Guilin Li River Scenic Area

The elementary school Chinese textbook's phrase "Guilin's scenery is peerless in the world" refers precisely to cruising the Li River. With its majestic, uniquely shaped peaks lining both banks, this area represents the essence of Guilin's landscape. Spanning a hundred kilometers like an unfolding scroll painting, every bend reveals scenes resembling classic Chinese ink wash paintings. The Li River Scenic Area features emerald peaks flanking winding waters, steep gorges with cascading waterfalls, lush islets amid rushing rapids, and extraordinary caves with striking rock formations. Along its course lie dozens of famous attractions: Chinese tallow tree beach, nine oxen and three islets, bat mountain, waiting husband rock, grassland scenery, crown cave, embroidered hill, half-side ferry, immortal's millstone, Yangdi scenery, carp clinging to cliff, wave stone wonder, lower dragon bay, chicken coop mountain, eight immortals crossing, five-finger mountain, climbing turtle, nine-horse mural hill (featured on the 20 CNY banknote), camel crossing river, court tablet hill, Xingping's finest view, snail hill, fishing village, dragon head mountain, and more.

The main ways to explore the Li River scenic area are by boat, bamboo raft, or hiking, including three-star and four-star Li River cruises, bamboo raft tours, and Xingping fishing village boat tours.