No China Tours are perfect without a Travel to Guilin. Guilin is blessed with wonderful scenery, where rivers and karst peaks covered in lush greenery. If asked to recommend beautiful natural scenery to see, most Chinese people will certainly think of Guilin, just as the ancient Chinese saying goes: East or west, Guilin landscape is best(桂林山水甲天下).
This is your first time to travel to Guilin, so you are probably considering join a package tour in which you can best enjoy yourself without worrying about air tickets, hotels, or itineraries. Then the following packages are recommended to you.
Package 1: 3 Days Picturesque Guilin
Attractions: Explore the beautiful scenery along the fabulous Li River. Enjoy uncanny workmanship by nature in Reed Flute Cave.
Features: Exploring the beautiful scenery along the fabulous Li River as well as the best of Guilin City in this 3 days trip
Price: from US$210
Tip: It will take about 5 hours to cruise Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo. As the most beautiful scenery is almost on the second half section of the trip, so please do not be so excited at the very beginning journey, or you may miss the best landscape. Generally travelers need wear carefully sunscreen especially on summer because they will appreciate the charming view on deck. And sunhat and rainhat are useless due to the strong wind. Please remember to carefully listening up the explanation given by the tour guide.
Please pay more regard to the safety and wear the hiking shoes to go the cave because those so many stairs and quite wet floor inside the cave.
Package 2: 3 Days Guilin Highlights and Rice Terraces
Attractions: Explore the beautiful scenery of Terraced Fields at Longsheng. Experience the Chinese minority people’s life by visiting Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Tribes
Features: Exploring the beautiful scenery along the fabulous LiRiver as well as experiencing the Chinese minority people’s life in this 3 days trip
Price: from US$173
Tip: Travelers need to provide rain gear for them in advance as the weather is unsettled on the terraced field area. Meanwhile, it is an elbow grease to traveling the whole terraced filed, so every one should have a good and nutritious breakfast. Furthermore, please do following the tour guide closely, otherwise, you may lose your way for the complicated routes in the Lignin Terraced Field area
Those two packages are provided by China Travel Depot. For detailed information you can log onto its website.
There are different views in different season to enjoy in Guilin. In spring the mountain is full of colorful all kinds, and in summers there are pines and bamboos to view. The mountain is covers with the leaves and chrysanthemum flowers in autumn, and snow flakes covers all over the mountain in winter (if it snows).
July is the hottest with an average temperature of 28.3C (82.9F). Warm clothes are recommended for winter-wear, while in spring and autumn something lighter with a woolen sweater will be comfortable. T-shirts with skirts, shorts or slacks are the best choice for summer when the temperature can be rather high.
The best time to carry out your travel in Guilin is from April to October. However, try to avoid the two golden weeks, National Day (1 October to 7 October), and Spring Festival in January or February when all the people in China seem to move around. Therefore, at these times you can expect difficulties in booking Guilin Hotels, air or train tickets. The traffic conditions will be terrible and prices for the attractions are usually much higher.
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