【Qingming Festival】APR3-7 Challenge 100km Hiking from Guilin to Yangshuo

Li River 100km Hike
The Li River 100km hike is not just a trek; it’s a pilgrimage for nature lovers and cultural explorers. It’s where China’s most iconic karst landscape unfolds before you, step by step.
Key Highlights:
The Yangshuo Essence: Walk from Yangdi to Xingping, passing the actual viewpoint of the "Twenty Yuan Banknote" and the legendary Nine-Horse Fresco Hill.
Village Life: Traverse ancient towns, lush rice paddies, and quiet villages, sharing paths with local fishermen and water buffalo.
Multi-Modal Adventure: Combine hiking with sections of bamboo rafting or cycling for a varied pace and perspective.

This journey challenges your body but rewards your soul. Waking up to river mist and ending days in the glow of sunset over pinnacle hills, you’ll experience why "East or west, Guilin landscape is best!" – and Yangshuo is its crowning jewel.

Trip Information
Date: APR 3-7TH 2026
Meetup: Meetup at Guilin on APR 3RD
Transportation: Flights from Shanghai to Guilin

Difficulty: 100km hiking with about 1100m elevations
Mostly are quite flat trail along Li River
Fitness required

D2 - 26km
D3 - 28km
D4 - 20km
D5 - 28km

Itinerary

D1- APR 3RD Friday
Meetup at Guilin anytime today!!

🏨 Hotel: nearby starting point, we will share location before the trip

D2 APR 4TH Saturday
Guilin - Daxu Old town (about 26km)
--> We will hike from the hotel, about 26km hiking to the Daxu Old town, hiking along li river, today is all flat

🏨 Hotel: Hotel at Daxu old town - 2ppl/room

D3 APR 5TH Sunday
Daxu Old town - Yangdi Dock (About 28km)
Keep hiking along Li river, most also flat along the li river, but today need to hike up to a small hill which also have an awesome overviews of the li river
🏨 Hotel: nearby Yangdi Dock - 2ppl/room

D4- APR 6th Monday
Yangdi Dock - Xingping Old town (about 20km)
All hiking today are flat along li river with the best views of all mountains and rivers;

🏨 Hotel: Hotel a Xingping Old town - 2ppl/room

D5 APR 7TH Tuesday
Xingping Old town - Yangshuo West Street (about 28km)
Keep hiking along the li river, need to hike up to one small hill also, but mostly are flat trails along the li river;

Congrats that you have done the 100km challenge!!!!!

We will head back to Guilin airport around 5pm and try to be at airport around 6pm; So suggest to book your flight after 8pm;
SAFE FLIGHT BACK SHANGHAI AND SEE YOU NEXT TIME

TRIP PRICE

3188 RMB/ONE
3038 RMB/ONE for early bird booking 30 days in advance or with friends
2988 RMB/ONE for HikingLovers VIP

* Participants: 8-16 International hikers
* Payment: 2000RMB Deposit need to be paid ASAP to secure your spot , can be transferred via WeChat or Alipay or Cash or Bank; The balance will be collect 3-5 days before the trip

Price Included:
✅ Luggage transfer between hotels
✅ Yangshuo to guilin airport with appointed time
✅ All the organizing fees and leaders’ allowances
✅ Travel insurance
✅ 4 nights hotels - 2ppl/room
✅ rafts to cross the river at some points
✅ 4 breakfasts

Price Excluded:
❌ Single room supplement : 1100RMB for 4 nights
❌ Flights between Shanghai and Guilin
❌ Meals on your own cost - we will arrange the dinner, you can choose to join or not
❌ Personal shopping and other cost not mentioned above
❌ Invoice (6% extra if you need an invoice)

CONTACT US

More questions about our trips, Feel free to contact us
HikingLovers-Customer Service
WeChat 1 : hikinglovers
WeChat 2 : hikinglovers-sh1

CANCELLATION

-> For cancellation up to 20 days before departure time, the full deposit will be refunded
-> For cancellation within 20 days of departure time, the deposit will be lost (possibility to transfer it to someone else if you find a person willing to replace you)
-> HikingLovers has the right to adjust the trip schedule based on weather and safety conditions

DISCLAIMER
Considering that Outdoor hiking trips have some unexpected risks and environmental changes or other uncertainties, the organizer - HikingLovers will buy professional outdoor insurance for all the members before the trip and also will organize rescue for any emergency on site. All the participants have to follow the organization of the trip organizers/ trip leaders/coordinators/Local guide. Otherwise you should bear your own consequences caused by your own mistakes. We hereby declare that the trip organizers will not have any joint liability of the unpredictable accidents caused by Environment or any accidents caused by the participants’ mistake during the hiking trips.

ABOUT US
HikingLovers Outdoor Club was founded in May, 2013 by outdoor lovers who loves hiking and kinds of adventure activities! HikingLovers now turned to be an international hiking club. We organized hiking trips and kinds of adventurous acitivities for foreigners and English Speaking ppl living in Shanghai. We want to make the mixculture of “West meets East” . We have a group of energetic hiking and adventure lovers working as full-time/part-time trip learders from different countries. Join us to adventure in the wilderness and challenge yourself and explore China.
HikingLovers -- West Meets East; Keep Calm and Hike on! Exploring & Adventuring Life.