The picturesque Lijiang Lak

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Guilin's limestone karst mountains and Yangshuo's laidback setting have long drawn backpackers and nature enthusiasts. With the Li River serving as a backdrop, the surrounding area is an emerald waiting to be explored.
“Guilin’s scenery is the most beautiful under heaven,” so goes a Chinese saying describing the immortal beauty of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region’s Guilin. Boats float down the charming Li River as limestone karst mountains jut from the ground like dragon’s teeth.
The charming Li River, one of the major attractions of the Guilin region, has been described as “a green silk ribbon with hills like jade hairpins” and is ideal for exploration on a boat. The meandering 65km cruise lasts 5 hours and takes you past a panorama of bamboo groves, sleepy villages, karst peaks and fisherman on rickety bamboo rafts fishing with cormorant birds.