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5 Days Guilin Highlights Tour to Longji Rice Terrace, Yangshuo and Li River

5-day private journey

5 Days Guilin Highlights Tour to Longji Rice Terrace, Yangshuo and Li River

Guilin · Longji · Yangshuo

Updated November 2026

Length
5 days
Route
Guilin · Longji · Yangshuo
Starts
Guilin
Ends
Guilin, Longji, Yangshuo

The route

3 stops, in order

1Guilin2Longji3Yangshuo
  1. 1Guilin
  2. 2Longji
  3. 3Yangshuo

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Why this route

Guilin is a famous tourism city where blessed with fresh air, clear water and amazing karst landscapes. This 5 days Guilin hightlights tour will lead you to explore the most beautiful places, such as Longji Rice Terraces where you can see large scare rice terrace fields and some minorities unique buildings, Yangshuo where you can see the most wonderful karst landscapes of Guilin. Five days tour will give you a chance to learn well about Guilin.

Day by day

The itinerary

  1. Day 01 Arrive Guilin / Longsheng(-/-/- )

    Transfer via: flight arranged by you

    Upon Arriving at Guilin, be met and transferred to Longji Rice Terraces with private vehicle & tour guide.

    Stay tonight at Longji Rice Terraces.

  2. Day 02 Longsheng to Guilin BL

    Full day Longsheng Longji Rice Terraces tour.

    In this mornig, you will experience the wonderful large-scale rice terrace field scenery at Longji Rice Terraces.

    In the later afternoon, transfer you back to Guilin and stay night at Guilin.

    Longji Rice Terraces were first built in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and were completed in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) by the Zhuang people and Yao people.it has been more than 650 years in history. They wind from the foot to the top of mountain, forming a picture of great momentum and imposing beauty.

    Stay tonight at Guilin

  3. Day 03 Guilin to Yangshuo BL

    Full day Li River Cruise to Yangshuo with lunch aboard and in the evening, will have an optional Light Show - Impression of Liu Sanjie in the evening.

    The Li River cruise: Connecting Guilin city and Yangshuo, this beautiful river offers fantastic scenery of extraordinary peaks and sprays that makes you were in fairyland when you are taking the cruise downstream from Guilin to Yangshuo. Paint Brush Hill, Cock-Fighting Hills, Mural Hill, kinds of spots named as in Chinese habit, with your imagination, you will find unimaginable fascination. Disembark at the one-thousand-year-old town Yangshuo in the afternoon. Have a short exploration to the old town.

    Impression of Liu Sanjie: Impression Sanjie Liu is the core project of The Li River Mountain-Water Theatre. It was invested by GuiLin Guangwei Wenhua Tourism and Culture Co.Ltd., and took 5 years to complete. Its official premiere was on March 20, 2004.

    Stay tonight at Yangshuo

  4. Day 04 Yangshuo to Guilin BL

    In the morning, biking through the countryside with rice paddies to visit the Ancient Banyan tree Park and the Moon Hill, you may also climb 890 steps up to the moon hill to see the beautiful scenery.

    In this afternoon, drive back to Guilin downtown and stay night at Guilin.

    Moon Hill: A linestone pinnacle with a moon-shaped hole. Go to the hill by bicycle is a good choice because you can enjoy a charming local scecery on the way to the hill.

    Ancient Banyan tree: Big Banyan Tree lies in Moon Hill scenic area of Yangshuo County. The Big Banyan Tree stands in Campbell River, the trees around it as much more than seven meters, up to 17 meters whose entangled foliage and intertwined roots provide a good resting place for visitors.

    Stay tonight at Guilin

  5. Day 05 Guilin departure BL

    Transfer via: TBA - on your own arrangement

    In this morning, drive you to visit Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill and Reed Flute Cave. In the late afternoon, transfer you to Guilin airport for catching your flight to the next destination.

    Elephant Trunk Hill: As the symbol of Guilin city, the elephant trunk hill lies on the conjunction of the Li River and the peach blossom river.The Elephant Trunk Hill seems like a big elephant watering at the river. In the hill, there are several tens of caves. Of them, the Elephant Trunk Cave and Elephant Eye Cave are more interesting.

    Fubo Hill: A classical scenic spot in Guilin with offering a lovely view of the town.

    Reed Flute Cave: is the largest and most impressive cave in Guilin and regarded as the Palace of Nature’s Art. Reed Flute Cave is famous for the marvelous spectacles formed by stalagmites, stalactites, stone columns, stone curtains and stone flowers.

The fine print

What is in the price

Included

  • Entrance Fees
  • Meals as specified in the itinerary
  • Private Transfers
  • Private Tour Escort for Sightseeing
  • 4 Nights Hotel Accomodation
  • Service Charge & Government Taxes
  • Luggage Transfers: between airports and hotels
  • Arrangements

Not included

  • Entry or Exit Guilin Airfare or train tickets
  • Visa Fees
  • Excess Baggage Charges
  • Meals which are not specified
  • Single Room Supplement
  • Gratuities: Tips to guides or drivers
  • Any Private Expenses

Arriving and leaving

Arrive at
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (Google Map)
Depart from
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (Google Map)
Better date to start
July–August and the first week of October are peak; book eight to twelve weeks ahead for those dates.

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