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Guilin Attractions

The picturesque Guilin, located in Southern China, is well known for its natural Karst landscape and beautiful scenery. During his more than 5000 years old history it has throughout been one of the most beautiful cities in China.Enjoy a peaceful boat ride on the Li River down-stream to Yangshuo along with hundreds of green hills, villages, rice paddies, orchards and even swimming water-buffalos and cormorants and you will explore the central beauty of the area. Moreover you can visit caves like Reed Flute Cave, Parks like Elephant Hill Park and Fubo Hill Park. Sitting on a bamboo chair and raft on the tranquil and scenic Yulong River, taking a bike ride in Yangshuo’s countryside through villages and rice paddies, wandering down the bustling West Street of bars, cafes and souvenir shops and appreciating high mountain rice terraces and experience the hospitality of the ethnic Zhuang and Yao people in Longji are all good ideas.

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The Li River scenic area in Guilin is the largest and most beautiful Karst Resort in the world. Guilin features green mountains, beautiful rivers and unique caves. There are a lot of scenic spots in Guilin and a Cruise on the Li River definitely is one of the top attractions. The Li River originates...

As this Hill looks like a huge elephant stretching its trunk and drinking water it got the name Elephant Trunk Hill. It is considered as the symbol of Guilin and has been one of the most famous tourist attractions in Guilin since Tang Dynasty nearly 1000 years ago. Between the trunk and the legs is ...

With its location five kilometers northwest of the downtown of Guilin, the Reed Flute Cave is a brilliant cave marked on almost all travel itineraries. It became the 4A scenic area in 1982 and it is a very important part in Li River scenic area. This area can be divided into three parts: the Reed ...

Fubo Hill

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Fubo Hill, which is situated to the west of Li River, is standing half on land and half on water. On the hill visitors can visit the Xinxi Marquis Temple built during Tang Dynasty, a 300-year old iron boiler which weighs more than 1000 kilograms and a large bell which weighs 2700 kilograms and was b...

The Longji Terrace Field, also known as "Longsheng Terrace Field”, is located on the Longji Mountain in Pingan Village 80 km away from Guilin. Longji Terrace Field has a group of large-scaled rice terraces built into the hillside. Some of the terraces look like great chains, others look l...

The Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge is located in Liuzhou. In this area there are several different ethnic minorities such as the Miao, Zhuang, Dong and Yao. The County in particular is famous for the stockade villages built by the Dong ethnic minority. The Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge is the most ...