Guilin Leisure Tours
Guilin's landscape is best taken slowly. The classic route is the Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo, four hours through the karst peaks and water buffalo country that appear on the twenty-yuan note; add a bamboo raft or a bike ride along the Yulong River and you have a three-day stay that never feels rushed.
If you have only a day, the city itself gives you the Reed Flute Cave, the limestone hill called Elephant Trunk, and a two-river night cruise past the illuminated pagodas. Private departures throughout.
