Schedule:

Day 1 HKG/Zhaoqing
Catamaran boat ride from Hong Kong to Zhaoqing. After lunch tour of Star Lake Park, a major local attraction. After park visit, we will do bike fitting and have a warm-up bike ride around the lake ( 15 km ), enroute visit to a local village famous for the artisans of ink stone carving. Overnight in Song Tao Hotel (3*).

Day 2 Zhaoqing/Little Guilin
A coach ride west will bring us to our cycling starting point on the top of a great downhill ride! A nice 15 km downhill and then another 68 km rolling hill with two good climbs in the middle to our destination of Long Shan, also referred to as “Little Guilin” because of its scenery. Again, sealed roads and getting even more rural and “back in time”. Overnight in Wo Long Inn.

Day 3 Little Guilin/Lianshan
Coach 100km over past Huaiji, cycling 80 km to Lianshan. Today you will go through the Yao minority ethnic area. One will see Yao people dressed in their traditional costumes. Today's terrain will be quite hilly in the afternoon, with a couple of big climbs. Overnight in Lianshan Hotel (3* hotel. Nice and clean rooms in a quiet compound of local government.)

Day 4 Lianshan/Yangshuo
Morning cycling 40 km along beautiful River Da Ning. Afternoon coaching 230km on expressway to Sha Zi. Afternoon ride a bike 41 km to Yangshuo. Overnight in Paradise Hotel (4*).

Day 5 Yangshuo
Morning bike ride 7 km to Moonhill, hiking atop to get a panoramic view of the Li River and karst hills along the river. Continue to bike 18 km via Yong Village and back to Yangshuo for lunch. Afternoon cruise on the Li River by boat. Overnight in hotel.

Day 6 Yangshuo
Highlight day. We will ride a bike for 45 km to Xing Ping, and commence hiking along the Li River to Yangti. We will take 3 ferries across the river, enjoying the most beautiful part of the landscape and visit the little villages enroute. We will have a lunch in local farmer' home restaurant. Return by coach from Yangti to Yangshuo. Overnight in hotel.

Day 7 Yangshuo/Longji
Morning bike ride 44 km in the country from Yangshuo to Baisha. Coach transfer to Longji. We will have a short hike and come to Village Ping An. Overnight in local inn. It is a nice and relaxing experience to sit in the coffee lounge of the inn enjoying a bird's eye view of the terraced fields and the surrounding high mountains.

Day 8 Long Ji/Guilin
Morning hiking from Village Ping An to Village Jin Keng along the mountain ridge, enroute visit more villages of minority Miao and terraced fields. Afternoon return to Guilin for departure flight to elsewhere of China.