Top Guilin Art & Culture

Discover the spectacular beauty and local cultures of the Longji Rice Terraces on a full-day tour from Guilin. Take in Huangluo Yao village to learn about the Yao and Zhuang peoples that have cultivated these rice terraces for more than 800 years. Have lunch in the village and taste bamboo rice, a specialty dish cooked in a bamboo stalk. Then ascend the mountain to visit Ping’an village and take a walk through the Longji Rice Terraces. Photo ops abound in this stunning region — keep your camera handy!

Discover China’s rich minority culture on an enriching full-day excursion to Longsheng from Guilin. Accompanied by a private guide, venture to the rural countryside to interact with the Zhuang and Yao communities, whose intriguing way of life is characterized by ancient traditions. Hike to the renowned Longji Rice Terraces and absorb spectacular views of the agricultural marvels, then capture photographs of the scenic sights with your guide. Enjoy the convenience of round-trip transportation from your Guilin hotel and receive the undivided attention of your guide on this private tour.

Outside the cultural hub of Guilin, traditional villages inhabited by ethnic minority populations scatter the landscape. Travel by bus to visit one of the most popular rural attractions in the area, the nearly 800-year-old Longji Rice Field Terraces. Take in the view from the top terrace before heading down to learn about the culture of the ethnic minority village that claims and maintains this scenic landscape.

Discover Longsheng and China’s rich minority culture on a full-day guided tour from Guilin. Take an easy walk around to snap photos of the famous Longji Rice Terraces and admire spectacular views of the cultivated mountain expanses. Have lunch in Pingan Zhuang Village and learn from your guide about the local Zhuang and Yao communities. Then relax as your round-trip transportation returns you to your Guilin hotel. A great trip for photographers!

Take in the major sights of Guilin on a private half-day tour that showcases the geographic and cultural highlights of Guilin. Visit landmarks such as Elephant Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Fubu Hill and the Li River, learning about their history from your informative guide. Choose from a morning or afternoon departure and admire some of the most beautiful terrain in China. This tour can easily fit into your Guilin sightseeing schedule, perfect for those with limited time.

Delve into Guilin’s cultural and natural treasure chest during a private tour of the Yao Mountain and a verdant tea plantation. Ascend to the summit of Yao Mountain on a smooth cable car ride and absorb panoramic vistas of the scenery from the top. Gain fascinating insight into Chinese tea production during a tour of a plantation and sample freshly brewed green tea during an indigenous tea ceremony. Enjoy the convenience of private round-trip transportation and experience the undivided attention of your guide on this private tour.

Get an insight into local lifestyles that are impossible without a guide on this day trip to the Longji rice terraces. Discover the unique culture of the Yao women, with their impossibly long hair, soak up stunning rice terrace views, enjoy a local lunch, and hike the “Dragon’s Backbone” through Zhuang and Yao villages. Tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off.

Lose yourself in the dreamlike landscapes of Guilin on this 7-hour tour of the region’s natural wonders, including hotel pick-up. Keep your camera to hand as you step inside the strikingly illuminated Reed Flute Cave, view the ancient Buddhas of Fubo Hill and climb Elephant Hill for an aerial view over Guilin. After a typical Chinese lunch (included), explore the Ming-era Mansion of Prince Jingjiang, visit Solitary Beauty Peak and stroll around the magnificent Seven Star Park.

Tasting tea and playing qin was a way for ancient China literati to meet together. Maybe you know about Chinese Tea. The tea specialist will give you a brief introduction to the history of tea culture and the tea set.You will taste a famous Chinese tea and learn about tea table etiquette. A short tea art performance will give you a general idea of making tea. Next, the teacher of Guqin will show you the hidden Chinese cultural connotation of the Guqin – a plucked, 7-string musical instrument. With a long history of almost 4,000 years, Guqin is now not quite as popular as other instruments. But you can find inner peace and joy when playing it.

There are more than 600 people involved in this play. Most of them are fishermen from the 5 villages along the river. They work in the river in the daytime, and participate the performance in the evening with their bamboo rafts. Some of the performers are the little singers from the villages of ethnic group of Dong and the young girls of other ethnic minorities group. They sing with the nature and untrained voices and dance with spontaneous style. In the gorgeous landscape, they are extraordinary beautiful and true.

Spend full day with a local expert guide to enrich your Guilin travel experience, visit the Daxu Old Town with a history of more than 1000 years, walk along the bluestone street lined with many well maintained buildings, appreciate the charming scenery of the river at west side, and experience the tea-leaf picking at Yaoshan Tea Plantation. Transport by air-conditioned vehicle, English-speaking tour guide, entrance ticket fee and local lunch are all inclusive.

Gain a more intimate insight into village life and Chinese minority cultures with a private tour of the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces. Your private guide will explain the traditions of Yao and Zhuang people before you visit Huangluo village. Next, drive to Ping’an village to trek to two of the most beautiful rice-terrace views. After lunch, your driver will drop you back to your hotel.

Experience the beautiful Li River on this sunset or sunrise cruise with a traditional cormorant fisherman. After a convenient hotel pickup, climb aboard the bamboo raft and marvel at the lush scenery while your guide practices this ancient type of fishing that involves no bait or hooks—just his trusty cormorant.

Experience Longji’s amazing rice terraces on this guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, learn about these ancient terraced fields—known by locals as “Dragon’s Backbone”—that were first developed nearly a millennia ago, during the Yuan Dynasty. Admire their surreal scenery from a lookout point after a quick cable car ride, then enjoy an optional hike down and lunch before returning to Guilin.

Guilin is suitable for travel for every season, even in winter, when everything falls in the northern part of China, Guilin still green and cool, hot spring SPA is the perfect activities for customer visit Guilin in winter, it will be the most relaxing and comfortable trip of your China tour. Highlights: 1. Can meet you at Guilin or Yangshuo area. 2. Can drop off you at the Guilin airport/train stations/Guilin or Yangshuo hotel after the tour. 3. Via the highway during the trip.