Li River Cruise: Scenic Journey from Guilin to Yangshuo

Enjoy a tranquil voyage along the scenic Li River, from Guilin to Yangshuo. Once you reach Yangshuo in the afternoon, you’ll have the opportunity to independently explore the vibrant local market and West Street. Your full-day guided tour includes hotel pickup, drop-off, and a Chinese lunch served on board.

Duration: 8 hours, 50 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Guilin - At about 8am, We’ll pick you up at your hotel lobby. It takes about 50 minutes drive to the Guilin Zhujiang Pier (for 4 star deluxe boat) or Mopanshan Pier (for 3 star standard boat) to start today’s highlights, amazing Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. To maximize your experience, we’d like to recommend a 4-star Deluxe Cruise (the…
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off in Guilin
  • Li River Cruise Ticket (Deluxe/Standard boat)
  • Buffet Lunch on Deluxe Boat
  • Bicycle rental
  • Chinese-style simple set lunch on Standard Boat
  • Private air conditioned vehicle & professional tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Please bring your passport when on the tour.
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
Location
Guilin
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Micah_n
Mar 16, 2025
Amazing! - I cannot recommend this tour enough! Our guide was Lily and she was amazing. She had amazing English and was so knowledgable about the locations we traveled to. She was very easy to work with and helped us make accommodations to fit the needs of our group (mopeds instead of biking) and helped us customize our itinerary to our liking. Do not hesitate, just book!
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Sebastiao_m
Nov 12, 2024
Great guide (Sarah), very... - Great guide (Sarah), very welcome a friendly. Great boat trip. The lunch on the boat wasn't great. The bycicle/scotter route after is definitely a must-do while in Guillin, one of our best trips in China and a great insight into the rural china.
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Jelmer_k
Nov 4, 2024
Recommend - great guide and overall tour - Well organised, good English speaking guide (frank) with lots of knowledge to share, helpful and funny. The private guide allowed us to tweak the itenary (skip cycling, visit some old villages by car and extend the tour so we could join the show)
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Simona_a
Aug 11, 2024
Very nice - Stephen was a great guide, professional and nice. He explained a lot of interesting things and we had such a good time!
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Teeyong_n
Jul 28, 2024
Great tour. Great tour guide. - The tour was amazing. The scenery was breathtaking. Guilin definitely lives up to its reputation as one of the most beautiful places on Earth. We took many memorable photos of mountains, rivers, villages, etc. Gary (or Wei Li) from China Highlights was a fantastic tour guide. He was fluent in both English and Chinese. He put in a lot of effort to share with us his cultural knowledge of the different places as our cruise boat travelled along Li River. He brought us to many wonderful places in Yang Shuo. In particular, he showed us many traditional buildings as he led us through the small streets of well-preserved old villages.
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Amber_l
May 2, 2024
Great tour - We really loved the whole tour. But to scooter around the countryside was truely memorable! Our guide was very fun too
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Davidy2735
Jul 27, 2018
2 day visit to Guilin and Yangshuo with Frank - One of the highlights of our 5 sites visit in China was definitely Guilin/Yangshuo. The Li river cruise is unique and relaxing, and the bike visit through Yangshuo farmland and a >400 year old farm home is such a peaceful, tranquil and educational experience. And we couldn't have asked for a more knowledgeable, thoughtful and helpful guide than Frank. And his English was excellent! Our tour advisor Robert Hui of China Highlights has made our 11 day, 5 sites China tour completely worry free and totally enjoyable. Only if China Highlights could have lowered the 100 plus daily temperature in Beijing, ours would have been a perfect tour!
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Kaitlyn
Jul 25, 2018
Li River, Yangshuo, and Longii Terraces with Guide Frank - We had the most AMAZING time in Guilin.The Li River cruise was unforgettable and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But what really made our trip exceptional was our guide, Frank. He was knowledgeable about everything and gave a great tour. At the same time, he knew when we wanted to just wander around and spend times on our own and didn't hover. Frank also was proactive about taking pictures of us and sending them to us later, which we are very grateful for! When we wanted authentic souvenirs - beautiful landscape paintings and embroidered art - he took us to local shops where we were able to purchase unique pieces. Lastly, Frank saved us in Guilin when we accidentally boarded our flight without our bag. Frank went above and beyond to contact security, lost and found, and the airport police to track down our bag. He then was able to ship it to us at our next hotel in Beijing. We could not have gotten our bag back without him and are SO GRATEFUL for everything he did for us. He is truly an exceptional guide.
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Jethroa780
Jan 7, 2020
Awesome guide - Very interesting tour and one you cannot miss when in Guillin. Our tour guide Yang and the driver picked us up from the hotel and after a one hour ride we arrived to the river where you'll find the boats ready for departure. weather was not ideal so we had to stay inside the boat a lot of the time. nonetheless our guide was very keen to converse with us and keep us entertained all the way through. She advised us every time to get on the upper deck of the boat when an interesting area was coming up. Food on the boat was good (not great). Yangshuo is also worth visiting although I would have loved to spend at least 3 hours there. We only had about an hour or so. Thumbs up for boat Yang and the driver. We booked tour from here. I suggest checking other sites cause I believe we could have gotten a better deal.
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Tonyc104
Oct 3, 2019
A lovely way to get to Yangshuo - If you are visiting Guilin part of your trip will no doubt include a visit to Yangshuo with a Li river cruise the best way to get one way ( with a coach back; I wouldn’t recommend both ways by boat). I believe this goes daily with plenty of boats undertaking the journey. It takes about 4 hours and is a pleasant leisurely way to take the trip, see the views and enjoy the Chinese countryside. The boat provides commentary at the key points ( in Chinese and English) to make sure you don’t miss the main views. I would suggest you take a packed lunch to enjoy as your boat winds it’s way down the Li. Seating is very comfortable which allows good views from your seat although you can also enjoy the river from the top deck which gives you a 360 degree vista. Enjoy
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