6 Days Guilin and Beihai Hillside and Beachside Tour
Guilin and Beihai are the southern city on China. This tour will show you the exquisite Jiangnan landscpes in Guilin, you can see the Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park, Fubo Hill. Beihai is a coastal city, you will cvisit Silver Beach and Weizhou Island.
Highlights:
- Visit Guilin scenic spots: Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park, Fubo Hill.
- Travel to Beihai and for a beautiful beach tour.
- Eat the local cuisine in Guilin and Beihai.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Guilin Arrival
- Day 2: Guilin
- Day 3: Guilin
- Day 4: Guilin – Beihai
- Day 5: Beihai
- Day 6: Beihai Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Guilin Arrival
Sightseeing and Activities:
Accommodation: Guilin
Meals:
After your arrival in Guilin, you will be met and transferred to your hotel by our local guide. Feel free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Guilin
Sightseeing and Activities: Li River Cruise, West Street
Accommodation: Gulin
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Guilin is famous for its picturesque scenery, and the best way to see it is from the deck of Li River Cruise ships. In the morning you will depart from your hotel and be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier (about 1 hour drive) for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise. You will enjoy the unique mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank.
In the afternoon you will disembark at the old town Yangshuo. Having a history of more than 1,400 years, West Street is the oldest street in Yangshuo. You will have some time to explore the old town’s lovely attractions and will be transferred back to Guilin city in the evening.
Day 3 Guilin
Sightseeing and Activities: Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park, Fubo Hill
Accommodation: Guilin
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning you will visit Elephant Trunk Hill. Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blossom River, the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk drinking out of the river; it is the symbol of Guilin city.
Then you will head to Reed Flute Cave, which is a vast and very impressive cave system, and one of the most important sights of Guilin. Known as “the Palace of Natural Arts”, you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites and learn how they are formed.
Afterwards we will make a walk through Seven Star Park. It is one of the best urban parks in China. The park is in the east bank of Lijiang, the largest park in Guilin with the theme of rock caves.
We’ll continue to visit Fubo Hill. You will see lots of rock stone carvings & Buddha statues from since Tang Dynasty. If you climb to the summit, you will have a wonderful bird’s-eye view of Guilin city.
Day 4 Guilin – Beihai
Sightseeing and Activities: Beihai Silver Beach
Accommodation: Beihai
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After you arrive at the Beihai airport and disembark the plane, your tour guide will pick you up and take you to one of the best beaches in the world — Silver Beach. Beihai Silver Beach lies in the south of Beihai City, 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) away from city center. The beach stretches 24 kilometers (about 15 miles) from west to east with a width between 3 and 3,000 meters (3-3,281 yards). It is reputed to be the best beach in China for its advantages of even length, fine and white sand, clean and warm water and gentle waves, as well as being safe and free from sharks in swimming area. When the sun shines on the river, the water is just like silver glistening on the surface which creates a dreamlike view.
Day 5 Beihai
Sightseeing and Activities: Weizhou Island
Accommodation: Beihai
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast we will driven to the docks to take a sea cruise to Weizhou Island, the youngest and largest island in China made from a volcano. When you arrive at the island you will have the opportunity to visit Mazhu Temple, and the holy springs, tour The Gothic Catholic Church and dive.
After lunch you will take the cruise back to Beihai and return to your hotel.
Day 6 Beihai Departure
Sightseeing and Activities:
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast
Free at leisure until your guide pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to airport for your flight departure.
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide;
- Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.
