Longji One Day Tours, Guangxi, China

5HemisphereRambler 5:00 PM Apr 1, 2019

Let Andy do all the guess work - Excellent tour!
I used Andy to guide my group all throughout the Guilin/Yangshuo area of China. He was very service oriented from the planning process in the states, to our time in China and even after we left him to go to Beijing. He picked us up at the train station in Guilin and took us straight north 2 hours to the Longji Terraces. Once at the parking area, he quickly got us our tickets and put us on the local bus to the village. Along the way he told us all about the local Yao and Zhuang people and other interesting facts about the area. He even introduced us to some locals along the way. As we started our hike at Ping'an Village, he pointed out all of the good photo points as we climbed through the village toward the Dragon's Backbone. From here, we hiked Longji Ancient Village, never seeing the same trail twice. All in all, a 2-3-hour hiking experience. Attention to a quality experience was always obvious as he steered us away from the crowds and people trying to sell things. However, there were opportunities to seek out vendors for those that did want to shop. He found a local restaurant for us to get lunch before we boarded the local bus back to the transfer center where we caught our bus to Yangshuo. In addition to the Longji Terrace hike, over the next three days, Andy also got us tickets/transfers to the Impression Sanjie Liu show (even guiding us through the crowd to our seats), guided us on an incredible hike along the karst mountains of the Li River, introduced us to a cormorant fisherman, took us bike riding along the Yulong River and much more. I'll review these separately. If you want to maximize your time in China, hire Andy. He'll take good care of you. And if you have WeChat (which I highly recommend for communication while in China), he is always right there on your mobile. Contact me if with questions.

5Teddy 5:00 PM May 11, 2019

Great Guide, serious,and knowledgeable, reasonable prices!!!! We love our stay in Guilin
Me and my friend had booked a 4 days trip to Guilin last april : Longji riceTerraces, Yangshuo/karsts area and Reed Flute cave near Guilin City. It was a blast. I had been to Guilin 2 times before so i had an idea of what i wanted to visit and Andy was very good as making sure we were satisfied. Wether you are a first time visitor to Guilin or you have been there before, Andy will be flexible enough to accomodate you. He was able to make sure we get the driver at the right time and location...this was very important as there were few occasions when we needed to wake up very early (3 a.m) to watch sunrise : M. Xu, the driver, was always on time and waiting for us....he also was kind enough to show us the way and climb some karst with us (even though we had rented him just as a driver, he made sure to help us when we needed). Andy leaves in Guilin and the driver also leaves in Yangshuo so they are very knowledgeable and will give you the best advice to make sure your trip is a success ! Check out my pix, some taken with my drone, they talk for themselves ! I'll definately come back to Guilin and book again with Andy :)