Guilin Travel Guide

Last Update: 1st January 2020

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Best Guilin Tourist Attractions:

Li River Cruise
Four Lakes Night Cruise
Reed Flute Cave
East-West Alley
Elephant Trunk Hill
Longji Rice Terraces
Xianggong Hill
Cuiping Hill
Yulong River Bamboo Rafting
West Street

What to wear

From November to February, it is cold in Guilin. Therefore, you’d need to bring enough clothes to keep warm. From March to May, it rains much. It is suggested that you take blouses , thin coats and umbrellas with you. From June to October, you’d also need to bring umbrellas with you. As it is hot during the period of time, it is recommended that you take shorts, skirts, T-shirts and sunglasses with you in Guilin.

How to book train tickets

Generally speaking, passengers can book the train tickets 30 days at earliest prior to the travel date in China. Trip.com offers train tickets booking service to foreign passengers. Therefore, you could directly book it online. Alternatively, you could let your hotels or travel agencies book it for you.

VPN advice

It is strongly recommended that you set a paid VPN on your phone if you’d like to keep in touch with your friends or families via Gmail, Facebook, or other foreign media. The paid VPN is more reliable than the free VPN in Mainland China as sometimes the free VPN may not work.

How to get to Guilin

The transportation network in Mainland China is developing better and better, especially in the main cities and tourist destinations. Thus, you could get to Guilin by air or high-speed train from the main cities, such as Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Chengdu, Zhangjiajie, Xiamen, Hangzhuo, Wuhan, Changsha, etc.

Water

Tap water in China is undrinkable. You could purchase the bottled water to drink. All of the bottled water in the supermarket is safe to drink.

Phone

If you would like to share your experience with your families and friends on the phone when you visit Guilin, you could get a local SIM card which can be able to offer the international service. The minimum charge of the card is from 50 CNY. The charge of the card with the international service will be a little more expensive.

Best time to visit Guilin

The best months to visit Guilin are from April to October. But it is not suggested that you visit Guilin in July and August as it is always crowded with domestic Chinese tourists during the two months. It is during the summer holiday in China and many parents and their children will travel around the country.

Free things to do in Guilin

If you would like to enjoy the night views in the City of Guilin in a less crowded surrounding, you could walk along the four city lakes and along the Li River for free.

It is the rainy season from April to July. If the water level in the Li River breaches a set level, all the cruise boat will be canceled. Thus, if you are planning to enjoy the cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo, it is much safer to visit Guilin between August and October.

Always, thousands of domestic Chinese tourists love to visit Guilin during the public holiday - May Day, Tomb-sweeping Day, National Day, Spring Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival. Therefore, if you want to get great experience during your Guilin Tour, please avoid exploring Guilin during the periods of time. What’s more, the pricing of the hotels are much higher than other times. And the traffic is much busier as well.

Hotels

Guilin has various accommodations to stay overnight, including luxury hotels, boutique hotels and mid-range hotels, especially in the City of Guilin. You could stay overnight at Shangri-La Hotel, Sheraton Hotel, or Guilinyi Royal Palace. Shangri-La Hotel is located at the bank of the Li River while Sheraton Hotel Guilin stands at the bank of the Li River and it is close to Zhengyang Walking Street.

Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin Exterior

4.5 Star Li River Cruise Cost

4.5 Star Li River Cruise	VIP Ticket	Upper Deck Ticket	Lower Deck Ticket
Adult (over 140 cms Tall)	USD $177 per adult	USD $139 per adult	USD $128 per adult
Child (120 - 139 cms tall)	USD $99 per child	USD $75 per child	USD $62 per child
Child (under 119 cms tall) NO SEAT	FREE*	FREE*	FREE*

Please note, the 4.5 Star Li River Cruise also features a Lower Deck Private Box to host a maximum of 4 x persons. Price of the Li River Cruise Lower Deck Private Box (4 x persons) is USD $492 in total.

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4.5 Star Li River Cruise Photos

4 Star Li River Cruise Cost

4 Star Li River Cruise	VIP Ticket	Upper Deck Ticket	Lower Deck Ticket
Adult (over 140 cms Tall)	USD $139 per adult	USD $115 per adult	USD $99 per adult
Child (120 - 139 cms tall)	USD $139 per child	USD $57 per child	USD $49 per child
Child (under 119 cms tall) NO SEAT	FREE*	FREE*	FREE*

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4 Star Li River Cruise Photos

3 Star Li River Cruise Cost

3 Star Li River Cruise	Lower Deck Ticket
Adult (over 140 cms Tall)	USD $78 per adult
Child (120 - 139 cms tall)	USD $39 per child
Child (under 119 cms tall) NO SEAT	FREE*