10-day Private Tour From Guangzhou To Yangshuo And Nanning By Car

Itinerary

Day 1: Guangzhou. O/N Guangzhou.

Stop At: Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Guangdong
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 09:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in around 30 minutes ride.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum, No.34 Enlong Li, Zhongshan 7th Road, Guangzhou 510150 China
The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, which is an academic temple built by the 72 Chen clans for their juniors' accommodation and preparation for the imperial examinations in 1894 in Qing Dynasty. Academy of Chen Clan is a complex with traditional Canton architecture style, and notable for the rich decoration which exist inside, outside the halls and in almost every beams, ridges, walls and columns including a large collection of wood carving, stone carving, brick carving, pottery, plaster and iron engraving.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Shamian Island, North Bank of Baie Bond, Liwan District, Guangzhou China
Afterwards, take the private car to Shamian Island to wander around the European architectural style area which was former colony for British and French 100 years ago. Your guide will take you to a local restaurant to taste yummy Cantonese Dim Sum for the lunch.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Qingping Medicine Market, Huangsha Avenue, Liwan District, Guangzhou 510130 China
After lunch, You will Transfer Qingping market which is Located at the cross interchange between Qingping Street and Tiyun Street along the Pearl River, Qingping Market in Guangzhou is a composite market selling agricultural complementary products as well as Chinese herbal medicines. Covering an area of 11,200 square meters (120,000 square feet) and possessing over 1,200 booths, it is a market of a large-scale and wide variety. More than 600 varieties of meat, eggs and vegetables, seafood, Chinese herbal medicines, dried fruits, flowers, birds and fishes, are sold. Government officials of over 40 countries including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and other countries used to visit it. They all considered the visit as a great pleasure! Here, you can buy a variety of agricultural sideline products, feel the warm local life and experience the civilized ancient trading ways.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Hualin Temple, Xiajiu Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou 510140 China
Next, go to Hualin Temple (Hualin Si) which is located in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. It is an ancient temple with about 1400 years ago. The temple was constructed in the Southern Dynasties (420-581 AD). In the year 1654 the temple was expanded and renamed Hualin Temple. It was then one of the five largest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, with a large team of monks. The Five-Hundred-Arhat Hall was built in the last year of Emperor Daoguang (1821-1861). The statues of the Arhats are lifelike, in different postures and moods. There is also a statue of Marco Polo, the Italian explorer who came to China in the thirteenth century. The King Asoka Pagoda sits in the middle of the hall.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Lychee Bay Scenic Area, Pantang Area, Liwan District, Guangzhou 510000 China
And then Transfer to Lychee Bay which is a famous tourist area in Guangzhou, especially for tourists wanting to experience some authentic flavor of Lingnan culture and customs. Lychee Bay is located in the Pantang region, west of Liwan District in Guangzhou.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Guangdong
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Guangzhou--Wuzhou. O/N Wuzhou.

Stop At: Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Guangdong
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 08:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Yuexiu park in around 30 minutes ride.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Yuexiu Park, No.988 Jiefang North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou China
The Yuexiu Park is the largest park in downtown Guangzhou. Covering an area of 860,000 square meters (212.5 acres), it is made up of three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain; hence the name.You can visit the Five-Ram Sculpture and Zhenhai Tower at this park.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Qilou Building, Da'nan Road, Wanxiu District, Wuzhou 543000 China
After the Guangzhou, we driver 3.5hrs to Wuzhou and visit the Qilou buildings first.
After opened to outside world in 1897, Wuzhou had became the business center of Guangxi. The 1920s, the ancient buildings were knocked dowan and extended the street. So the original houses were replaced by arcades. There were continuous of Arcade Building in the ancient city which in the estern of the river. There are 560 buildings which are China and the West union on 22 Arcade Buildings Streets. Many business men got together here, and here was ever existing more than 1,500 shops.

