Hong Kong and Guilin Essential Tour

Welcome to Hong Kong! Your guide will wait for you at the airport and then you will be transferred to your hotel. Have a good rest!

Option: We provide a variety of airport pick-up service. You can choose ordinary vehicles or luxury commercial vehicles. After picking you up, we can send you directly to the hotel booked in advance. If you have other arrangements today, we can also send you to the designated location. If you travel with your kid, maybe you need a child seat in the car. That is also no problem. Whatever your needs, please let us know in advance. We will customize the itinerary for you from the very beginning. As for the hotel, we can arrange no matter economy hotels or luxury hotels for you as you wish. Extra bed, connecting room, early check-in or late check-out are all available. We are here to provide you a hassle-free tour.

Option: If you arrive in Hong Kong in the morning, and you do not have other arrangements in the afternoon. We will recommend you to visit the Wong Tai Sin Temple. Wong Tai Sin Temple is very famous in Hong Kong and abroad. People in Hong Kong worship Wong Tai Sin, believing that he is a god responsive to every request. So many people come here every day, hoping to get guidance from Wong Tai Sin. Next to the main hall of the temple, there is a lot pot with 100 numbered bamboo sticks. If you have something to ask Wong Tai Sin about, you can shake the lot pot religiously until a bamboo stick falls out. According to the number on the bamboo stick, you will get the corresponding note. That is considered to be Wong Tai Sin's answer to you. In the temple, there is a special place to explain the note. People there will tell you what is the exact meaning of the note. 

In the morning, we will take you to visit Victoria Peak. It is one of the main tourist attractions in Hong Kong, with multiple outdoor observation decks, offering a panoramic view of Hong Kong's city landscape. Countless tourists visit here each year. In addition to being a tourist attraction, it is also a shopping center. All kinds of tourist souvenirs can be bought here. Besides, there is also a restaurant, so you can taste the local cuisine while visiting. In addition to the Peak, the Peak Tram you will take is also famous. The Peak Tram has a long history. Up to now, it has been running for more than 130 years. The tramway is about 1.4 kilometers long. The journey between the two terminals is about 8 minutes. Because of the unique location and beautiful scenery, Hollywood movies have also been shot on the Peak Tram. After lunch, you will visit Repulse Bay. This is the most famous bay in Hong Kong. The beach here is wide and clean. The water temperature is between 16 degrees Celsius and 27 degrees Celsius. It has always been a resort for Hong Kong people to spend the summertime. It has also been selected as one of the eight famous scenic spots in Hong Kong. After that, we will visit the Stanley Market. The Stanley Market at the south of Hong Kong Island is popular with tourists. It is in a leisurely seaside style. You can shop for your favorite specialty products on the street, enjoy bargain shopping, and stop for a cup of coffee if you are tired. Stanley Market is a good place to relax. After that, we will drive back to your hotel.

Option: Do you want to experience the nightlife of Hong Kong People? Come to the Temple Street. This is a famous night market in Hong Kong. Every day in the evening, stalls on the roadside of Temple Street will open. Those stalls sell a wide variety of items, including clothing, handicrafts, tea sets, jade, antiques, and so on. There are occasional fortune-telling stalls here. If you are interested in such mysterious divination in China, you might as well try it. Besides, there are many stalls selling specialty snacks, such as seafood, clay pot rice, and various noodles. It is not expensive but tastes quite good, and it is also loved by residents.

Peak Tram

Repulse Bay

After breakfast, we will take you to Lantau Island. It is the largest island in Hong Kong. And there are many famous natural scenic spots and historical buildings. This is also a good place for hiking and camping. Here you can completely let go of the daily pressure, throw away the hustle and bustle of the city and immerse yourself in the mountains, and enjoy the pure nature and freshness. And you will take the Ngong Ping 360 cable car to visit the Po Lin Monastery and Big Buddha. Ngong Ping 360 cable car is the largest crane system in the world. By riding this cable car, you can enjoy the feeling of being in the clouds. If you want more excitement, you can try the crystal cable car. Its bottom is transparent. You can enjoy the outside scenery at 360 degrees. The Po Lin Monastery is the first of the four major monasteries in Hong Kong, China. It was built in 1924. At present, the monastery buildings are majestic and magnificent, including the palace-style Great Hall and the majestic Hall of Heavenly Kings. This monastery provides overnight stays so that visitors can go to Phoenix Mountain to watch the sunrise or for a short period of padipata here. On the top of Muyu Mountain directly opposite the archway of the monastery, there is a newly built Big Buddha statue. The total height is nearly 34 meters. On the third floor of the base of the statue, there is an exhibition hall where you will see a big bell, carved Buddha statues, and scriptures. The bell is struck 108 times a day, meaning "relieve 108 kinds of troubles." After that, we will visit the Tai O Fishing Village. Tai O Fishing Village is one of the few well-preserved fishing villages in Hong Kong. Here you can see the floating shed. That is a shelter built by fishermen to adapt to the environment. You will take a sampan tour and experience the traditional culture of the fishing village. After that, you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Option: Hong Kong Avenue of Stars is located at Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade in the east of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. It is a place for citizens to rest and tourists to sightseeing. Following the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there are also commemorative plaques inlaid with the names and palm prints of outstanding Hong Kong filmmakers. Besides, there are many statues of well-known Hong Kong artists for visitors to take pictures. You can also enjoy the famous laser light show-A Symphony of Lights here. This show is held every night at 8 p.m. and lasts about 13 minutes. On special days, such as May 1st Labor Day, Hong Kong's Handover Memorial Day, etc., fireworks on the roof of buildings or on the sea will be added.

