Guilin Trip Overview
Visit Guilin and we’ll organise a photography tour led or designed by the local guides. We can arrange a visit to Yangshuo, Xingping, Longsheng, Longji Rice Terraces (The Dragon’s Backbone) and the Li River sunset and sunrise. We can also organise the most photogenic cormorant fishermen on bamboo rafts and local farmers we know into your landscape shots at beautiful places… selected for the angle of light at that time of year.
You will be picked up and dropped off at your Guilin/Yangshuo hotel.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Guilin, China
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
Explore Guilin Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Guilin, Guangxi, China
Visit Guilin and we’ll organise a photography tour led or designed by the local guides. We can arrange a visit to Yangshuo, Xingping, Longsheng, Longji Rice Terraces (The Dragon’s Backbone) and the Li River sunset and sunrise. We can also organise the most photogenic cormorant fishermen on bamboo rafts and local farmers we know into your landscape shots at beautiful places… selected for the angle of light at that time of year.
You will be picked up and dropped off at your Guilin/Yangshuo hotel.
Itinerary
Day 1: Yangshuo Xianggong hill Sunrise & Xingping Fisherman Sunset. O/N Yangshuo.
Stop At: Xianggong Mountain, Xingping Town, Yangshuo County 541906 China
The Xianggong Hill,an ascent of the mountain is rewarded with a bird’s eye view of Lijiang River winding through countless peaks. Each year, a good number of photographers are attracted to Xianggong Mountain by the light and shadow, sea of clouds, and amazing morning glow at sunrise. The work of a photographer from Guilin won a bronze medal at the 10th international Photography Exhibition was created here. You will have an opportunity to capture the picturesque scenery yourself while watching the sunrise with this half-day small group tour!
Itinerary
3:30am Pickup from your downtown Guilin hotel(Pick up at 4:30am if you stay at Yangshuo)
3:30am to 5:00am Depart for Xianggong Mountain
5:20am to 7:00am Explore Xianggong Mountai–shooting the full view of Li River
7am to 8:30am Back to your downtown Guilin Hotel or Yangshuo hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xingping Town, Guilin 541906 China
The “fishing lights on the Li River” is part of the traditional lifestyle of a local Lijiang fisherman. around 17:00pm at the later afternoon, he uses only a paddle, bamboo leaf, lantern, and his cormorant bird to catch fish. He doesn’t need hooks, or bait — just a mutual trust with the cormorant.
The fisherman show tour duration around 1.5hrs, during the whole show time you will see the traditional fisherman wearing a hat and rain coat, the cormormants how to catching fish, the fishing man casting nets, the fishing man smoking on boat and lighting the lamp during the sunset and so on.
Itinerary:
16:00-17:00: Your guide meet your Yangshuo hotel lobby and transfer to the Xingping river pier.(The Guilin hotel pick up at 15:00).
17:00–18:50: Enjoy the fisherman show and beautiful sunset at Li-River.
19:00–20:00:Back to Yangshuo hotel or Guilin hotel.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Xingping Xialong Sunrise & Cuiping hill Sunset. The Tour end.
Stop At: Xingping Town, Guilin 541906 China
Your tour of Li-River sunrise photos or misty-morning photos around the Li River. You’ll be taken to the dock in Xingping. Enjoy the beautiful, peaceful river, as you take a ferry to sunrise spots nearby, for some fantastic photos of the sunrise. This stretch is one of the most spectacular on the river, incorporating the 20-yuan banknote view.
Itinerary:
04:00–04:40: Pick up at Yangshuo hotel or Guilin hotel lobby.
05:00–07:00: Enjoy the Li-River sunrise with the Fisherman.
07:00–08:00: Back to Guilin or Yangshuo hotel.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Wuzhi Mountain, Yangshuo County, Guilin, China, 541906
Cuiping hill has an elevation of 200meters above the sea level which is 500 steps, Recently, The local people built a paved stone steps connect to the hilltop from the bottom. It may takes about 20 minutes to climb up to the hilltop along the stone steps. Once reached the hilltop, You could have a bird’s-eye view of the stunning Karst landform from there. It’s also a very popular spot for the photographers to photograph the sunset pictures.
Itinerary：
15:30–16:30: Yangshuo area hotel/Yulong river park gate pick up & transfer to the Cuiping hill.(Guilin center area hotel pick up at 15:00).
16:30–17:00: Climb up to the Cuiping hill
17:00–19:00: Enjoy the sunset of the Cuiping hill.
19:00-20:00 Back to the Yangshuo or Guilin hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
