gains the name.

Lakeside thick forest and tall bamboos, the winding path leads to a secluded quiet place, the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains contrasts finely with. The large dragon’s pool calls Ray the pool originally.

Liuzhou Qishi City covers an area of 4.28 hectares, which features distinctive stones and rocks. Applying these stones to form sceneries and gardening scenes for visitors to appreciate. It is the largest stone garden in Guangxi.

More than 5,000 pieces in 6 different kinds of stones works are shown in Liuzhou Qishi City all year around. All the collections in this museum are natural stones without any manmade process.

Day 5

Departure Guilin
This morning, you will have a half day city tour to Elephant Trunk Hill, the symbol of Guilin City, and the Reed Flute Cave, the showcase of distinctly-colored stalactites and stalagmites. After the tour, be transferred to the airport for your flight to next destination.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Elephant Trunk Hill, or Xiangbishan, is the symbol of Guilin. Observed from a distance, you’ll see an elephant-like form standing majestically at the confluence of the Li and Yang Rivers, with its trunk arching into the clear waters, a fantasy elephant eternally quenching a gargantuan thirst; lifelike in shape and energetic in posture.

Reed Flute Cave is named for the special reeds, used for making flute instruments that grow near the cave entrance. The caves are a feast for the eyes. The natural beauty of a profusion of stalactites and stalagmites, stele, stone pillars, stone curtains and stone flowers creating an infinite variety of extraordinary scenes, creatively illuminated, is bound to evoke gasps of admiration. It is fitting then, that Reed Flute Cave is commonly praised as Nature’s Grand Art Palace.

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