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Yangshuo: Natural Scenery and Folk Culture Private Day Trip

By 重庆市新干线国际旅行社有限公司
Free cancellation available
Price is £5 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 13h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Explore the charm of Xingping Ancient Town and the stunning Li River on this full-day tour from Guilin. Stroll through historic streets, visit the iconic Huangbu Reflection, and enjoy a scenic cruise or bamboo raft ride along the Li River, taking in highlights like Nine-Horse Painting Mountain.
Choose between various activities such as biking in the Ten-Mile Gallery, traditional fan painting workshop in Fuli, or adventurous rafting on the Yulong River.
Conclude your day with free time at West Street, soaking in the vibrant cultural scene, and optional evening entertainment like Impression Sanjie Liu/Guilin Eternal Love, or participate in the lively Dong King's Night Banquet with bonfire interaction.

  • Choose from three types of routes to explore Yangshuo’s scenery and experience it more deeply.
Activity location
  • Xingping Town
    • 541906, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Xingping Town
    • 541906, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Check availability


Bonfire Show + Cycling
  • Activity duration is 13 hours13h
    13h
  • English

Note: Private transport, tour guide service and other expenses are not included
Duration: 1 day
Note: This option includes Bike rental in Ten Mile Gallery and Entrance Ticket of Dong King's Night Banquet Bonfire Show.
Pickup included

Price details
£5.16 x 1 Adult£5.16

Total
Price is £5.16
Route B
  • Activity duration is 13 hours13h
    13h
  • English

Duration: 1 day
Itinerary: Xingping Town → 3 Star Boat Li River Cruise → Yulong River Rafting → Night Show
Pickup included

Price details
£145.97 x 1 Adult£145.97

Total
Price is £145.97
Route C
  • Activity duration is 13 hours13h
    13h
  • English

Duration: 1 day
Itinarery: Xingping Town → 3 Star boat Li River Cruise → Fan Painting in Fuli Ancient Town
→ Dong King's Night Banquet Bonfire Show
Pickup included

Price details
£145.97 x 1 Adult£145.97

Total
Price is £145.97

What's included, what's not

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    English speaking private guide
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    Air-conditioned vehicle
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    Bamboo Craft in Xingping Town
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    3 Star Li River Cruise Ticket
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    Cycling in Ten Mile Gallery ( Shi Li Hua Lang)
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    Dong King's Night Banquet Bonfire Show
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    Yulong River Rafting
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    Impression of Sanjie Liu/Guilin Eternal Love Night Show Ticket
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    Fan painting workshop in Fuli Ancient Town
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    Meals
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    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for travellers over 70 years old or under 1 year old
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Xingping Town
  • 1h
Stroll through the millennium-old ancient town, along the bluestone-paved paths and among the old houses and folk residences, feeling the tranquility of time. This is the location where the background pattern of the 20-yuan RMB note was taken, so don't forget to take a photo with the classic scenery.
Li River
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Take a boat ride along the most scenic stretch of the Li River (electric bamboo rafts or sightseeing boats are recommended). "The boat sails on the blue waves, and people seem to be travelling in a painting." Admire up close the wonders such as the Yellow Cloth Reflection and Nine-Horse Painting Hill, and immerse yourself in the poetic scenery where mountains and waters blend into one.
Fuli Ancient Town
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Nestled along the Li River, Fulli Ancient Town is a millennium-old sanctuary hailed as "China's Hometown of Fan Painting", boasting primitive tranquility amid mountains and rivers. Its most charming scene lies in the leisurely sight of families drying painted fans everywhere, and the most precious experience is the in-depth immersive fan painting intangible cultural heritage handcraft. In the antique fan art workshops, follow inheritors to learn traditional techniques like bamboo selection, paper cutting, painting and mounting, and personally depict Guilin's landscapes and the Li River's beauty on the fan surface. Between brush strokes, you not only feel the craftsmanship temperature of the millennium-old intangible heritage, but also take away this unique poetic landscape and cultural memory, letting the breeze carry the fan's fragrance and preserve the elegant feelings of the journey.
Yulong River
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
This is a genuine human-powered rafting experience, allowing you to enjoy the tranquility of "a boat floating on the blue waves, people travelling in a painting". The slight thrill when passing the dam and the picturesque scenery reflected in the water are experiences that cannot be replaced by motorised boats on the Lijiang River.
Shili Hualang
  • 2h
The Ten-Mile Gallery is a poetic sanctuary winding through karst peaks, like a scrolling ink wash painting by nature. Cycling along, verdant mountains rise like dark eyebrows, terraced fields glow with lush greenery, and the Yulong River meanders like a jade ribbon. Moon Hill’s natural arch transforms with every turn, while the millennium-old banyan tree shelters the legend of Liu Sanjie’s romance. Villages with curling smoke dot the landscape, and the breeze carries the scent of rice and bamboo. Every step immerses you in poetry, embodying the delicate grace and tranquility of Guibei’s countryside.
West Street
  • 1h
West Street, a landmark in Yangshuo, which is a meeting point of Chinese and Western cultures. The street is lined with shops on both sides, where you can browse for handicrafts, sample snacks, enjoy a cup of coffee, and soak up the bustling atmosphere of the marketplace. "Stroll, eat, play, and savour the leisurely afternoon."
Guilin Butterfly Spring
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
The Dong King's Night Banquet is a grand outdoor song-and-dance bonfire celebration that showcases the rich ethnic customs of the Dong and Miao peoples in Guangxi. Nestled in the Yangshuo Tianlai Butterfly Spring Scenic Area, this evening gala themed on Dong-Miao culture authentically recreates a series of age-old traditions passed down for thousands of years. These vivid scenes include the hospitality of wine to welcome guests, antiphonal singing by village maidens, greetings with lusheng music, the romantic "singing while wandering and sitting by the moon" ritual, the resounding Dong Grand Chorus, the solemn Dong King's sacrifice ceremony, and the lively bonfire Duoyeh dance carnival. All performances take place amidst the exquisitely traditional architecture of the Miao and Dong villages, including the covered wind-and-rain corridor, the melodious Tianlai Drum Tower, and the Duoyeh Square, where visitors can join in the singing, dancing, and joyful revelry.
Impression Sanjie Liu
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
The impression of Sanjie Liu is a brand-new conceptual outdoor landscape show that integrates uniqueness, artistry, spectacularity, ethnicity and visual splendor.Inherited from the legend of Guangxi singer Liu Sanjie, but not limited to the storey of one person, but the use of Chinese traditional painting composition and techniques into the real mountains and water, combined with the unique rhythm and rhyme of ethnic minority songs, the natural scenery along the Li River, the life and work of fishermen and villagers, the folk customs of ethnic minorities, etc., through visual effects and artistic arrangement to integrate and present.
Guilin Romance Park
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Located on Qianguqing Avenue, Yangshuo, Guilin Romance Show is a cultural-tourism landmark co-created by Songcheng Performance and Guilin Tourism. Since opening in July 2018, it takes Guilin’s millennium-old civilisation as the thread, becoming a cultural resort attracting visitors to travel through time.The core eponymous song and dance show is its soul, connecting past and present through five chapters: Call of the Ancients, Songs Over the Land, Love in Rice Noodles, Prince Jingjiang's Mansion and Liu Sanjie. With top audio-visual technology, it creates a shocking feast in 3D space, vividly presenting Guangxi's legends amid Lijiang's landscapes—from ancient ancestors' life to the joy of ethnic song festivals.

Location

Activity location
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    Xingping Town
    • 541906, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    Xingping Town
    • 541906, Guilin, Guangxi, China

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