Would you like to add a “I visited Guilin” to your resume? Don’t book in a hurry. If you look down, you will know when to go, where to live, what to eat, how to take photos of the road that no one has gone through, and you can also conveniently put 20 yuan in the same background income bag.
Why Is the World Searching for “Guilin” Now
Google Trends show that in 2024, the global search volume of “Guilin travel” increased by 38% over the same period of the previous year (Google trends, 2,024). After the outbreak, the international route was restored. The flights from Guilin Liangjiang Airport to Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Bangkok have exceeded 50 per week, and the ticket price is 18% lower than that in 2019 (Guiling Statistics Bureau, 2,024). In other words, wallet friendly and short flight time are the hot spots.
The First Time to Guilin? Remember the Three Routes First
- City flash: Xiangbi mountain → Wangfu → navigation of two rivers and four lakes, one night.
- Classic Landscape: bamboo raft Yangdi Xingping section + Yangshuo riding, just two nights.
- advanced secret area: it takes three days to live in Longji terrace for one night and add silver rock or Maoer mountain to see the sea of clouds.
Save the route number in the memo, and call the number directly for the follow-up strategy.
The Best Month of Guilin Is Actually in the Rainy Season
Many people are afraid of rain in June, but the Lijiang cloud is the most immortal only when the humidity is more than 80%. According to the data of Guangxi Climate Center, from late May to mid June, the average rainy day is 15 days, and the probability of sunny day is 32%. It is a high-speed period for photographers to catch “Sink mountains” (Guangxi Climate Center, 2,023). Dare to bet, you can take foreign magazine cover level photos; If you are afraid of drenching, you can choose late September to mid October, with a sunny and stable day and golden rice fields.
Traffic Boxing to Guilin: Aircraft + High-Speed Train + Taxi Software
International landing in Guilin Liangjiang Airport, take the airport bus 30 min into the urban area. If you go to Guangzhou and Shenzhen first, the G-Series High-Speed Train takes 2.5 h to the north of Guilin, and the number of flights is as many as the subway. Don’t squeeze the bus in the city, download “didi” or “Gaode taxi”, and take orders in 3 minutes on average, faster than Paris and Sydney. To Yangshuo? Guilin Railway Station G-Series High-Speed Train 24 min to Xingping, and then take the 10 min ferry to the ancient town, 1 h more than the traditional bus province.
Accommodation Map: Spend Money on Vision
The number of high-rise apartments around the two rivers and four lakes has risen sharply, but the premium of 35 floors overlooking Guilin is also 120 yuan more than that of Qinglev. The bar in Yangshuo West Street is noisy until 2 o’clock in the morning. If you want to sleep, you can go to the village inn in the north section of the Yulong River Trail. At night, there is only a frog. The Longji terraced field can choose the “half view room”, with a balcony but not facing the East. It can save 200 yuan, just like watching the sunset.
Raft or Cruise? The Key Is Leg Endurance
The Lijiang government divides water tools into three categories:
- Motor ship: 4 h to Yangshuo, air-conditioned cabin, suitable for baby.
- Electric bamboo raft: 4 seats, low motor sound, binoculars to see cormorant ultra clear.
- Hand bamboo raft: only the Yangdi Xingping 8 km section is left, the whole journey is 80 min, and the master will stop three times for you to take a background of 20 yuan.
Just want to punch in and take photos and shake the players; I’m afraid to sit on a big boat in the sun. According to the comments of strip on 2,024Q1, the five star rate of hand-held bamboo raft was 93%, far more than 76% of that of large ships (Ctrip, 2,024).
West Street Has Become a Coffee Universe
Don’t look down upon this 517 m old street, now there are 42 boutique coffee shops, of which 6 roasters won the 2,023 Australian golden bean award. After riding the ten mile Gallery in the daytime, it’s only 25 yuan to order a cup of “osmanthus latte”. Sitting on the terrace on the two floor to watch the skateboarding youth brush step, it’s probably more chills than you are in the Melbourne alley.
Longji Terraces: Not a Photographer Can Take a Big Movie
The core skill is just one sentence – “morning side backlight, afternoon backlight side.”. The mirror field injected in May was the most mirror 20 min before sunrise at 06:40; In September, the golden rice wave will be after 16:30, and the sunset will turn the rice lawn into honey color. The official cable car of the scenic spot starts at 07:00, want to take the front row? Live in tiantouzhai, walk 20 min to No. 2 viewing platform, the whole valley belongs to you.
Local Snacks on Leibang and Hidden List
Don’t eat a bowl of “Guilin rice noodle” with 15 yuan in Zhengyang pedestrian street. Follow Guilin people to the alley “laodongjiang”, the powder money is 6 yuan, the pot is crisp to the next table can hear. Want to upgrade? Add two pieces of sour beans, and the soul will go out of the body in seconds. At night, the “Quanzhou vinegar blood duck” was identified. The duck blood coagulated into black tofu when it met with acid. The outsider thought that the car overturned, but the local people used it as a magic tool to solve the lack. It’s afraid that spicy said “micro spicy” in advance, otherwise Guangxi millet pepper will turn lips into loudspeakers.
Budget Dismantling: Is $150 Enough for Three Days and Two Nights?
At the exchange rate of May 2024:
- Accommodation: urban youth brigade 12 US dollars / night, Yangshuo homestay 25 US dollars / night
- Eating: Rice noodles + snacks $8 / $12 / day
- Transportation: bus + taxi 6 US dollars / day, hand-held bamboo raft 22 US dollars / time
- Admission: Xiangbi mountain 0 US dollars (Binjiang road free photo spot), Longji 80 yuan = 11 US dollars
The budget version won US $145; If you want to add bungee jumping and helicopter overlook, you can add another $100. Compared with the daily average of US $180 in European cities, Guilin Zhen price basin.
Sustainable Travel: Don’t Bring Fireworks Into the Landscape
In 2023, the water quality of the Lijiang River reached the national class II standard on average, but the plastic floating debris increased by 11% year-on-year (Guilin Ecology Bureau, 2,024). With a folding water bottle, the hostel basically has filter direct drinking; The one-time raincoat is refused on the bamboo raft, and the lightweight stormcoat is more handsome. Every time you reduce a plastic cup, there is one more live fish for the cormorant, which is not an exaggeration.
Minute List: Before Departure
- ID card / Passport
- Visa or UnionPay card
- May to June = raincoat, September to October = coat
- Sunglasses + polarizers, reflecting on the water for one second to break the defense
- Google map offline package first
If you finish these five elements, you can take every frame of Karst out of the window in the state of speechless along the way of G-Series High-Speed Train. Guilin is there, and the power of mobile phones determines how far you can take it.
Reference
- Ctrip. (2024). ,Guilin Q1 water tour review report https://www.ctrip.com
- Google Trends. (2024). ,Guilin travel search index https://trends.google.com
- Guilin Ecology Bureau. (2024). – -Lijiang River water quality bulletin 2023 http://hbj.guiln.cn
- Statistics Bureau of Guilin city. (2024). ‘Transportation data of Guilin city in 1-3 months of 2024 http://tjj.guilin.gov.cn
- Guangxi Climate Center. (2023). ‘Guangxi rainy season tourism climate guide http://qxj.gxzf.gov.cn
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