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Discover the special cultural beauty of Guilin on this all inclusive 1-day highlights tour with private guide and driver service. You will visit the top attractions from Guilin to Longsheng county: Longji Rice Terraces(Dragon backbone Terraces) and Minority Nationality Villages from Yao and Zhuang manorities.
All entrance tickets, private guide and driver, lunch, hotel pickup and drop off, all transfer are all inclusive except for your dinner and accommodation.
Note 1: Please make sure your arrival day hotel location is in Guilin Not Longji. (Longji has transportation control because of the road.)
Note 2: We provide Spanish/ French/German/Italian language guide option for your tour, please note your language request on booking page.
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Note: It is not viable to pick you up from If your hotel booking is in either Yulong River valley or Moon Mountain area, please contact us to confirm the pickup point.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Longji Rice Terraces
Note 1: Please make sure your arrival day hotel location is in Guilin Not Longji. ( Longji has transportation control because of the road condition, it is quite difficult for your luggage and van service). Note 2: If you need airport departure transfer at the end of tour, please make notes on booking page. It will cause extra cost. Your private guide and driver will pick you up from your Guilin downtown hotel, it takes around 90 minute drive to Longsheng county: saty 3-4 hours walking and easy short hiking for the fascinating view of the rice terraced fields. 1 hour visit Zhuang Ethnic Minority Village culture and 1 hour local delicious lunch also inlcuded. You will be transferred to your hotel at the end of tour either in Longji or Guilin.
All entrance tickets
Private English or other language guide
Private Transfere with Hotel pickup and drop-off
Local lunch
Gratuities
Accommodation
Dinner
Select a pickup point
Pickup included
4 language guide tour: Please note language request from Spanish/French/German/Italian guide options, and note us 3 days before the tour.
Pickup included
6 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
511victork,,Oct 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
We booked a 1 day tour of Yangshuo to see the major sites. Daisy was an amazing tour guide who was very approachable and knowledgeable of the local surroundings. We were able to thoroughly enjoy the dramatic landscapes of Yangshuo, as Daisy was very accommodating and allowed us to explore each site at our own pace. Highly recommend booking with them!
Travel734207,,Aug 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
We hired a private tour in Spanish because most of our group does not speak English. Two days earlier they told us they had no guide in Spanish, so they offered us the possibility of doing it in English or returning the money. Finally we chose to do it in English, as it was very hasty to find another tour. Lily, our guide, was lovely, facilitating everything at all times.
503dimitrib,,Apr 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Exceptional trip organized with Catherine Lu tour. from beijing to Xian to Guilin to Yangshuo. everytime, drivers and guide were there with us to support and follow us. the visit of the rice terraces in guilin and the mountains in yangshuo were fantastic. Organization was great . Thank you for everything
684eduardol,,Apr 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
The tour organized by Catherine Lu Tours was excellent. The guide, Daniel, has a good English level and knows very well the city. It was a lovely experience that we don't hesistate to recommend to all of you!
sscheuring1973,,Nov 7, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
Lilly was our tour guide with Catherine Lu Tours in the Yangshuo region. Lilly went above and beyond for us. We could not have been better taken care of. The sights were magnificent and and everything was perfectly planned, adapted and executed. We very much enjoyed the rice terrace walks and hike, the hike up the mountains and along the river, the lunches at tasty local places, the rafting dow the river and teh biking in the country side where there were millions of butterflies. Hotel was great and dinner there too. The light show also was a wonder. Lilly took such good care of us, she even brought us banana and oranges during the tours. Lilly is a local, and knows many people on the sites, which gave us a special feeling about the experience. 5-star experience!
Chely C,,Apr 17, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
This was our first trip to China and we decided to use Catherine Lu tours to arrange our tours and transportation between the four areas we visited - Beijing, Xi'an. Guilin/Yangshuo, and Shanghai. From the beginning of our communications through to the completion of our trip, the preparations for and execution of the details of our trip were handled professionally and smoothly by Catherine and Jenna in the office. They even went well beyond the call of duty to help us arrange for transportation of some of our luggage between Beijing and Shanghai, so we could travel lighter on the domestic trains and planes. This was also our first experience using only private tours in a country and we left convinced that this was the best choice we could have possibly made to maximize the value of our experience and minimize the hassles. In Guilin/Yangshuo, our guide Lilly, who was born in the area, provided special local insight and connection for all of our activities. Our journey to the Longji rice fields was made even more special when Lilly heard a group of locals having a celebration and managed to involve us briefly in their festivities. After sampling the food and wine, we took some fun group pictures before it was time to move on to the villages. The next day we took a relaxing boat ride down the Li River to Yangshuo, where Lilly showed us around the town before we retired to our hotel. On our final day, in addition to bamboo rafting we also took a cooking class and found out that we could actually prepare decent dishes in a wok under the strict disciplinary guidance of a local chef. Of course, Lilly also knew the restaurant owner and chef, so we received special treatment there as well. Since we had some extra time before our flight, Lilly took us to an old village where we had time to have a nice snack and drink. Lilly took great care of us and even walked with us inside the airline terminal to confirm the check-in counter for our flight to Shanghai. Having such an excellent guide and a comfortable vehicle to take us from place to place (and transport our luggage while we were on boats/rafts) helped provide an amazing and full experience for us.
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