​Welcome to Guilin! Meet our local staff right after arrival, then head to your city‑centre hotel to check in. Wander scenic Binjiang Road, taste classic Guilin rice noodles. Your guide is on hand for customised afternoon activity recommendations.

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After breakfast, travel 1 hour to the pier for your 4.5‑hour Li River cruise to Yangshuo. This 84‑km route, listed among National Geographic’s top‑10 watery wonders, unfolds postcard‑perfect karst peaks, rural villages and grazing water buffalo — exactly why Guilin’s scenery is world‑famous. Simple local lunch is served on the boat.

Once you arrive in Yangshuo, check into your hotel. Fill your afternoon with countryside activities: take a traditional cooking or calligraphy class, or explore bustling West Street for snacks, global flavours and casual evening drinks.

Cap off your day with Impression Sanjie Liu. Directed by Zhang Yimou, this breathtaking open‑air show stages folk tales and folk songs right upon the natural backdrop of the Li River.

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Explore Yangshuo’s rural beauty on a 2‑hour, 13‑km bike or scooter ride, rolling past quiet villages and iconic karst scenery. Then drift along the Yulong River by bamboo raft for roughly 40 minutes.

Float by jagged peaks, thick bamboo and sleepy hamlets across lush rice‑paddy landscapes — pure visual and mental relaxation.

Practical tip: Every bamboo raft holds 2 passengers. Travelling in a group of 3 will require two rafts.

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After breakfast, head back to Guilin to see Elephant Trunk Hill — the city’s signature rock formation that looks like a huge elephant sipping river water. Then tour Reed Flute Cave, a dazzling karst cave full of stalactites and stalagmites. Colourful lighting turns the cavern into a dream‑like crystal palace.

Later, take a 7.5‑hour high‑speed train to Zhangjiajie. Our team will meet you on arrival and drive you to your Wulingyuan hotel. Settle in and enjoy your free evening in the breathtaking real‑world Avatar landscape.

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After breakfast, discover Wulingyuan Scenic Area, famous for its 3,000 dramatic sandstone peaks. Take the world‑famous Bailong Elevator — reach the mountaintops in just 90 seconds. Wander Yuanjiajie, the real‑life Pandora setting for Avatar’s Hallelujah Mountains. Feast your eyes on iconic pillar peaks at South Sky Pillar, Enchanting Platform and the natural‑bonsai‑like Backyard Garden.

Catch the sightseeing bus to Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve, a fairy‑like landscape from Journey to the West. Stop by He Long Park and Dianjiang Terrace for spectacular outlooks over the mist‑shrouded West Sea Stone Forest.

Finish your adventure at Ten‑Mile Gallery with a relaxing trip on the scenic small train, gliding past peaks that look like an ancient Chinese scroll come alive. Head back to your hotel to recharge.

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After breakfast, head to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon to walk the world’s longest‑and‑highest glass bridge. Hanging 300 m above the valley, the 430‑meter transparent walkway gives you the thrilling feeling of floating above empty space, with sweeping canyon views all around.

Once you finish the heart‑pounding bridge crossing, relax at Baofeng Lake. Take a gentle boat ride amid green woods and jagged peaks. Watch mountains reflect on the calm water and enjoy live folk‑song performances by local minority artists in this scenic haven.

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After breakfast, visit spectacular Tianmen Mountain. Enjoy one of the world’s longest cable‑car rides, the thrilling glass skywalk and the iconic Heaven’s Door, while overlooking the famous winding 99‑bend Avenue toward Heaven far below.

Glide 7,455 metres for 30 minutes by cable car from the city to the mountain top, with sweeping aerial views of Heaven’s Door and the switch‑back road. Stop at tranquil Tianmen Temple, a Qing‑style Buddhist temple hidden in thick forest.

Feel the thrill on the Glass Skywalk at 1,430 metres above the valley, as if walking in mid‑air, then follow the 1.6 km Cliff‑Hanging Walkway along vertical cliff faces.

Ride mountain escalators down to Tianmen Cave (“Heaven’s Door”), the world’s tallest natural mountain arch standing at 131.5 metres high.

Practical tip: Tianmen Mountain hosts wingsuit‑flying events; you may get to witness this amazing extreme sport.

Take the cable car downhill.

This marks the end of your 7‑day Guilin‑Yangshuo‑Zhangjiajie tour. Your driver transfers you to airport or train station for departure.

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