Lantau Island

Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car

After Breakfast, you can enjoy a leisure morning. And then your guide will pick you up and take an estimated train G408 12:05/15:25 to Guilin. The guide in Guilin will wait for you at the train station and then you will be transferred to your hotel. The rest of the time will be yours. You can rest in the hotel or walk around the city. 

Walk into Guilin which is the palace of nature from the world metropolis Hong Kong. We will take you to appreciate the beauty of natural scenery and feel the creativity of nature. In addition, as a gathering place for many ethnic minorities, you can feel the different cultures and traditions of different ethnic minorities in Guilin. Perhaps you will hear people singing folk songs on the shore, and you will see traditional handicrafts such as batik and embroidery in traditional villages. This charming city will bring you unlimited beautiful memories.

Today will be a full-day Guilin city tour. We will visit the Reed Flute Cave in the morning. It is 6 kilometers away from the center of Guilin. It is the most typical representative of Guilin's karst landform. There are a large number of exquisite and translucent stalagmites, stone pillars, stone mantles, and stone flowers in the cave, which is like a magnificent underground palace. After that, we will visit the Two Rivers and Four Lake Scenic Area. Guilin's Two Rivers and Four Lakes constitute an important part of the beautiful landscape of Guilin. Guilin was once known as the Water City. Because there are many rivers and lakes here. The current Two Rivers and Four Lakes scenic spot is to reflect the scenery of Guilin at that time. At the same time, it also provided a new destination for tourists to travel to Guilin. Today we will visit Shanhu Lake and Ronghu Lake, which are parts of the Two Rivers and Four Lakes Scenic Area. There you will see the Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas. The Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas are Buddhist pagodas in the Tang Dynasty(618-907). In 2001, two pagodas were rebuilt on the basis of the original pagodas. The rebuilt Sun Pagoda is a 49-meter-high copper pagoda, and the Moon Pagoda is a 35-meter-high glazed pagoda. Take the elevator from the bottom of the Sun Pagoda to reach the seventh floor of it. Go up two more floors and you will be on the highest floor --- the ninth floor. From the top of the Sun Pagoda, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful lakes and mountains of Guilin City. To the south, it is the Shanhu Lake Small Square for cultural activities, and to the west, you can see the Yangqiao Bridge, Glass Bridge, and Beidou Bridge. The two pagodas will be lit with different lights at night. The Sun Pagoda is in golden light, and the Moon Pagoda is in silver light. After lunch, we will visit Elephant Truck Hill. Guilin's mountains are unique in shape. The Elephant Trunk Hill we will visit today looks like an elephant drinking water by the river. The Samantabhadra Tower on the top of the hill was built in the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) to enshrine the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. In China, there are only two towers dedicated to the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. One is on Mount Emei in Sichuan and the other is on Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin. The Samantabhadra Tower is a solid brick tower with a height of 13.6 meters. It not only perfectly integrates with the Guilin landscape, but also is consistent with the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's elephant mount written in the Buddhist scriptures. After that, we will drive back to your hotel.

Option: If you want to personally experience the legendary story that happened in Elephant Trunk Hill, we can arrange the Elephant Legend show for you. This show is mainly based on Elephant Trunk Hill, and through the combination of sound and light, various images are projected on Elephant Trunk Hill. Under the colorful lights, Elephant Trunk Hill becomes a dreamy theater. The show is mainly divided into four parts: Ancient Guilin, Mysterious Elephant Village, Phantom Theater, and Holy Elephant Legend. You will feel a different Guilin, and see a different Elephant Trunk Hill through this show. It starts at 20:00 and lasts about 10 minutes. If you want to enjoy the show, please tell us in advance. We will book the ticket for you. 

Reed Flute Cave

Elephant Trunk Hill

After breakfast, you will take the Li River Cruise to Yangshuo. The Li River scenery is the soul of the whole Guilin scenery. It is said that a Guilin tour is not complete without taking a Li River Cruise. The scenery of the Li River is varied. You will see mountains of various shapes on both sides of the river. If you are lucky enough, you may encounter fishing boat fishing. You will disembark at Yangshuo. And then you will visit Yangshuo West Street. Yangshuo West Street is a pedestrian street with a long history. The street is about one kilometer long, with various small shops on both sides. Walking down the street, you will see various buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as various small shops with English names. This kind of cultural blending is fascinating and attractive. After that, we will drive back to Guilin.

Option: If you are looking for some exciting activities, then we recommend you bamboo rafting on the Yulong River. The bamboo raft is a traditional water transportation tool in the water town. It has a long history. The small raft is made of 5-8 bamboos, and the large raft is made of 11-16 bamboos. Two people can sit on each bamboo raft on the Yulong River. The boatman will use a bamboo pole to control the direction and speed of the bamboo raft. If you want to stay somewhere longer, you can tell the boatman. If you come to Yangshuo in summer, we recommend that you wear a cap and sunglasses, which can effectively prevent sunburn.

Li River Cruise

Yangshuo West Street

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport and then fly back to your sweet home.

Editor:Betsy He

Proofreader: Tina Jia