* Learning Chinese Tea Production and Culture.
* Delicious Snacks and food in South China.
* Cable Car Experience and Views on the Top of Mt.Yao.
* Cycling and Expeirence both Urban and Rural Lives.
* Classic Boat Cruise on Li River.
* World-class Evening Light Show of Sister Liu.
* Chinese Food Cooking Lessons.
The itineary is flexible both when it is being planned with our bike tour specialists and with your bike guide when it has started. Small changes can be made if clients feel uncomfortable with things like getting a bit dirty cycling in rainy days, we will try our best to work out an optional plan for you.
To better enjoy this tour for your kids, we recommend they are over 10 years old and with a height over 1.2M. Any kids who can cycle MTB independently rather than just sitting on the rear bike chair when parents are pedaling are worried-free to finish the whole itinerary.
Arriving before noon is recommended to have more time enjoying the city. After airport pick-up and transfer to hotel, the tour leader will help everyone testing the bikes before going over all the formalities of the trip and answering your questions, and then head out for our delicious welcoming dinner and wandering around the city downtown for some relax.
With plenty of restaurants and eating options, shopping areas and cafes, it’s a good chance to see how the local urbanites spend their evenings all against a backdrop of the city's stunning karst mountains.
After breakfast, start our bike trip to explore the less known countryside out of Guilin city. Stop at a local village and taste the traditional snacks of Chinese tofu jelly and then ride you bike by the rice fields, river and villages. We will have a quick lunch at a local restaurant before continuing the afternoon programs: the tree nurseries, prince mausoleum, tea farm and cable car to the top of Mt.Yao.
At the tea farm, you will have a great course of learning how Chinese tea is made, and a chance to pick the tea from the farm, to taste different kinds of tea flavor and its cultural background. After the experiences, a breathtaking cable car takes allows us seeing the best scenery of the city and it's countryside and directly up to the mountain top. And then we will take the optional electronic car or getting down from the mountain t by its plate slide way, we will cycle back to our hotel for rest and dinner.
The trip today starts early for our cruise experience to Yangshuo. The car picks us at around 7:30 -8:00 in the morning and then drives around one hour bus to the Zhujiang Pier. Li River cruise is arguably considered as one of the top things to do in the region and it takes about 4 hours. During the cruise, you will enjoy the fantastic view of limestone hills, clear river, water buffalo, old farmers' houses, and much more in a leisurely way. Simple sandwich lunch / Chinese food are provided on board. We will arrive at Yangshuo around 1:30pm.
If weather allowes, the guide will lead you and climb up to the mountain top for the stunning sunset and panoromic view of the Yangshuo County and the bending Li River. The highly recommended evening show of Liu Sanjie after dinner is included, which was regarded as the best option to enjoy the culture after the whole day's itinerary.
Yulong River, a smaller but peaceful branches of the River Li, is well-known by tourists worldwide, the bike ride today covers the areas. Visit the ancient bridges and enjoy the scenery in the countryside down the valley, stay and see the old county of Yangshuo, take part in some optional outdoor activities, touring-related funs are widely provided there.
The areas is picturesque with stunning limestone peaks, tranquil rivers and rice fields. After lunch and our bike ride in the morning, the guide will accampany you to the local food market and attend a cooking class to learn Chinese dishes after. Enjoy your dinner made by yourselves and cheers with the teacher!
2023-2024 Price: (Price based on featured countryside hotels/hostels as above gif pictures, twin-beds rooms and non-holiday dates)
$650 p.p ( 2 people ) $ 560p.p ( 3-4 people ) $ 450p.p ( 5+people )
Single Room Supplement: $90
* if the tour cost is beyond your expectation, please feel free to contact us. We have more half-guided / self-guided tour options.
*Please note that obtaining your own travel insurance is required in order to participate on this biking tour. It will need to include a minimum coverage of medical expenses with emergency evacuation, personal liability and accident insurance. Our biking leader will need to see a copy of your insurance at the group meeting on the first day. We reserve the right to refuse you if you do not carry such an insurance policy.
