Guilin to Zhangjiajie Landscape Tour

• Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel
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The tour guide and driver will arrive at the airport ahead of time to meet you. After you meet up with them in the arrival hall, grab your luggage and take our private car to the hotel. The tour guide will help you with the check-in procedures, and then you can enjoy your free time.

• Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel
• Breakfast, Lunch

After having breakfast at the hotel, you will take a 10-minute walk along Binjiang Road to reach Elephant Trunk Hill. The trees lining Binjiang Road are lush, offering a refreshing and pleasant feeling.

Upon entering Elephant Trunk Hill Park, the hill gets its name because it resembles an elephant standing in the Lijiang River. You can stand on a bamboo raft, put a pole on your shoulder, and that'll give you a classic pose for taking photos.

If you're up for an adventure, you can climb to the top of the hill to enjoy a panoramic view of the Lijiang River. But be careful, as the steps are steep.

Next, take your transfer car to Reed Flute Cave. It's a great place to escape the summer heat and is the most beautiful karst cave in Guilin. The huge stalactites look incredibly sci-fi under the lighting.

The well-known Chinese TV series Journey to the West was filmed here, and after touring it, you might feel like you're on your own pilgrimage.

After having lunch at a local restaurant in Guilin, take your transfer car to Daxu Ancient Town. You can get away from the crowds and immerse yourself in the Ming and Qing Dynasty styles.

There's no commercial hustle and bustle, just cobblestone streets and century-old houses. Walking along the old streets, with the echoes of history under your feet and the mottled old walls beside you, it's like stepping back into a trade market from a hundred years ago.

After the tour, return to downtown Guilin. Dinner is on your own. There's a bustling pedestrian street called Zhengyang Pedestrian Street near the hotel. It's lively at night, and you can sample various local specialties.

• Yangshuo Riverside Resort Hotel
• Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, you'll set off from the hotel and head to Zhujiang Pier. Then, you'll take a cruise ship to Yangshuo. This is the only way to tour the entire stretch of the Li River. On the cruise ship, there's delicious Chinese fast food. You can enjoy your meal while leisurely taking in the scenery.

Whether it's the misty and hazy view in spring or the scene of layers of forests ablaze with color in autumn, the beauty of the Li River will always make you feel relaxed and happy.

The karst landforms on both sides of the river are reflected in the clear water, making you unsure which is the mountain above the water and which is the reflection in the water.

The most famous landscapes along the Li River are the Nine-Horse Fresco Hill and the Yellow Cloth Reflection. The Nine-Horse Fresco Hill is a majestic mountain by the Li River. Its cliff is wide and thick, with a mix of yellow, green, and white colors, like a painted screen. Nine patterns on the cliff look like horses.

After the cruise ship passes the Fresco Hill, it arrives at Yellow Cloth Beach. At the bottom of the beach, there's a piece of wood-colored stone slab. When you sit on the boat and look down through the clear river water, it looks like a yellow cloth floating in the water.

After arriving in Yangshuo and having lunch, the tour guide will take you into the countryside of Yangshuo. You'll see street vendors shouting to sell their goods, farmers working hard in the fields, and children laughing and playing in the alleys.

You can truly feel how down-to-earth life is here. You can also ride a bicycle on the village roads, take in a breath of fresh air, and you'll feel refreshed all over. You'll also have the chance to visit the villages along the way and learn about the lives of the local villagers.

After that, you'll go back to the hotel to rest. For dinner, please arrange it on your own. Impression of Sanjie Liu Night Show is strongly recommended as an optional activity. The show is presented in the open air, with the Karst formation peaks as a backdrop.

• Pullman Zhangjiajie
• Breakfast, Lunch

You'll take a car to Xianggong Mountain. It takes about 15 minutes to climb to the mountaintop. Standing on the viewing platform, you can overlook the panorama of the First Bend of the Li River, and witness the magnificent scenery of orderly arranged peaks and the winding Li River.

You can't help but marvel at the extraordinary workmanship of nature. It's also a great spot to watch the sunrise. The sun will slowly rise from between the distant peaks, turning the green peaks and clear river water golden under the sunlight.

After that, you'll go to Xiatangzhai Village. Along the Yulong River, the rapeseed flowers are a golden hue, which sets off beautifully against the white-walled houses with black tiles, resembling a vivid pastoral painting.

Walking along the riverbank, you can see the brick walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasty old houses bearing the marks of time and feel the vicissitudes left by the passage of time. In the village, the poetry of nature and human culture blend, allowing you to rediscover the beauty of life in a slow-paced lifestyle.

After lunch, the tour guide and driver will take you to Guilin North Railway Station to board the D3968 train to Zhangjiajie (14:55 - 22:02). The tour guide will meet you at the exit of the station and directly take you to the hotel to help you check in. After checking in, you can rest and arrange dinner by yourself.

