Guilin 4-Day 3-Night Nanny-Level Guide: A Healing Journey of Landscapes

**🌿[Guilin + Yangshuo 4-Day 3-Night Guide] A Guide to the Landscapes of Guilin and Yangshuo! Eat Noodles and River Snails While Living in a Painting, Your Wallet Will Thank You!** --- ### **🚗 Itinerary Overview** **Route**: Guilin (1 night) → Yangshuo (2 nights) (Reversing the order is also OK) **Cost**: CNY 800 per person (including bamboo raft! Including beer fish!) **Transportation**: Guilin → Yangshuo by cruise ship (the best way, bar none) --- ### **📍 Day 1: Guilin - City Dwellers Playing in the Scenery** **🏨 Accommodation**: Youth hostel next to Elephant Trunk Hill (CNY 60/bed, city emblem view from the window) **🎪 Activities**: ✔️ **Elephant Trunk Hill Park** (CNY 55 for admission, free photo spots outside: 7th-floor terrace of Jingxiang Hotel) ✔️ **Two Rivers and Four Lakes Night Tour** (Budget version: ride a shared electric bike along the lake) ✔️ **East-West Alley** (Ming and Qing style pedestrian street, remember to bargain when buying osmanthus cake) **🍜 Food**: - Lao Dongjiang Rice Noodles (CNY 5 for 100g, add your own pickled bamboo shoots and pickled cowpeas) - Chunji Roast Goose (CNY 40 per person, goose skin crispier than potato chips) - Haitian Rice Noodle Roll (Shrimp rice noodle roll + chili sauce, perfect for late-night snacks) --- ### **⛵ Day 2: Li River Rafting → Yangshuo (Full of Energy)** **🚢 Transportation**: Guilin → Yangshuo Three-Star Cruise Ship (CNY 215/person, including lunch) ✔️ Photo alert on the deck: Nine Horses Hill → Yellow Cloth Shoal (CNY 20 RMB banknote view) ✔️ Hidden trick: Buy fried Li River small fish from the crew (CNY 10/bag, so fragrant you'll lick your fingers) **🏨 Yangshuo Accommodation**: Xijie (West Street) Inn (CNY 100/night, quiet in the midst of the bustle) **🎪 Afternoon Activities**: - **Ten-Mile Gallery Cycling** (Rent an electric bike for CNY 30/day, route: Gongnong Bridge → Moon Hill) - **Haruki Murakami Cafe** (Free to take photos, coffee is a bit expensive but the appearance is Instagrammable) **🍜 Late-Night Snack**: - Shouzi Rice Noodles (Braised noodles with crispy pork, Yangshuo people's breakfast DNA) - River Snail Stuffed with Meat (Snails stuffed with meat, can't stop even if it's fiery hot) --- ### **🚣 Day 3: Yangshuo - Bamboo Raft and Wilderness Fun** **🎫 Must-Do Activities**: ✔️ **Yulong River Bamboo Raft** (Choose the "Shuie Di - Gongnong Bridge" section, CNY 160/raft for 2 people) - The boatman will hint for a tip (pretend to sleep or praise his photography skills to avoid it) - Secret spot: Take a snapshot when the bamboo raft crosses the dam, facial expression management is very important! ✔️ **Yinzi (Silver) Cave** (CNY 65, the most beautiful karst cave in Guilin, with its own air conditioning effect) - Slogan: "Touch the Silver Cave and you'll never be short of money in your life" (believe it or not) **🍜 Food**: - Master Beer Fish (CNY 98 for a group-buying package, sesame swordfish is more tender than tofu) - Osmanthus Jelly (CNY 3/bowl, the most authentic is from roadside carts) --- ### **🌄 Day 4: Yangshuo → Return Trip (Bargain Hunting)** **🎪 Last Carnival**: - **Xingping Ancient Town** (Free, check in at the CNY 20 banknote background viewing platform) - **Laozhai (Old Village) Mountain** (30 minutes to climb to the top via a wild mountain road, overlooking the big bend of the Li River) - **Fuli Ancient Town Painted Fan** (Buy a handmade fan for CNY 10, more stylish than souvenirs) **🚌 Return Transportation**: - Yangshuo → Guilin Bus (CNY 25, 1.5 hours) - Guilin Station/Airport Express (CNY 20, don't take a black cab!) --- ### **💡 Money-Saving Tips for Walkaholics** 1️⃣ **Tickets**: Half price with a student ID, Yulong River bamboo rafts can be shared 2️⃣ **Food**: Choose "braised noodles" for rice noodles, half the price of "gold medal noodles" 3️⃣ **Anti-Pitfalls**: - "Free romantic encounters" in West Street bars = sky-high drink menus - Ignore any boatmen who "take you to see the fishing fire" (fishing fire = a few light bulbs) --- ### **🎉 Lazy Person's Essential Version** **Day 1**: Guilin Rice Noodles → Elephant Trunk Hill → Night Tour of Two Rivers and Four Lakes **Day 2**: Li River Cruise → Yangshuo Cycling → West Street Pub Crawl **Day 3**: Yulong River Bamboo Raft → Yinzi Cave → Beer Fish **Day 4**: Xingping Ancient Town → Lao Zhai Mountain → Bring a Painted Fan Home **🤣 Ultimate Experience**: While others are crammed like sardines on the Li River, you're lying on a bamboo raft eating small dried fish; when tourists are snatching up CNY 98/plate beer fish in West Street, you're eating the same dish for CNY 38 in the depths of the alley - this Guilin Yangshuo trip, you've won big!