Located in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin is praised to be the most beautiful place in China and is one of the must-see destinations for most foreign tourists. According to many travel lovers in China:“Guilin scenery, best all over the world.” The river is flanked on both shores by limestone mountains;you know what to expect from chinese painting you have undoubtedly seen.Cruise Tour will all show it to you.Besides,the classical tour routes such as three hills:Elephant Trunk Hill,Fubo Hill,Piled Festoon Hill and two famous caves as Crown Cave,Reed Cave and the rivers around Guilin,compose the picturesque Guilin.

The city of Guilin was founded in the Qin Dynasty in 314 BC as a small shire(ancient district) on the Lijiang River. It became increasingly important following the construction of Ling Canal joining with another river further north away, providing a transport link with the Yangzi. The imperial court could thus send foods and provisions by water from the Yangzi to the far south for the armies. The town became the provincial capital in the Ming Dynasty, until 1914, when the capital was moved to Nanning.
Since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, Guilin has developed a fledging industry, producing a variety of products such as pharmaceutical goods, tires, machinery, fertilizers and silk. Especially its noted abundant of flowering cassia trees with a strong sweet scent, it produces a number of specialties including perfume, wine, tea, cinnamon, and herbal medicine.
There are more than 30 noted scenic spots within the boundaries of Guilin Peak. Among them is a hill standing in solitary loftiness in the center of the city; the Elephant Trunk Hill, the city's symbol, named for its resemblance to an elephant sipping water from the Lijiang River with its trunk; the Piled Festoon Hill that is broken here and there with its rock exposed on its sides like piles of fancy festoons; and the Crescent Hill that is named after its moon-shaped cave opening.
There are two fantastic caves in the area--- the seven-star-rock cave, which derives its name from the arrangement of surrounding peaks resembling the pattern of the stars of the Great Bear constellation, and Reed-Flute Cave, named after the reeds growing around the cave mouth. They both contain spectacular stalactites and stalagmites.
The city also boasts other beautiful hills, such as the Fubo Hill, which is supposed to restrain the waters of the Lijing River, and Nanxi Hill that stands magnificently like a huge screen.
A boat trip from Guilin along the Lijiang River presents one of the finest excursions on your tour in China. The journey downstream to Yangshuo offers 30 miles of breathtaking scenery.
One of the first points of interest is the pagoda-capped Elephant Trunk Hill, or Xiangbishan, long used as the symbol of Guilin. A little further downstream you will pass, on your left, Baotashan with a Ming Dynasty pagoda on top. Then begins your tour with a series of beautiful scenes that unfold as you glide away from Guilin to the south.
Coming close to the Erlang Gorge, a huge cliff comes into view. This is the famous "Picture Hill" that resembles horses of different colors in different positions.
On the right, after passing Picture Hill, is Huangbu (Yellow Cloth) Beach. Here the river is wide and flows gently. Seven graceful peaks are likened to seven quiet young girls standing shoulder to shoulder. The fabled Xingping Wonderland begins here. Xingping is a famous, ancient town. Caishi Hill looms high in front of the town, with thick bamboo groves in the back. The cruise ends at the colorful market town of Yangshuo.