Guilin Trip Overview
Watch Guilin come to life at night on this 3-hour private tour of the city’s must-see attractions. After a convenient hotel pickup, travel with your private guide, start your adventure from the Elephant Trunk Hill, stroll around the park and enjoy amazing panoramic views of the city, Li River and surrounding scenery. Then explore the Two Rivers and Four Lakes Scenic Area which offers visual feast of the prestigious hills, many famed scenic spots, landscape areas and expo parks. Catch picturesque views of landmarks and be sure to bring your camera for photo ops from waterborne vantage points. Learn about the city’s history and culture from your personal tour guide. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, travel by private vehicle, entrance fee and door to door transfer.
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Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Starts: Guilin, China
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
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What to Expect When Visiting Guilin, Guangxi, China
Watch Guilin come to life at night on this 3-hour private tour of the city’s must-see attractions. After a convenient hotel pickup, travel with your private guide, start your adventure from the Elephant Trunk Hill, stroll around the park and enjoy amazing panoramic views of the city, Li River and surrounding scenery. Then explore the Two Rivers and Four Lakes Scenic Area which offers visual feast of the prestigious hills, many famed scenic spots, landscape areas and expo parks. Catch picturesque views of landmarks and be sure to bring your camera for photo ops from waterborne vantage points. Learn about the city’s history and culture from your personal tour guide. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, travel by private vehicle, entrance fee and door to door transfer.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan), Within Xiangbishan Park, Xiangshan District, Guilin 541004 China
Begin your tour by meeting your guide in the lobby of your central Guilin hotel. From there, you will head to Elephant Trunk Hill.
Elephant Trunk Hill is the landmark of Guilin. It has been a famous tourism destination since the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). The hill looks like a giant elephant drinking water from the river.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xiangbi Moutain Puxian Tower, Xiangshan Park, Guilin China
Enjoy a vigorous walk to the top, visit the the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) Puxian Tower which was built to worship Samantabahdra. Get to learn its history from your tour guide, then enjoy the panoramic views of the city, Li River and surrounding scenery.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Guilin Two Rivers and Four Lakes Resort, Zhongshan North Road, Xiufeng District, Guilin 541001 China
Then, choose one or two spots you want to go at Two Rivers and Four Lakes Resort to explore. As one of Guilin’s calling cards, the Two Rivers and Four Lakes project, connects the city’s Taohua and Lijiang Rivers in the east to four inland lakes – Ronghu and Shanhu Lakes in the south, Guihu Lake in the east and Mulonghu Lake in the north.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Guihu Lake, Xiufeng District, Guilin, China, 541001
Guihu Lake was originally the city moat of the western Guilin City in Song Dynasty (960-1279). A large number of precious arbors and flowers are planted along the lake, such as banyan tree garden, gingko garden, white pines garden, redwood garden, magnolia garden and palm garden. It is also a world of bridges such as Xiqing Bridge, Baoxian Bridge, Lize Bridge, Yingbin Bridge and Guanyin Bridge. If you like gardens, you can choose to take the leisure walk at Guilin Lake Scenic Area. Enjoy the beautiful landscape and find good setting to take photos.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Rong Lake, Xiufeng District, Guilin, China, 541000
Ronghu Lake’s history can be traced back to Tang (618-907) and Song dynasties. In history, many local governments and public offices were installed by the lake. Many poets and intellectuals have written a lot of poems and literary pieces to describe the charming beauty of the lake. Stroll around the park, then explore The Sun Pagoda and Moon Pagodas. The Sun Pagoda is a bronze tower with nine layers; the Moon Pagoda is a glazed tile one with seven layers. They looks amazing when light up.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mulong Lake, Zhongshan North Road, Diecai District, Guilin 541001 China
Mulong Lake features the integration of historical culture into the nature. Follow your tour guide to start from the north of Mulong Lake, explore a group of manmade sights such as Dongzhen Gate and the site of the City Wall in Song Dynasty. A very large building complex is scattered around. The construction includes Song Street, Half-side Street, Mulong Pagoda, Mulong at Night, and Ancient Song City. Mulong Pagoda was built by imitating Longhua Pagoda in Song Dynasty in Shanghai. Besides, there is an ecological landscape zone between the southern Mulong Lake and Folded Brocade Hill where you can admire forest, grass, falls and streams.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Li River, East of Guangxi Zhuang China
During the leisure walk, you will enjoy the beautiful Li River, like a poem and a picture, is an important component of the mountains and waters in Guilin.
Stop At: Guilin Taohua River, Within the County, Lingchuan County 541200 China
You will also see Taohua River which was diverged into Li River in Ming Dynasty. Taohua River and Li River thus connected and have added more beauty to each other.
After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Guilin.
Duration: 30 minutes
