Best of Guilin Private Day Trip to Li River, Yangshuo West Street & Reed Flute Cave

Hotel Pick-up & Transfer to the Pier
Your private guide will be holding ICT pick-up sign and waiting for you in your hotel lobby (or other appointed meeting place) at the appointed time. You will be transferred to the pier where you will board the cruise ship (40 minutes). Li River cruise starts at 09:30.

Li River Cruise (4 hours)
The Li River flows in the general southern direction through Guilin and Yangshuo, finally falls into the Xijiang River which is the western tributary of the Pearl River. The upper course of the Li River is connected by the ancient Lingqu Canal with the Xiangjiang River, which flows north into the Yangtze River; this in the past made the Li River part of a highly important waterway connecting the Yangtze River Valley with the Pearl River Delta. The 83-kilometer-long waterway from Guilin to Yangshuo is like an artist’s masterpiece. The landscape is decorated with startling hills, steep cliffs, fantastic caves and farming villages, and is lined with bamboo. In a Chinese poem it is written: “The river is a green silk ribbon, and the hills are jade hairpins”. Cruising on the Li River is enjoyable no matter what the weather is like. During sunny days, you can see the inverted reflection of the hills on both sides clearly in the water. During cloudy days, the hills are surrounded by mist and you may feel that you are cruising in a mystical paradise. And when the rain comes, drizzle is like a vale, which covers the hills and river, and you may feel the poetic connotations of this too.

Lunch on board during Li River Cruise

Wander along Yangshuo West Street
Yangshuo West Street is renowned for the ancient and local architectures, Chinese and western style restaurants and coffee bars, various and memorable tourist souvenirs, special and tasty snacks and beautiful night scene with exotic styles. The present West Street is very modern and fashionable, nearly every store has bilingual shop signs, and more than 20 stores are opened by foreigners who have settled here. Typical western style restaurants and coffee bars line on the typical Chinese stone streets hidden in the prosperous trees and surrounded by mountains. At every corner of this street, people of different colors and races are drinking beer, tasting coffee, or chatting leisurely. It is no wonder that the West Street is considered to be a Global Village.

Salat at Chongshan Mosque and Visit Reed Flute Cave
Back to the city in the afternoon, visit Guilin Chongshan Mosque and the Reed Flute Cave. The Reed Flute Cave got its name from the verdant reeds growing outside it, with which people make flutes. Inside this water-eroded cave is a spectacular world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations created by carbonate deposition. Illuminated by colored lighting, the fantastic spectacle is found in many variations along this 240-meter-long cave.

Transfer Back to Your Hotel
Your private guide and driver will transfer you back to your hotel after visiting Reed Flute Cave.