• Pullman Zhangjiajie
• Breakfast, Lunch

After having breakfast at the hotel, you'll take a car to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Since outside vehicles aren't allowed into the scenic area, you'll need to take the internal eco-friendly buses once you arrive. The bus fare is already included in your ticket price.

You'll take a cable car to the top of Tianzi Mountain. The cable car ride takes about 10 minutes one way, and it can carry up to 6 people. While on the cable car, you can see the magnificent scenery of Tianzi Mountain through the windows.

When you reach the Xihai Peak Forest Viewing Platform, which offers the widest view of Tianzi Mountain, you can take in all three thousand of its unique peaks. When the clouds roll in, it's like watching ocean waves-a true sea of peaks.

In the early morning or after rain, you'll see dozens of huge quartz sandstone pillars rising straight from the ground, arranged in an orderly fashion. They look like rows of imperial writing brushes from the heavenly study, appearing and disappearing in the clouds like a slowly unfolding ink wash painting.

Next, you'll take the bus to Yuanjiajie, known as a natural oxygen bar with one of the highest concentrations of negative oxygen ions in China. The Qiankun Column is the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in the movie Avatar.

This 1,074-meter-high stone peak rises straight from the ground, with a vertical height of about 150 meters. The peak is steep, as if carved by a knife and an axe, with lush vegetation growing on top. From afar, it looks like a pillar supporting the sky.

Finally, you'll take the Bailong Elevator down the mountain. This is the world's tallest outdoor elevator, taking just 88 seconds from the mountaintop to the foot. However, you'll need to wait in a long queue, so be prepared for that in advance.

Lunch was arranged in one of the Wulinyuan restaurants.

• Pullman Zhangjiajie
• Breakfast, Lunch

On the second day of Zhangjiajie, your travel guide and driver will escort you to Baofeng Lake. As soon as you step into the Lake, you're surrounded by lush greenery and swirling mountain mist. The lake is like a mirror, reflecting the vast expanse of the sky and earth, as if the whole world is sleeping in this tranquility.

You step onto a small boat and sail towards the mountains and wilderness. As the boat glides across the water, ripples form, creating a stark contrast with the surrounding silence.

A gentle breeze blows, carrying with it the coolness of the lake and the fragrance of the forest, making you feel an unprecedented sense of freedom and wildness.

After lunch, you head to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, which is about a 30-minute drive away. Zhangjiajie is famous for its unique natural wonders. The mountains here are peculiar, the water is crystal clear, the rocks are strange, and the area is often shrouded in mist.

Coupled with rich vegetation, fresh air, and pleasant climate, it's like a secluded paradise far away from the hustle and bustle of the world.

The glass bridge in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon is 430 meters long and stands about 300 meters above the valley floor. It's a world-renowned high-altitude glass bridge.

As you walk on it, you can look down and see the valley hundreds of meters below. It's both thrilling and awe-inspiring, definitely a game for the brave.

When you reach the bottom of the valley, you'll discover a hidden place called Shenquan Lake. A waterfall cascades down from a towering cliff. Shenquan Gorge is narrow and deep, with rocky cliffs standing like walls on both sides, creating a very tranquil environment.

When the weather clears up and sunlight streams in from outside the gorge, it forms a striking contrast with the emerald-green lake water, painting an absolutely stunning scene.

After the visit, go back to the hotel and have dinner on your own.

• Pullman Zhangjiajie
• Breakfast, Lunch

On the last day of this tour, you will take a cable car directly from the city center to Tianmen Mountain. It's home to the world's highest natural through-mountain karst cave! On a cloudy day, Tianmen Cave looks like a gate leading to the fairyland.

This cable car ride takes 30 minutes, and it's the longest cable car in the world. To reach Tianmen Cave, you need to climb 999 steps. This is quite a challenge for many people and requires some perseverance, but you'll feel a great sense of achievement after finishing it.

Next, you'll walk on the glass skywalk suspended above a kilometer-high cliff. Standing on it, you can overlook the 99-bend mountain road that winds like a giant dragon.

After that, you'll take a chair lift to the highest point of Tianmen Mountain. Standing there, you'll have the feeling of overlooking all the other mountains from a high vantage point. Moreover, the scenery you see on the mountaintop varies with different seasons.

In spring, the mountains are ablaze with flowers; in summer, the sea of clouds surges; in autumn, the red leaves are like fire; and in winter, the mountains are covered with white snow. Then, you'll take the cable car back to the city.

After having lunch in the city, the tour guide and the driver will send you to Zhangjiajie Airport, where you can take a flight and leave Zhangjiajie.