Guilin has always been famous in China for its scenery and eulogised in innumerable literary works, paintings and inscriptions. Over the centuries it has become known as the most beautiful spot in China. It covers an area of 4,195 square kilometres and has a population of 1.25 million. The major tourists attractions are:

Li River Cruise

Li River cruise is among the most memorable of China’s excursions. The 45 mile journey to Yangshuo glides through a landscape of the natural beauty including mist shrouded craggs and bamboo groves which have inspired painters and poets for many centuries. The river is a perfect complement to the peaks which are identified by fanciful names such as 'Painting Brush Hill’, 'Five Tigers Catch a Goat Hill’, 'Looking for Husband Rock’ or 'Nine Horse Hill’. One of the most fascinating sights, in the evening, is the cormorant fishermen using their long bamboo rafts working with big diving birds.

Reed Flute Cave

One of the most extraordinary sights Guilin has to offer is the underground Reed Flute Cave with its multi-coloured lighting and fantastic stalactites and stalagmites.

Elephant Trunk Hill

This Hill on the bank of the Li River resembles an elephant dipping its snout into the river.

Yangshuo

Surrounded by 18 peaks, Yangshuo is like a blooming lotus flower. The nature and rural scenery in this small mountain town is reputed to be Guilin’s best.

Cormorant fisherman

Fubo Hill

Fubo Hill slopes into the Li River in the east and looms over the ground in the west. Waves run back wherever they meet the rocks thus it gets the name.

Longsheng Minority Area

Longsheng is located in the mountainous region in the northeastern part of Guilin. It is attractive for its natural beauty and the colourful ethnic Chinese cultures and customs.

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