According to the appearance of Wuzhou arcade buildings, you can see many representative Chinese building language, like Catherine Wheel, tile carving, memorial archway and so on. The second floor of arcade buildings in Wuzhou are built with an iron ring and water gate. It is the sign of wet city in Wuzhou.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Dragon Mother Temple, No.75 Guilin Road, Wanxiu District, Wuzhou 543000 China
Next, go to the Dragon Mother Temple was built in the Northern Song dynasty in memory of the dragon mother who was once a legendary woman chieftain of the Southern Yue nationalities in the Warring States Period. The dragon mother is said to have a moral integrity of helping all the people in need and thus highly respected and regarded as the mother of the descendants of the dragon (namely, Chinese). The temple was rebuilt in the Ming & Qing dynasties and repaired and enlarged in the 1980's. It covers an area of 5000 square meters, including the following main buildings: the gateway, front & rear hall, temporary imperial hall, corridor, pavilion, stone tortoise pond, etc. The Dragon Mother Temple is a well-known historic scenic spot of the South-eastern area of Guangxi and attracts tens of thousands of tourists & devotees from home and abroad.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Wuzhou, Wuzhou, Guangxi
At the end you will be escorted back to your hotel in Wuzhou.
Duration: 17 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Wuzhou--Hezhou--Yangshuo. O/N Yangshuo

Stop At: Wuzhou, Wuzhou, Guangxi
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 08:30 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Huangyao old town in around 150 minutes ride.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Huangyao Ancient Town, Huangyao Town, Zhaoping County 546805 China
With typical karst landform, the old town is skirted by splendid hills, towering trees and clean streams. It looks like a primitive and simple village with different kinds of pavilions, various temples, ancestral halls and even the old trees. Upon arrival, we will explore this serene town firstly by visiting the old folk houses. There are more than 300 old residences scattered along the narrow streets and each of them is constructed and decorated in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As the ancient town offers a lot of local delicacies, so, the lunch will be included the package tour. And our guide will be delighted to recommend some restaurants according to your preference. After the lunch break, continue our adventure to discover more hidden spots and sights in the old town, such as the Immortal Ancient Well, Dailong Bridge, An’le Temple, The Ancient Opera Stage, "Dragon Claw" Banyan etc.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
The whole visit at the Huangyao Ancient Town takes about 3 hours with the lunch time, and at the end you will be escorted back to your hotel in Yangshuo.

Duration: 17 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Yangshuo--Longji--Yangshuo. O/N Yangshuo.

Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 08:30 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Longji Rice Terraces in around 120 minutes ride.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, 80 kilometers from Guilin, Longsheng County 541701 China
After a two-hour drive You will reach the entrance for the Longji Terraces and we will visit the Ping'an Village, This village has the most famous and beautiful rice terraces in Longji and need about a 30-minute drive again from the entrance tickets office.

The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces is a splendid agricultural spectacle with a history of more than 650 years. The most eye-catching part of the terrace cluster is the Ping'an Village Rice Terrace, which was the earliest one discovered by tourists and photographers. Numerous narrow rice fields dug along the hill slopes form terraces connected by winding flagstone trails. There are viewing platforms for visitors to view the entire terrace fields built tier upon tier. While you are there you can also experience the minority Zhuang people's traditional way of life. It is quite interesting to help them in the fields, try on their bright-colored ethnical costumes, and visit their unique stilted houses.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Ping'an Village, Within the County, Longsheng County 541700 China
Upon arrival, Then you will take a moderate trek along steps to Ping'an Zhuang Village. The walk up takes about 40 minutes. Your guide will take you on a stroll around the village where you can glimpse the local Zhuang peoples' unique wooden stilted houses and we can have a lunch in the village.

After a short lunch break, continue your terrace exploration to the No.2 Viewing Platform(Seven star with the moon), a 15-minute walk, which is a fantastic spot for a bird's-eye view of the Longji Terraces beneath your feet. You will have enough time to take pictures and enjoy the fresh air at the platform. And then, we will head to No.1 Viewing Platform(Nine Dragons and five tigers) and need 30 minutes via the flat path.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
After the Ping'an village, you will drive back to Yangshuo hotel.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Yangshuo. O/N Yangshuo

Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
In the morning, your guide will meet you at 9am and go to the Yangshuo countryside.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Yulong River, Yangshuo, Yangshuo County China
Then you will go along the Yulong River by bicycle or E-bike to immerse yourself in the local idyllic landscape for 2-3 hours. En route, you will see vast farmlands dotted with colorful wildflowers and log cabins, stretching out from the foot of rolling hills. There are sometimes peasants driving one or two oxen to plow the fields, injecting a sense of vitality into the rustic scenery.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Fuli Ancient Town, Fuli Town, Yangshuo County 542706 China
After the lunch break, we will drive for an hour to the Xingping Dock for your motorized raft journey on the Li River. On the way we will pass by Fuli Town which is renowned for a traditional handicraft - painted fans. If you are interested, we can make a short stop there.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Xingping Town, Guilin 541906 China
Upon arrival at Xingping Dock, you will board the motorized raft. Taking a ride on the Li River is always on the to-do list of Guilin Yangshuo day tour. Compared with ordinary ships, the raft - a traditional means of transportation usually sitting four people - offers a wider view and is the best way for visitors to enjoy the picturesque natural scenery. During the one-hour raft ride, you will see famous spots, including the Yellow Cloth Shoal which is painted on the CNY20 banknote, and Murals Hill where verdant plants portray images of nine horses on a sharp cliff.

Important Tips: People over age 70 and children less than 1 meter high are not allowed to take the Li River boat raft due to safety concerns.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
After the boat tour, you can walking around the Xingping old street then we will drop off you at Yangshuo hotel.
There is a night show option in Yangshuo. It is the 'Impression Sanjie Liu', performed above and on the Li River and against verdant hills. The dreamlike stage effect and original singing and dancing of national minorities have won the performance a great reputation among visitors. The show begins at 20:00 and lasts for 70 minutes; ticket prices range from CNY 268 to CNY 368 depending on the seats. If you are interested, our guide will reserve tickets for you and escort you to the site after you finish your dinner.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Yangshuo--Nanning. O/N Nanning.

Stop At: Yangshuo County, Yangshuo County, Guangxi
In the morning, your guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel at around 09:00, and then escort you to the Yulong river, where you will start the Yangshuo Yulong bamboo boat tour.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Yulong River, Yangshuo, Yangshuo County China
Taking a bamboo raft ride on the Yulong River (or dragon river), a tributary of the Li River, is a very relaxing way to enjoy the highly scenic area south of Yangshuo. Here you can enjoy the stunning scenery and views of country life on a non-motorised raft in the traditional way with a gondolier who steers you over the breakwaters past many small mud-brick villages and farmlands. Once you’re on the bamboo raft, sitting and enjoying the peaceful countryside, the limestone mountains, the beauty of this experience opens out before you. Even if you have cycled the area with a few hidden stretches approaching the river, the view from the river is very different. The boat lasts for 50 minutes, one way boat ride.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Xianggong Mountain, Xingping Town, Yangshuo County 541906 China
After Yulong bamboo boat, we will drive you to see the Yangshuo Xianggong hill.We will climb for 15 minutes along a moderately sloped staircase to reach the top of Xianggong Hill. Please inform our guide in advance if you need a walking stick. Lying between the famous Yellow Cloth Shoal and the Mural Hill, Xianggong Hill is one of the greatest viewing platforms in Guilin to take in the glamour of the Li River. The supreme view of the meandering Li River making a 180-degree bend, attracts countless visitors and photographers annually.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi
After lunch, you will transfer to Nanning from Yangshuo, need 4.5hrs driving, 385km.
Duration: 17 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 7: Nanning--Mingshi. O/N Mingshi.

Stop At: Nanning, Guangxi, China
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 09:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Yangmei ancient town in around 60 minutes ride, 44km.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Yangmei Ancient Town of Nanning, Downstream of Zuojiang River, Jiangnan District, Nanning 530047 China
The Yangmei Ancient Town, located in the lower course of Zuojiang River, is surrounded by the river from 3 directions, 38 kilometers from Nanning, enjoying a relatively convenient transportation of both waterways and highways. Yangmei includes the best-preserved architecture group of Ming and Qing Dynasty, which also tops the rank in China.
Entering into the town, you will be caught by the illusion as if you have entered into the movie base of Qing Dynasty. Striding forward on the uneven stone-built road, the crack on the dark road recalls residents of the memory of the ancient time. There are also masonry made from blue brisk, solemn and respectful. You can still sense the smell of candy and sticky rice generated from the crack of brisk of Daoguang Period. Either from the fine work of gate and window, or the splendid door header decorated by flower patterns, or the magnificent screen wall, the implication and vicissitudes of history quietly recorded on the building itself, retold by local people, and generated into a sort of cultural accumulation.


Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Mingshi Rurality, Mingshi Village, Kanyu Country, Daxin County 532313 China
After lunch, your guide will escort you to your Mingshi hotel, need 3hrs driving, 186km.
Located 53 km from Daxin County, 210 km from Nanning, capital city of Guangxi, Mingshi Scenic Area is crowned as the “Small ‪Guilin‬” and a photographer's heaven.‬ You've probably not heard of Mingshi Tian Yuan before, but if you're looking for somewhere unspoilt and unoccupied by tourists crowds, Mingshi's intoxicating rural countryside and surreal mountainous region shaped by Karst landscape have a lot to offer.

Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 8: Mingshi--Detian--Shuolong. O/N Shuolong.

Stop At: Tongling Grand Canyon, Xinling Village, Hurun Town, Jingxi County 533803 China
Today, your guide will meet you at 9am and drive to Tongling Grand Canyon which in Jingxi country for marvelous Tongling Gorge, Tongling waterfalls, and primeval forest of various vegetation

It is a canyon of totally enclosed type, with the length of about 1000 meters, and the width of more than 200 meters. It is like a beautiful scar of the earth. The deep valley, clean stream, green vegetation and the highest waterfall in Asia makes the canyon full of livingness and intelligence.

According to the geologists, the canyon was originally a blind valley. Because of the crustal movement, the top of the blind valley depressed. Now the valley is still an arch, which is a unique characteristic of blind valley. And there hanging various stalactites on the vaulted cliff.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Detian Scenic Resort, Detian Village, Shuolong Town, Daxin County 532314 China
Next, go to Detian Waterfall which is located in the Chinese nature reserve near the Sino-Vietnam border of China’s Daxin County, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and is considered one of the country’s special tourism attractions. It crosses from China to Vietnam and is Asia’s largest transnational waterfall, and places second longest amongst the entire world. Detian waterfall is more than 200 meters wide, and more than 60 meters deep. No matter if you are close to the falls or far from them, these magnificent falls are sure to captivate your heart.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Shuolongzhen, Daxin County, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 9: Shuolong--Nanning. O/N Nanning.

Stop At: Shuolongzhen, Daxin County, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 09:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Longhu Mountain in around 120 minutes ride, 110km.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Longhu Mountain Reserve, Within the County, Long'an County 532700 China
The Longhu Natural Reserve is also called Longhu Mountain, it is located in Longan County, about 83 km to downtown Nanning. Longhu Mountain is comprehensive forest and wildlife nature reserve and protection area, and is also one of the four famous "Monkey Kingdom" in China.
Here in Longhu Mountain, visitors can enjoy fresh air, see green mountains and peaks, old cane, bamboo bridge, clean water, various buildings and towers and hundreds of birds; further more, more than 2,500 monkeys will "welcome" you on the road side, along the river,even in the river. See the monkey and discover their life here is the highlight.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi
After lunch, will drive you back to your hotel in Nanning.
Duration: 18 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 10: Nanning departure. The tour end.

Stop At: Guangxi Museum of Nationalities, Qingxui Mountain, Nanning China
Today, your guide can meet you at 9am in the morning and transfer to Guangxi Provincial Museum.
The Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, or Guangxi Museum for short, is a provincial museum located in the east side of Qiyi Square in Nanning City. The main building of the museum is a large cuboid construction in the column-style of Zhuang people. Covering 32757 square meters, Guangxi Museum is divided into exhibition halls in the first, second and third floors, offices in the fourth floor and a 24000-square-meter Ethnic Relics Center with great ethnic features in the back of the building.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Qingxiu Mountain, Yongjiang River's Riverside, Qingxiu District, Nanning 530000 China
Next, go to Qingxiu Mountain which is one of the famous scenic spots in Nanning and is located on the banks of the Yongjiang River. Qingxiu Mountain has more than a dozen foothills such as Qingshan and Fenghuangling. Here, you can visit the Longxiang Pagoda, look out over the landscapes. Or you can stroll through the park and admire different kinds of flowers. In springtime, this is a great place to enjoy flowers blooming, especially peach blossoms on Peach Blossom Island.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi
After lunch, your guide will escort you to Nanning airport/train station. End of our 10 days tour services.
Duration: 10 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.