Lijiang River — Local services in Guilin

The views were absolutely stunning.

The cons: On the boat that I was on, there were a lot of people taking professional photos on the main deck, with the photographer being very loud and repeating a certain phrase over and over again (I forget what it was).

The English translation of the tour also wasn't the best - sometimes we couldn't understand what was being said in English - and the volume of the mic was a bit too loud for my liking with a lot of crackling. The tour guide also seemed to have a name for every mountain because they all allegedly looked like different things (e.g. rabbit ears for two mountains close together). Myself and my friend couldn't really see what she could see, so it was a little annoying to hear her pipe up every few minutes to tell us about another mountain that looked like some object or animal. I would have preferred silence so I could just enjoy the views in peace personally!

Despite all this, I'll still give the place five stars as it was absolutely stunning. Everything added to the overall experience (which could perhaps be me looking back through rose-tinted glasses?) and I wouldn't change any part of it for the world. Maybe be a little discerning with which tour you choose, though.

As a side note, one thing that genuinely detracted from the beauty of the place was the amount of oil in the water in some parts. My friend saw a bird sitting on the water covered in oil. Definitely something to think about if you're environmentally conscious. Boats are basically doing this trip all day every day so I can imagine it's taking its toll on the environment. As a result, I probably wouldn't do...

You will find this place very different from most of your visits, just imagine the mountains behind the picture is reflected in front on the river.

It is never found anywhere in any other parts of the world... almost all the scenic view, you will notice that you are in the picture...

A watercolour painting of mountains at the background reflective on the river streams is as shown, artistic impression based on a taken photo. I hope my watercolour painting of this place is acceptable/at least quite same as the actual scene. But just visit this place and you will know what it means to be in a picture.

The trip is worth and the price is affordable. Memorable experience with my parents.

... where mountains reflective on the...

Lijiang River is one of the river which crossing the Guangxi province in China. And for me this river is an alternative route to travel from Guilin to Yangshou by wade through the river with sail boat and takes about 4 hours. Along the river you can see thousands of beatiful mountains line up in far distance. While we were sailing the boat crew challenged us to find a mountain shape which use in the back cover of China Bank Note of 20 Yuans. Then find the mountain that shaping like a horse.

While on sail if you buy lunch ticket, they will give you a rice box with vegetables, pork and potatoes cooked in soy sauce, and pickle. But you can ask additional side disk of Fry fish, fry calamary and some other fried stuff for...