15-Day Guilin Cycling Tour

Transfer via: International flight on your own arrangement

Upon your arrival at Guangzhou airport, our local representative will meet you and escort you to Guilin. Upon arrival in Guilin, the most scenic city in China, you will be met by your guide and escorted to the hotel in Guilin.

Meal: Dinner  

Free day in Guilin.

You can adjust your bike and/or choose to visit some of the beautiful parks in the city such as the Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill and Reed Flute Cave at your own expense.

Meal: Breakfast  

Cycle 93km from Guilin to Ping'an Village in Longsheng Autonomous County of Multi-minorities.

The road condition is good with asphalt mostly. Take the bicycle lane to go out of the city until the toll road station, then you will take 321 national road until the junction to Ping'an village, along the way there are fish ponds, rice paddies, fruit trees, tea plantations, sugar cane fields, bamboo forest, etc which will offer you a nice countryside view, the road becomes hilly with lots of bends after 53km by riding through the valleys, there is a 7-km long descent with consecutive steep bends from 70km till you get to the junction to Ping'an village, turn right and the road becomes narrow with consecutive bends, which you need to pay attention to. The last 6km is a very big uphill to the parking lot of Ping'an village, and then it is about 20 to 30-minute climb to the hotel in the middle of the mountain.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

In the morning, spend about two hours wandering around the village before descending to the parking lot where you will start your cycling from Ping'an village to Longsheng County, then further to the Longsheng Hot Spring Hotel for your overnight stay.

Repeat part of the road for 16km at the very beginning till you get to the junction, go straight to Longsheng County. The road becomes narrow with lots of patches after Longsheng County. The riding today is along the small river between the valleys for most of the time, along the way, we are going to pass some ethnic villages, and you can still see some terraced rice paddies.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Cycle 77km from Longsheng Hot Spring Hotel to Ziyuan County.

Today it is the most difficult day with lots of big ups and downs and consecutive bends. The riding today is along the small river between the valleys for most of the time, along the way, we are going to pass many ethnic villages, you can still see quite a few beautiful houses with wood or bamboo and the terraced rice paddies. From 21km at Hekou, where the road becomes wider, there is a 7-km-long uphill followed by a 3-km-long downhill, another 4-km uphill followed by 3-km downhill after 33km at Liangshui, the last one is 18-km uphill followed by 13-km downhill until we get to our destination for today.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Cycle 83km from Ziyuan County to Xing'an County.

Today you will take 202 provincial road by partly riding along the Zi River and then 322 national road to Xing'an. The road condition is good with asphalt, after 21km, you will enter into the mountain ranges with bamboo forests along both sides, enjoy a 7-km long uphill starting from 21km and then a 32-km-long downhill with consecutive steep bends starting at 28km till Simeng. After Baizupu, turn left to be on 322 national road till you get to Xing'an, on which there is more traffic.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Bus 127km from Xing’an to Guangyang plus another 29km to Laobeitang, then cycle 67km to Gongcheng.

Take the provincial road by partly along the Guan River, the road condition is quite good with asphalt, the view is getting better and better with mountains, rice paddies, cornfields, persimmon trees coming towards you, there are quite a few short ups and downs along the way, a 2-km big downhill is from 17km with big bends which you need to pay attention to.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

We are going to cycle 34km from Gongcheng County to Ertang Town. And then forward to cycle to Pingle about 17 km.

Today, the road is the country road combined with 323 national road, mostly asphalt road, A 3-km-long uphill starts from 22km followed by a 2-km downhill. Get on 323 national road at Ertang Town, there are lots of stands along the road selling grapefruits and persimmon cakes.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Cycle 53km from Pingle County to Sanhe Village of Lipu County.

Mostly ride on 323 national road with busy traffic, the road condition is good and flat with asphalt, the road becomes a bit narrow at the junction from 43km, along the way, you will see more and more beautiful mountains, citrous trees and water chestnut fields.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Rest day-refreshing in Lipu County & visiting Fengyu Cave.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Cycle 81km from Sanhe Village of Lipu County to Mountain Retreat Hotel beside the Yulong River, one tributary of Li River.

We are going to take the ridable countryside roads instead of the main road when possible. The gravel road starts after you get across the national road at 10k till Maling Town at 43km except for 3km asphalt road between 27km and 30 km. Then continue riding 18km on the 321 national road till the junction to Licun Village which is our lunch stop. Take the dirt road through Yongcun Village and Aishan Village, pass Gongnong Bridge on the 321 national road, turn left and ride for another 10 to 15 minutes to our hotel.

If you don't want to take the countryside road from Sanhe Village of Lipu County to Maling, then you can choose to take the main road, the distance is 31km to Maling.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Cycle about 60km mostly through the dirt road by partly along the Yulong River to Yangshuo County, one local guide of Yangshuo area will be hired to lead the way. Several big 2-km uphills with consecutive bends start respectively at 13km, 23km and 27km followed by short downhills, you will cycle on small countryside lanes starting from Jinlong Bridge and need to get across the Yulong River through the dams for several times before you get onto the bigger asphalt road at Jima Village. After dinner, enjoy the spectacular “Impression on Third Sister Liu” performance directed by Yimou Zhang, which is a very unique show due to its natural stage on the Li River.

If you don't want to ride on small countryside lanes from Jinlong Bridge, you can choose to continue riding on the asphalt road till Baisha Town for about 2km to get onto the national road 321 which is very busy with traffic, ride another 9km till you get to the hotel in Yangshuo County.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

Pack the bikes in the morning for their transfer to Guilin. Take a coach to Xingping Town to take the boat on the beautiful Li River to Yangdi County (Upstream). Arrive Yangti, pick up and transfer to Guilin, overnight in Guilin.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch   Dinner  

In the morning, you will visit the Daxu Old Town and transfer to Guangzhou, arrive Guangzhou, we will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast   Lunch  

Transfer via: International flight arrange on your own departs

Pick up and transfer you to the airport early for your flight home.

Meal: Breakfast