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Yangshuo
County in Guangxi, China

Yangshuo

Yangshuo County is a county under the jurisdiction of Guilin City, in the northeast of Guangxi, China.

Plan a trip to Yangshuo→From Guilin (Lingui)

Its seat is located in the town of Yangshuo. Surrounded by karst peaks and bordered on one side by the Li River, it is served by bus and by boat from nearby Guilin.

Get in

Getting to Yangshuo

Yangshuo has neither an airport nor a railway station, though nearby Guilin has both and the new high-speed trains have some stops that are closer. The nearest airport is Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL IATA) in Guilin, served by many Asian carriers with several daily flights from Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.

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    North Bus

    The North Bus Station operates buses to and from north destinations such as Guilin, Guilin Airport and Yangdi.

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    South Bus
See

Worth seeing

The area around Yangshuo is renowned throughout China, if not the whole world, (even making it into the backdrop of Star Wars Episode 3), for its karst landscape where there are hundreds upon hundreds of limestone hills dotting the countryside. The beautiful scenery here is a common subject of Chinese paintings and the inspiration for poetry.

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    Yangdi-Xingping
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    Yulong River
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    Moon Hill
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    Assembling Dragon Cave

    It is in between the Big Banyan Tree and the Moon Hill).

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    Yangshuo Park
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    West Street
Do

Things to do

Yangshuo has over 300 climbing routes ranging in difficulty from 5.6 to 5.13. There is a lively climbing scene in town, so experienced climbers will have no problem finding a partner, just ask in the climbing places and they should know other climbing travelers you can hook up with. The Climbers Inn is most common place to find beta or partners.

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    Insight Adventures
Eat

Where to eat

Yangshuo has a lot of restaurants but in this touristy place, prices tend to be more expensive. You can eat cheaply in the markets with the locals or you can try comfort food in many cafes. Local specialties: Grapefruit or Pomelos (sha tian you) - locally produced, they are very sweet and juicy and can be bought everywhere for ¥1-2. Ask the vendor to choose one with a small top and cut it up for you.

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    Kelly's Cafe

    Foreigners living in Yangshuo often hang out here.

How locals move

Getting around Yangshuo the local way

  • Get inMinibuses to Yangshuo conveniently depart from the square in front of Guilin railway station (¥18, 80–90 minutes).
  • Get inFrom Guilin, there are frequent minibuses and express buses to Yangshuo.
  • Get aroundExpect to pay ¥50 for a Trek-bicycle, the best ones to be found here.
  • Get aroundThere is an electric minibus network consisting five routes covering most parts of town.
  • Get aroundFrom Yangshuo's bus terminal, minibuses (xiao mian bao, litt.
  • Get aroundClimbers should look for the Gaotian minivan at the end of the row which leaves every 15 minutes - tell driver 'Banyan Tree' or 'Moon Hill' and they will stop for you.

From Wikivoyage: Yangshuo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: chensiyuan (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.