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China Guilin Travel & The Most Popular Tourist Routes In 2025

Guilin, located in the northeastern part of Guangxi and on the banks of the Li River, has been famous for its "beautiful landscape" since ancient times. The beauty of Guilin's landscape seems to be a work of art carefully carved by nature. The Li River, like a green ribbon, passes between the mountains, and the green mountains on both sides reflect in the water, forming a stirring landscape scroll. Natural landscapes such as the Elephant Trunk Hill and Fubo Hill have become iconic tourist attractions in Guilin with their unique forms.

In addition to its natural beauty, Guilin is also rich in history and culture. As a cultural city with a long history, it is rich in cultural heritage and humanistic landscapes, such as the Jingjiang King's Mansion, Duxiu Peak, and cliff stone carvings.
With the continuous development of tourism, Guilin has become a comprehensive tourist destination integrating sightseeing, leisure, vacation and conference. In addition to the traditional landscape sightseeing tours, Guilin has launched a rich variety of tourism products and activities, such as Li River rafting, bamboo rafting, hiking adventure, folklore experience, etc., so that tourists can experience the unique charm of Guilin in an all-rounded and multi-angle way.

Reasons to choose Guilin for your trip:

Guilin - stunning natural scenery: the karst landscape here creates a unique landscape, Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Yangshuo West Street, and Yulong River are all masterpieces of nature.
Guilin - rich historical and cultural heritage: Jingjiang King's Mansion, Duxiu Peak, East-West Alley and other historical relics have witnessed the vicissitudes of Guilin.
Guilin - Unique Ethnic Customs: Guilin is home to a number of ethnic minorities, and visitors can get close to and learn about the traditional culture, costumes, songs, dances and handicrafts of these ethnic groups.
Guilin - a paradise of food: from the famous Guilin Rice Noodles to a variety of local specialties, such as Beer Fish, Lipu Taro Head Button Pork, Stuffed Conch, and so on.

Special Experience

Discover the essence of China's most captivating cities through unique experiences. Each destination offers a blend of cultural, historical that provide a deep and enriching travel experience.

Visit Yangshuo West Street

As one of the busiest neighborhoods in Yangshuo, West Street is not only a good place for tourists to shop and taste delicious food, but also an excellent place to experience the local folklore and cultural atmosphere. At night, West Street is even more illuminated and lively, full of exotic atmosphere.

Guilin' Qianguqing

Guilin Qianguqing, located on Qianguqing Avenue in Yangshuo County, Guilin City, is jointly created by Songcheng Performing Arts and Guilin Tourism Unit, and is an audio-visual feast integrating culture, entertainment, and science and technology. The show utilizes advanced sound and light technology and stage machinery to brilliantly recreate Guilin's history, culture and ethnic customs in a three-dimensional space of water, land and air, such as the fascinating chapters of "Call of the Ancient World", "Flying Songs of the Earth", and "Passing on the Love of Rice Vermicelli".

Impression Liu Sanjie

Impression Liu Sanjie" is a large-scale live performance staged in the landscape of Li River in Yangshuo County, Guilin City, created by Zhang Yimou and other directors. It is based on the classic legend "Liu Sanjie" and skillfully integrates elements such as mountain songs, ethnic customs and fishing fires on the Li River, bringing the audience into a poetic world of mountains and waters. Since its public performance in 2004, it has received nearly 16 million audiences and become one of the highlights of Guilin tourism.

Li River Tour

Li River Excursion is a stunning journey through a hundred-mile gallery. It originates from Cat Mountain and flows through Guilin to Yangshuo. Along the way, you can enjoy the famous sights such as the Nine Horses Painted Mountain and the reflection of the Yellow Cloth, and feel the mood of "traveling on the blue wave in a boat, and swimming in a painting". Li River is not only a beautiful natural scenery, but also carries a rich historical and cultural heritage, which is a must-visit place for Guilin travelers.

Elephant Trunk Hill

Elephant Trunk Hill, also known as Lishan, is located at the confluence of the Peach Blossom River and the Li River in Guilin, named for its resemblance to a giant elephant stretching out its trunk and sucking in water, and is a symbol of Guilin's landscape. The Elephant Trunk Hill is famous for its magic, and the round hole formed between its trunk and legs, through which the river water passes, constitutes the "Elephant Hill Water and Moon" spectacle. As the emblem of Guilin and the symbol of tourism, Elephant Trunk Hill not only has beautiful natural scenery, but also carries a rich historical and cultural heritage, making it a must-visit place for tourists.