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A field day built for students rather than sightseers, using the landscape around Guilin as the textbook. The morning is spent in the peak cluster at Qifeng Town, where hundreds of limestone towers stand on a nearly flat plain, and where the group can stop and work at the outcrop - bedding planes, joints, solution grooves - without competing with a crowd.
The afternoon moves underground to see the same chemistry as deposition rather than dissolution, then out to a riverbank to examine what the Li River carries and where it drops it. Students measure, sketch and record on a printed worksheet, and the day closes with a short discussion on how a karst river behaves differently from one running over impermeable rock.
The pace suits secondary school and first-year university groups. Walking is on flat or gently sloping ground and the vehicle stays close throughout.
Morning — Qifeng Town: the tower karst field
The day begins southeast of the city in the peak cluster at Qifeng Town, where hundreds of limestone towers rise from an almost flat plain. It is a textbook example of tower karst, and because it receives far fewer visitors than the river it is a practical place to stop and look properly. At the outcrop your guide works through the basics: the bedding planes that show the limestone was laid down in a shallow sea, the vertical joints that control how water attacks the rock, and the solution grooves that run down the bare faces.
Late morning — from tower to plain
Walking out from the towers onto the surrounding plain, the group looks at the relationship between the two: the residual hills, the red soils between them, and the depressions where drainage goes underground rather than running off. The exercise is to read the landscape rather than photograph it — sketching the skyline profile and recording where water disappears.
Lunch
A simple local restaurant in the Qifeng area.
Afternoon — underground: the cave as a laboratory
The afternoon moves underground, into a show cave where the same chemistry is visible as deposition rather than dissolution: stalactites fed by drips that lose carbon dioxide at the cave ceiling, stalagmites built up beneath them, and flowstone where water runs rather than drips. Your guide covers what speleothems record and why they are difficult to read, and the group measures and sketches rather than only looking.
Late afternoon — the river and its load
On a bank of the Li River, the group examines what the river carries and where it drops it: gravel bars on the inside of bends, finer sand in slack water, and the terrace surfaces that mark where the channel used to run. Grain size, sorting and rounding are recorded on a printed worksheet, and the session closes with a short discussion of how a karst river behaves differently from a river in impermeable rock.
Meals
Lunch
Accommodation
Day tour - no hotel night included.
| Group Size | Adult(Age:8-80) Price/p.p | Child(Age:4-7) Price/p.p | Infant(Age:0-3) Price/p.p |
| 2 PAX | from $302 | / | / |
| 4 PAX | from $192 | / | / |
| 6 PAX | from $158 | / | / |
| 8 PAX | from $140 | / | / |
| 10 PAX | from $130 | / | / |
| 20 PAX | from $101 | / | / |
| 30 PAX | from $91 | / | / |
Please read the notes below before you book. They cover entry formalities, pace, weather and what to bring.
Q: Is this tour private or shared?
A: It is a private tour. Only your own party travels with the guide and vehicle, so the pace and the order of stops can be adjusted on the day.
Q: What is the best season for this itinerary?
A: April to June and September to November bring the mildest weather and clearest light. The programme runs year round, and we adjust the daily timings in mid-summer and winter.
Q: Can you handle dietary requirements and accessibility needs?
A: Yes. Vegetarian, halal, gluten-free and allergy-aware menus are arranged when you tell us in advance. Step-free and low-mobility versions of the route can also be planned.
Q: How do we book and pay?
A: Send us your travel dates and group size for a same-day quotation. A deposit confirms the booking, the balance is due before arrival, and prices are guaranteed for 7 days.
