Day 2 Guilin
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Tours: Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park
Todays you will have the city tour to visit Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill, Reed Flute Caves, Seven Star Park.
Elephant Trunk Hill: it is the symbol of Guilin. It is considered as a must-visit site for tourists to Guilin. The hill stands on the western bank of Li River and it looks like a giant elephant drawing water from the Li River with its trunk, hence the name. With a history of about 3.6 hundred million years, Elephant Trunk Hill towers 55m above the Li River, one can see the beautiful panoramic view of Guilin City.
Fubo Hill: With its exquisite peak rising up to 213 meters and half of it standing in the Li River, Fubo Hill is another well-known scenic spot in Guilin City. There are many tourist attractions inside the park, including a huge iron pot named “Pot for a Thousand” that could prepare food for a thousand people, a giant bell weighing 2,700 kilograms, Qianfo (Thousand-Buddha) Rock with the statues of Buddha and the carvings of many inscriptions left from the Tang Dynasty, Shijian (Sword-Testing) Stone on which it was said that General Fubo tested swords, and Tingtao (Listen-to-Waves) Pavilion at the half way of the Fubo Hill.
Reed Flute Cave: Reed Flute Cave (Lu Di Yan) is Guilin’s largest and most impressive cave. It is an AAAA (the highest is 5A) scenic spot. The whole cave is just like a magnificent and splendid underground palace engraved by precious stones, corals and jades. It is known as a “Palace of Natural Art”. Previous or present presidents of many countries all over the world have come to visit Reed Flute Cave.
Seven Star Park: is one of the best urban parks in China. The park is in the east bank of Lijiang, about 1.5 kilometers from the downtown area of Guilin;Seven Star Park is the largest park in Guilin with the theme of rock caves.
Day 3 Guilin-Yangshuo-Guilin
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Tours: Li River Cruise, West Street
Today you will have the Li River Cruise, the cruise end in Yangshuo, then you will have the chance to explore Yangshuo ancient town, walk along the West Street.
Li River Cruise: from Guilin to Yangshuo. Usually the boats take off in the morning and arrive after 4-5 hours in Yangshuo. The scenery along both banks has often been described as Chinese paintings. The landscape is decorated with startling hills, steep cliffs, fantastic caves and farming villages, and is lined with bamboo. On the boat the tourists are supplied with a lunch buffet, which consists of Chinese and western dishes.
West Street:Explore Yangshuo with a walking tour through this 700 years old town, now a tourist Mecca with cafes, shops and restaurants set by the beautiful river