Yangshuo
Travel Reviews
Located
70 kilometers to the southeast of Guilin, Yangshuo
is an ancient town which became a county in Jin
Dynasty some 1500 years ago. Yangshuo is famous
not only for the attractive hills and waters there,
but also for its abundant produce, particularly
for such fruits as sweet orange, tangerine, pomelo
and persimmon....
The most obvious way to get
there is to take a Li
River Cruise. Otherwise,
it is possible to get to Yangshuo by road. It
will take at least one hour twenty minutes from
downtown to downtown by car; longer if you take
public transport.
Guilin
may be much larger than Yangshuo but the latter
is much better at catering for adventurous foreign
visitors. Certainly the countryside is much more
easily reached from Yansghuo and, since the novelty
of this is a great attraction for most, there
are well developed facilities for hiking, biking
and other means of visiting the local area - with
or without a local guide.
Probably
the most popular activity is to hire a mountain
bike from one of the many providers and head off
out for a few hours. Don't forget to take sun
protection and plenty of water.
Hiking can be a bit more involved; you would
be well advised to take a guide simply to help
arrange transport at one end of the trip and therefore
avoid the need to walk back the same way.
The Li River offers many options including shorter
boat trips. Check what service you are getting
as some boating options are deemed illegal.
There are a number of caves in the area. You
can choose between developed ones that allow you
to enjoy the rock formations without getting dirty,
and the more adventurous ones where mud is all
part of the pleasure.
Yangshuo
Rock Climbing Tour
A
time to relax in Yangshuo
Limestone
Sweat-fest
Two
Tandems And A Rice Paddy
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