Private, Tailor-Made Guilin Tours — Expertly Created for You
Guilin's karst landscape and idyllic countryside are a picture of timeless beauty. In addition to the natural beauty, you can also immerse yourself in cultural experiences and outdoor adventures in Guilin.
Traveling with China Highlights, you will have a true sense of classic rural China from the days when your great-grandparents were but children. See the rural scenery of grazing water buffalos, farmers working in their fields, and small villages with old buildings set among green karst hills. Cycle on an off-the-beaten-path country road, which most travelers don't know. And experience the lives of locals in a Yao village.
Based on our purpose of creating a real connection with the beauty of a destination, we have carefully crafted the following Guilin tours to explore all the highlights in and around Guilin. All our private Guilin tours are flexible and can be customized to suit your budget and interests.
Best Guilin Tours for 2025
The following are the top 4 best-selling tours. They include the essence of Guilin. While enjoying the scenery, you can also visit local residents' homes to learn about authentic rural China. Alternatively, you can take a different path to discover hidden beauties.
Private Guilin Tours
Guilin not only has stunning karst hills and rivers but also caves, terraced fields, ethnic minority villages, and unique cuisine. You can choose different ways to explore the beauty of Guilin. Whether it's hiking, biking, photography, or a leisurely vacation with family, you can find a suitable option in the following tours.
Top China Tours including Guilin
Guilin, as a representative of cities in the southern part of China, is often combined with historically and culturally rich cities in the north, such as Beijing and Xi'an, as well as prosperous cities in the central region, like Hangzhou and Shanghai. It is also close to famous destinations such as Yunnan, Chengdu, and Zhangjiajie. You can get some inspiration from the following sample tours.
Guilin Side Trips
The following are combined itineraries of Guilin and surrounding cities, suitable for visitors with limited time. Guilin has convenient transportation, with high-speed rail reaching many cities within 4 hours. If you don't find a suitable tour among the following ones, please get in touch with us so we can customize one for you.
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I highly recommend Lele to anyone visiting Guilin !
Our trip to Guilin would not have been the same without Lele as our guide! He was absolutely amazing in every way. His English was excellent, making communication smooth and easy. Lele was always punctual, professional, and went above and beyond to ensure we had the best experience. His explanations were insightful and engaging, bringing the history and culture of Guilin to life. Lele even helped us take photos, making sure we captured every special moment. Thanks to Lele , our visit to Guilin was a perfect 10/10—from the incredible tourist sites and friendly people to the delicious food. I highly recommend him to anyone visiting Guilin ! more
Apr 2025, Pong J
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Recommended to anybody
We had a great experince staying in the mountain hotel when viewing the incredible rice terrasses. A visit to the hotsprings was invigurating and very relaxing. We would highly recommend this for a change of normal tourist routines. Guilin was vibrant and even more so as it was a local festival. Food galore, people got dressed up in traditional dresses to take photoes with spectecular colourful backgrounds of the lake with the two pagodas. The highlight was a visit to the caves. Huge chambers expertly lit to bring out the many different features. Travelling by boat from Guilin to Yangshuo for four hours showed us the beautiful scenery, part of which is even depicted on the rmb 20 bill issued in China. Yangshuo is surrounded by the fascinating Peaks which mark the country in thousands. Punters on the rivers provide a romantic foreground for pictures to be treasured long after our visit. A cable car ride transported us over great heights towards a wooden suspension bridge followed by challenging steps to the top. The view was worth the effort but we quit going down to the famous glass bridge as the subsequent walk up the hill to the cable car station was too daunting for me being slightly aged. A great lunch of beer fish in a boutique hotel in one of the old villages was followed by a visit to a famous old stone bridge which inspired a number of local artist to play their craft. A perfect finish to our six night holiday Our tour guide was Chais who displayed a remarkable patience to our wims and showed us how to appreciate his home country. All the places we visited by car driven by Shi whom I would recommend to anybody as a very safe driver taken care of us. Thank you to all who made this trip worthwhile Rosita and Folker Krueger from Perth West Australia more
Apr 2025, Folker
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We had an excellent time in Guilin. Our guide Sarah was very helpful and packed our days full of amazing sites. When our boat cruise was cancelled due to weather she quickly rearranged our itinerary and we were still able to do everything we had hoped to. The extra driving that it took to make this happen was at no cost to us.
I spent two short days in Guilin my travel guide Sarah was a wonderful host, making sure we got to see and taste the best of Guilin. Our driver Zeng was also excellent, she made sure we arrived at each destination safely. I would definitely recommend travelling to Guilin however two days is not enough to see all the beautiful sites it has to offer. I will be sure to come back again and book a tour with Sarah as she is very welcoming and funny so we had many laughs during our stay together. more
Apr 2025, Stay32724810674
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