Guilin: 3-Day Guided Small-Group 4-Star Cruise & Longji Tour
ID: GYG1533129-2335963
Category:
Country: China
Duration:
3 days
Description
Join a 3-day small-group tour (2-8 guests) in Guilin with 4-star hotels, English guide, pickup, and tickets included. Sail a 4-star Li River cruise and hike Longji Rice Terraces.
Experience the iconic karst waterways, alpine meadows, and centuries-old highland rice terraces of Guangxi on this 3-day small-group tour (2 to 8 guests) across Guilin, Yangshuo, and Longji. Designed as a 100% pure sightseeing journey with zero shopping stops, this package includes 2 nights in 4-star hotels, daily buffet breakfasts, a 4-Star Luxury Li River Cruise, an English-speaking tour guide, and air-conditioned van transfers.
On Day 1, meet your guide and driver at Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL), Guilin Railway Stations, or your downtown hotel. Begin at Elephant Trunk Hill, Guilin's city emblem where a limestone peak arches like a giant elephant drinking from the Li River, featuring Water Moon Cave, cliffside inscriptions, and Puxian Pagoda. Continue to Guihai Qinglan (Guilin's Little Switzerland), where over 200 karst peaks surround emerald lawns, 12 lakes, and 60 acres of century-old pine forest. Around 17:30, stroll around Rongshan Lake Scenic Area and lively Zhengyang Pedestrian Street before checking into your 4-star Guilin hotel.
On Day 2, enjoy a hotel buffet breakfast before boarding a 4-Star Luxury Li River Cruise for a 4-hour voyage to Yangshuo. Capped at 80 seats with carpeted floors, sofa seating, and panoramic windows, the boat glides past Nine Horses Fresco Hill, Yellow Cloth Shoal, and the 20-RMB banknote karst scenery. Disembark in Yangshuo for a scenic drive along the Ten-Mile Gallery, then spend 60 minutes at Shangri-La Park (Shiwaitaoyuan), admiring lotus ponds, Swallow Lake, Swallow Cave, and Dong, Zhuang, and Miao folk architecture before checking into your 4-star Yangshuo hotel.
On Day 3, after breakfast, travel to the 4A Longji Rice Terraces, first carved in the Yuan Dynasty and famed as the Crown of World Terraces and a Skiptrace filming site. Hike stone trails through cascading terraces, admire Zhuang stilted wooden villages, and discover highland farming culture before drop-off at Guilin airport, train station, or hotel.
Day 1: Guilin pickup, Elephant Trunk Hill, Guihai Qinglan, Rongshan Lake & Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, 4-star Guilin hotel.
Day 2: Breakfast, 4-hour 4-Star Li River Cruise, Ten-Mile Gallery drive, Shangri-La Park, 4-star Yangshuo hotel.
Day 3: Breakfast, Longji Rice Terraces & Zhuang village guided hike, Guilin airport/station/hotel drop-off.
Highlights
- Cruise the Li River for 4 hours aboard a 4-star boat with panoramic windows
- Hike the Yuan-dynasty Longji Rice Terraces and visit Zhuang stilted villages
- Discover Elephant Trunk Hill, Guihai Qinglan meadows, and Rongshan Lake
- Explore Yangshuo's Ten-Mile Gallery and the idyllic Shangri-La water park
- Relax for 2 nights in 4-star Guilin and Yangshuo hotels with buffet breakfasts
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This is a small-group tour for 2 to 8 guests with zero shopping stops
Please provide all guests' full names, passport numbers, nationalities, and arrival/departure flight or train details upon booking for real-name Li River cruise tickets and transfers
Please carry your original physical passport every day, as it is required for 4-star hotel check-in and boarding the 4-Star Luxury Li River Cruise
Hotel accommodation is based on standard twin or double room occupancy at selected 4-star hotels in Guilin (1 night) and Yangshuo (1 night) with daily buffet breakfast
Visiting the Longji Rice Terraces involves walking on stone mountain steps; please wear comfortable non-slip walking shoes
INCLUDED
- 2 nights accommodation in 4-star hotels (Day 1 in Guilin, Day 2 in Yangshuo, standard twin/double room)
- 2 daily hotel buffet breakfasts (on Day 2 and Day 3)
- 4-Star Luxury Li River Cruise ticket (approx. 4-hour voyage from Guilin to Yangshuo with sofa seating)
- First-gate admission tickets to Elephant Trunk Hill, Guihai Qinglan, Shangri-La Park, and Longji Rice Terraces
- Guided walk around Rongshan Lake Scenic Area and Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
- Dedicated English-speaking tour guide for all 3 days
- Air-conditioned van for Guilin airport/station pickup, intercity sightseeing, and Day 3 departure drop-off
NOT INCLUDED
- Round-trip flights or high-speed train tickets to and from Guilin (not included)
- Lunches and dinners are not included (flexible dining at your own expense, approx. 40-100 CNY per person per meal)
- Yangshuo cruise pier electric shuttle cart (optional, approx. 15 CNY per person, pay on site)
- Longji Rice Terraces scenic shuttle bus or cable car tickets (optional, approx. 50-100 CNY per person, pay on site)
- Personal expenses and voluntary gratuities for the tour guide and driver (optional)
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.