Day 1 Your City to Guilin | Guilin Arrival
Your private driver and guide will be ready for you when you arrive in Guilin airport. Enjoy a trouble-free transfer to your hotel. A welcome dinner will greet you. Stay overnight in Guilin.
Morning: Go to Longji Rice Terraces Scenic Area with about 2 hours' driving.
Walk through the rice terraces and appreciate the fantastic golden views of fall. Visit a local family, learn how to make bamboo-tube rice in their traditional wooden house. Cook and eat with the family.
Afternoon:Catch fish with local people in their rice paddies, or help the local farmers harvesting rice if your visit coincides with the once-a-year harvest time.
Return to Guilin in the late afternoon and stay overnight there again. Your dinner will be served in Guilin.
Morning: Drive for about 2 hours to famous Xianggong Hill, and climb to the top for a fairytale view of the surrounding karst landscape.
Take a hike along the most beautiful section of Li River from Nine-Horse Painting Cliff to Xingping Town. Have lunch at a local restaurant in Xingping Ancient Town.
Afternoon: Build your own tent camp for your overnight stay by the river and enjoy a BBQ dinner.
Evening: Watch local cormorant fishing on a tributary of the Li River, where you can learn about the lives of local fishermen.
It will be a leisurely day.
Morning: Go to Fuli Ancient Town on a ferry boat from your tent camp, visit a workshop and study the creative process of painted fans. Learn from a local artist how to paint a traditional landscape on a paper fan. You will have your own handmade fan to keep as a souvenir.
Afternoon: After lunch, visit Seven Star Tea Plantation, which is one of the most beautiful tea gardens in Guilin. You will first learn to choose appropriate tea leaves and pick them in the right way. After tea-picking, the tea farmer will show you the process of frying tea. Then learn the proper way to make a cup of tea as you try different kinds of local tea.
Enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant and stay overnight at a hotel with beautiful surroundings in Yangshuo.
It will be a refreshing day.
Morning: One of the best ways to immerse yourself in the idyllic landscape of Yangshuo is cycling. Cycle through the charming countryside of Yangshuo, following your cycling guide as you breathe lungfuls of fresh air amidst towering karst hills, get close to nature, and encounter local farmers.
The cycling will last for about 2–3 hours depending on your students' energy. Enjoy a picnic lunch.
Afternoon: Explore a water cave to get to know the wonderful world of underground limestone formations in a more natural way. Different from China's tourist caves with colorful lighting, concrete steps, etc., the Water Cave is a half-spelunking-half-developed cave.
A qualified and experienced English-speaking coach from our associated outdoor center will accompany you during the exploration and offer you detailed information about the formations in the karst cave.
Have dinner and another overnight stay in Yangshuo.
It will be an action-packed day!
Morning: Team-building tasks are a good choice for students to learn how to work as a group and achieve things together. We will specially arrange a day for teamwork challenges by the beautiful Yulong Valley.
Guided by our professional coach team, the students will participate in well-designed activities and accomplish fun goals. The activities include learning how to make bamboo raft that can be used on the river, rock climbing, hunting for local snacks, and looking for local attractions.
Afternoon: When the activities end at around 3pm, there will be a summary and award ceremony. Enjoy a farewell dinner and stay one last night in Yangshuo.
Morning: After breakfast, we will see you off smoothly with an airport transfer.
—Hotel in Guilin: Four Points by Sheraton Guilin Hotel or similar
—Hotel in Yangshuo: Yangshuo Serenity Retreat or similar
From US$709p/p
Based on a private tour for 15 people.
Price varies depending on program, travel date, number of people and chosen hotel
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